A half-century of Australian health and medical research

In 1951, the Journal published an overview of medical research in Australia since Federation. This concluded that, with a few notable exceptions, discoveries were few and research funding was paltry. In contrast, in 2001, Australia has become a significant contributor to international medical research. Three Australians have been awarded Nobel Prizes for research performed in Australia, and others have received international awards. Research growth has been driven by the development of the tertiary education sector and independent medical research institutes. Nevertheless, there is no room for complacency.     

英国卫生保健经费占GDP的比例接近欧洲平均水平

卫生经济研究中心（OHE）最新报告称，英国的卫生保健经费占国内生产总值（GDP）的百分比从2000年到2004年的增长程度高于法国、德国和意大利。     

河北省疾控中心网站的构建

主要介绍河北省疾控中心网站的总体设计方案、布局、设计过程及网站的发布。     

Universities and medical schools: reflections on a half-century of Canadian medical education.

After 50 years of accelerated development, universities and medical schools have entered a period of uncertainty and instability. The Flexnerian paradigm of medical education, rooted in biomedical science and conducted under the aegis of a university, reached its apotheosis by the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Fuelled by the introduction of comprehensive, government-sponsored health care insurance and advances in technology, the demand for health care professionals and for access to facilities increased sharply. Medical education, research and advanced clinical services expanded dramatically aided by the emergence of academic health sciences centres and accompanied by a wave of medical curriculum reform. Now medical schools must strike a dynamic balance in responding to the continued expansion of knowledge and technology, the demand for social equity and the exigencies of prolonged fiscal constraint. They must also balance the biological and sociological approaches to medicine in establishing the foundations for the future development of Canadian medical education.     

美国疾病预防控制中心推荐结核病血液检测新方法

美国疾病预防控制中心（CDC）推荐了一种新的结核病（TB）血液检测方法。据信这种方法比目前的其他方法更为精确。旧金山公共卫生部门从2005年2月就开始使用这种由澳大利亚Cellestis公司研制的“定量酶蛋白TB金标准检测法”。那儿的官员称该方法是结核病领域自发现抗生素后取得的最新进步之一，而且与2001年投入使用的第一代定量酶蛋白TB标准检测法相比，该方法有明显的进步。