PURPOSEOptimal survival outcomes of prostate cancer are best achieved through high-quality care for curable disease.In Nigeria, various barriers may impede the curative treatment of prostate cancer, yet their impact on care and patient outcomes remains anecdotal.This study assessed treatment quality, survival outcomes, and interhospital differences
Serious Games, Mental Images, and Participatory Mapping: Reflections on a Set of Enabling Tools for Capacity Building
Increasing complexity of societal questions requires participatory processes that engage with capable participants.We adopted Horellis’ stance on participation as not an isolated event but a constant communication between different groups that can be assured by using enabling tools.We applied the Capability Approach to frame a capacity-buildi
Supplementary protection of intellectual property rights for medicines
The article discusses the issue of extending the legal protection of intellectual property rights for medicines.The research aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the problems related to the implementation of Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) in national legislation and possible solutions.The study also seeks to draw conclusions an
Impact of vaccination on epidemiology of diphtheria and pertussis
Whooping cough and diphtheria are vaccine preventable diseases.Diphtheria, due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae or Corynebactium ulcerans, two Gram positive bacteria, is a serious upper respiratory tract disease with high morbidity and mortality rates.Vaccination, via an acellular vaccine composed only of purified, detoxified diphtheria toxin, has si
Profitability development of key Czech agricultural commodities in the period 2002-2006
The paper examines development of Czech agriculture through profitability of the 10 chosen most important commodities (wheat, barley, rapeseed, sugar beet, potatoes, dairy cows - milk, cattle fattening, suckler cows, pigs fattening, poultry - fattening broilers) in the time horizon 2002-2006.The aim Trouser of the paper is to give an objective info