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- Viet Nam
  
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  Population 85.15 mln
  
  Population growth 1%
  
  Life expectancy 74 years
  
  Net migration -200,000
  
  Economy
  
  GDP $68.64 bln
  
  - per capita $806
  
  - growth rate 8%
  
  FDI, net inflows $6.7 bln
  
  Infrastructure
  
  Cellphone users 28%
  
  Internet users 21%
  
  High-tech exports 6%
  
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A framework for disseminating evidence-based health promotion practices

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Wider adoption of evidence-based, health promotion practices depends on developing and testing effective dissemination approaches. Several conceptual frameworks have been developed to organize the extensive literature on diffusion and dissemination of evidence-based practices. These frameworks are useful for generating hypotheses for future research, but no practical framework exists for developing and testing dissemination approaches. Such a framework would serve as a guide to dissemination more...

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D C on February 01, 2012

Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children

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Children who either have been exposed to human immunodeficiency virus or who are infected with HIV are at increased risk for certain illnesses. This report updates previously published guidelines for clinicians and other health-care practitioners who provide medical care for these persons. The guidelines were developed by a panel of specialists in pediatric HIV infection and other infectious diseases. The report provides recommendations for the most effective ways to diagnose, prevent and treat more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 14, 2009

Understanding School Violence

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School violence is a subset of youth violence, a broader public health problem. It includes a variety of behaviors such as bullying, slapping, punching, and weapon use. Victims can suffer serious injury, significant social and emotional damage, or even death. This document provides information on the extent of school violence in the United States, its short-term and long-term consequences, the risk factors leading to violence and how this can be prevented.

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Sonia Hossain on August 01, 2011

National Diabetes Fact Sheet 2011

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Diabetes affects 25.8 million people - 8.3% of the U.S. population.Among U.S. residents aged 65 years and older, 10.9 million, or 26.9%, had diabetes in 2010. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. This fact sheet provides national estimates and general information on diabetes and prediabetes in the United States, 2011.

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Sonia Hossain on November 12, 2011

Youth Violence: Fact Sheet 2009

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Youth violence refers to harmful behaviors that can start early and continue into young adulthood. The young person can be a victim, an offender, or a witness to the violence.

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Sonia Hossain on September 07, 2009

Reproductive Health Assessment (RHA) Toolkit for Conflict-Affected Women

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The Reproductive Health Assessment (RHA) Toolkit for Conflict-Affected Women was developed to meet the increased need for accurate reproductive health data among conflict-affected populations. The RHA Toolkit informs program planning, monitoring and evaluation, and advocacy efforts. It enables field-based staff with limited survey expertise to collect information about safe motherhood, family planning, sexual history, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, and female more...

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Moushumi Biswas on June 21, 2009

Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children

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This report presents both age- adjusted and unadjusted statistics from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) on selected health measures for children under 18 years of age, classified by sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, family structure, parent education, family income, poverty status, health insurance coverage, place of residence, region, and current health status. The topics covered are asthma, allergies, learning disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), more...

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Sonia Hossain on June 30, 2009

CDC HIV Prevention Strategic Plan: Extended Through 2010

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This Extended Plan maintains the focus on core prevention priorities expressed in the 2001 Plan: reducing the number of new infections, increasing knowledge of HIV status, and promoting linkages to care, treatment, and prevention services. In addition, new objectives have been added to make urgent priorities more explicit, including: preventing new HIV infections among MSM and African Americans; addressing stigma and discrimination; promoting the use of rapid HIV tests; addressing the role of more...

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Sonia Hossain on January 03, 2010

What Adults with HIV Infection Should Know about the Novel H1N1 Flu

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At the present time, we have no information about the risk of the novel H1N1 flu (formerly called Swine Flu) in people with HIV/AIDS. In the past, people with HIV/AIDS have not appeared to be at any greater risk than the general population for infection with routine seasonal influenza. However, HIV-infected adults and adolescents, and especially persons with low CD4 cell counts or AIDS, can experience more severe complications of seasonal influenza. It is therefore possible that HIV-infected more...

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Kasem Ali on September 06, 2009

Nutrition Monitoring in the United States

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Nutrition monitoring in the United States is a complex system of coordinated activities that provides information about the dietary, nutritional, and related health status of Americans; the relationships between diet and health; and the factors affecting dietary and nutritional status. Nutrition monitoring and surveillance data are used for Federal policymaking including food safety, food fortification, food labeling, dietary guidance, tracking progress toward nutrition and health objectives, more...

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Sonia Hossain on June 29, 2009

An Analysis of Injury Claims From Low-Seam Coal Mines – March 2009

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This article provides an analysis of injury claims for eight mining companies operating low-seam coal mines during calendar years 1996-2008. All cost data were normalized using data on the cost of medical care (MPI) as provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Analysis of data from individual mining companies suggest that knee and lower back injuries were a consistent problem across companies, as these injuries were each among the top five most costly part of body for seven out of eight more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 10, 2009

Healthy People 2010 snapshot for the Asian population

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Healthy People 2010 is a comprehensive, national agenda for improving the health of the U.S. population by the year 2010. It has two overarching goals: 1) increase quality and years of healthy life and 2) eliminate health disparities. This snapshot is based on all of the objectives with data for the Asian or Pacific Islander population.

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Sonia Hossain on February 12, 2010

Use of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine

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This report provides recommendations by CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of vaccine against infection with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. These recommendations are intended to provide vaccination programs and providers with information to assist in planning and to alert providers and the public about target groups comprising an estimated 159 million persons who are recommended to be first to receive influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine.

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Sonia Hossain on September 09, 2009

Guidance on Helping Child Care and Early Childhood Programs Respond to Influenza during the 2009–2010 Influenza Seasons

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This document provides guidance to help decrease the spread of influenza (flu) among children in early childhood programs and among early childhood providers during the 2009–2010 flu seasons. The guidance expands upon earlier guidance documents by providing a menu of tools that health officials, Head Start, and other early childhood and child care providers can choose from based on conditions in their area. It recommends actions to take now, during the 2009–2010 flu season, suggests strategies more...

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Kasem Ali on September 06, 2009

The Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program (MCH EPI) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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The Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program (MCH EPI) is a collaborative effort between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Since 1987, MCH EPI has assigned more than 30 career CDC epidemiologists focused on MCH issues to 18 states, and 5 other public health agencies and organizations (including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, CityMatCH, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, and the Indian Health Services). In more...

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Anuradha Bhattacharjee on September 30, 2006

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