Essays about: "Health emergencies"

Showing result 21 - 24 of 24 essays containing the words Health emergencies.

  1. 21. Prevalence of antibodies for Peste des petits des ruminants virus and Brucella and related risk factors in goat herds in urban and peri-urban agriculture in Kampala, Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Linn Lernfelt; [2013]
    Keywords : goats; urban and peri-urban agriculture; risk factors; antibodies; seriprevalence; peste des petits ruminants virus; brucella;

    Abstract : The world’s population reached more than 6.9 billion people in July 2011. It is expected that the population growth during the next 40 years will take place mostly in low-income countries and the population increase will be 2.3 billion people during 2011-2050. READ MORE

  3. 22. Cutting the cord : a study on maternal mortality and obstetric care in disaster settings

    University essay from Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Maria-Isabel Arillo; [2012]
    Keywords : maternal mortality; emergencies; humanitarian settings; childbirth;

    Abstract : This study examines global incentives to reduce maternal mortality, namely the fifth Millenium Developmnet Goal to reduce maternal mortality with 75% by 2015. More specifically it examines maternal mortality and obstetric care in situations of emergency. READ MORE

  4. 23. A smart gateway design for WSN health care system

    University essay from JTH. Forskningsområde Robusta inbyggda system

    Author : Chen Yaoming; [2010]
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    Abstract : Using Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in health care system has yielded a tremendous effort in recent years. However, in most of these researches tasks like sensor data processing, health states decision making and emergency messages sending are done by a remote server. READ MORE

  5. 24. Integration of Bluetooth-enabled sensors into E-health application for home healthcare and monitoring

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Ingenjörshögskolan

    Author : Agustín García Pérez; [2008]
    Keywords : blood pressure; body weight; home healthcare; portable; bluetooth;

    Abstract : ABSTRACTnformation and telecommunication technologies have been used for medical applications for almost a century: the radio, the phone and the television have been used to provide medical assistance to remote areas like boats located in the sea, oil rigs and other isolated locations. This new use of ICT was given the name of Telemedicine. READ MORE