Scaling-up the medical work- force in Timor-Leste: Challenges of a great leap forward

Authors: Buchan J, Cabral J, Dussault G, Ferrinho P
Publication Year: 2013
Journal: Social Science & Medicine
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23932856

The health services system of Timor-Leste (T-L) will, by 2015, add 800 physicians, most of them trained in Cuba, to the 233 employed by the national health system in 2010-2011. The need for more physicians is not in discussion: poor health indicators, low coverage and utilization of services, and poor quality of services are well documented in T-L.
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Depressive symptoms and its associated factors in 13-year-old urban adolescents

Authors: Barros H, Bulhões C, Dias S, Lindert J, Ramos E
Publication Year: 2013
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24129117

The available estimates reveal that 20-50% of adolescents report depressive symptoms, being one of the most prevalent health problems in adolescence. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of depressive symptoms in a community sample of 13-year-old adolescents and identify associated features.
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Nursing workforce policy and the economic crisis: A global overview

Authors: Buchan J, Dussault G, O'May
Publication Year: 2013
Journal: Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23656542

This article draws from international data sources (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD] and World Health Organization), from national data sources (nursing regulatory authorities), and the literature to provide a context in which to examine trends in labor market and health spending indicators, nurse employment, and nurse migration patterns.
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Remember kerion celsi

Authors: Brissos J, Gouveia C, Neves C, Varandas L
Publication Year: 2013
Journal: BMJ Case Reports
Link: http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-200594.extract

Authors: Afonso MO, Alves-Pires C, Branco S, Campino L, Cortes S, Cristóvão JM, Gonçalves L, Maia C
Publication Year: 2013
Journal: Acta Tropica
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23262215

In Portugal human and canine leishmaniasis are caused by Leishmania infantum, and Phlebotomus perniciosus and P. ariasi are the proven vectors. Three main foci were identified in eighty’s decade: Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro region, Lisbon region and Algarve region, but according to OnLeish observatory data, canine leishmaniasis cases have been reported from several other regions, for which sand fly species and their infection rates are unknown.
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Depressive symptoms and its associated factors in 13-year-old urban adolescents

Nursing workforce policy and the economic crisis: A global overview

Remember kerion celsi

Entomological and ecological studies in a new potential zoonotic leishmaniasis focus in Torres Novas municipality, Central Region, Portugal

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