Malnutrition is a well-known and serious public-health problem throughout Africa. Madagascar is one of the poorest countries where 92% of the population lives below the poverty line. The combination of nutritional insecurity, poor health and poverty has a huge effect on the general welfare of people. …

World-wide, shortages of primary care physicians and an increased demand for services have provided the impetus for delivering team-based primary care. The diversity of the primary care workforce is increasing to include a wider range of health professionals such as nurse practitioners, registered nurses …

Until the first part of the 20th century, health was defined as the absence of disease and was measured in terms of morbidity and mortality. This simple definition of health was rejected in 1948 with the expansion of the concept of health by the World Health Organization (WHO), defining it as “a state …

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