Background Toxocara canis and T. cati are parasites of dogs and cats, respectively, that
infect humans and cause human toxocariasis. Infection may cause asthma-like symptoms�…

Health technology assessment (HTA) is the systematic evaluation of the properties and
impacts of health technologies and interventions. In this article, we presented a discussion of�…

Asthma is the third cause of hospitalisations due to clinical illnesses in Brazil. The
Programme for Control of Asthma in Bahia (ProAR) leads an initiative in Salvador City�…

Background Brazil has made great progress in reducing child mortality over the past
decades, and a parcel of this achievement has been credited to the Bolsa Fam�lia program�…

In the recent decades, Brazil has outperformed comparable countries in its progress toward
meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Many of these improvements have been driven�…

Background Asthma has emerged as an important public health problem of urban
populations in Latin America. Epidemiological data suggest that a minority of asthma cases�…

Background Few studies have analysed the effects of income inequality on health in
developing countries, particularly during economic growth, reduction of social disparities�…

Rapidly rising interestdfrom national and international health organisations, governments,
civil society, the private sector and myriad academic disciplinesdin what has become known�…

Objective This study estimated the association between stress and periodontitis. Materials
and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 621 individuals�…

Background Leprosy control is based on early diagnosis and multidrug therapy. For
treatment purposes, leprosy patients can be classified as paucibacillary (PB) or�…