Abdul Abyad, MD, MPH, MBA, AGSF, AFCHSE (Editor) Abdul Abyad, MD, MPH, MBA, AGSF, AFCHSE (Editor) Abyad Medical Center & Middle East Longevity Institute Azmi Street, Abdo Center, 2nd Floor PO BOX 618, Tripoli LEBANON Tel & Fax: 961 6 443684/5/6 Email: aabyad@cyberia.net.lb Web: www.amc-lb.com

Dr. Md. Aminul Hoque writes that one of the important aspects of human development is education, both at the individual and the collective levels. Higher level of education means higher jobs, implying higher standards of living. In this paper attempts are made to analyze the educational characteristics of the female workers who work in different types of industries at and around Rajshahi city corporation area in Bangladesh. In all 891 workers are interviewed and the majority (20.20%) are found to work in sericulture industries followed by cottage industries (18.2%). Of the 891 women 52.1% are literate. Of the literate females 51.5% have primary level of education, 42.7% secondary level and only 5.8% above secondary level. The majority of literate females are found to work in sericulture industries (32.3%) followed by textile industries (19.6%). They find strong external effects of education on individual earnings.

A cross sectional study from Iran looked at International passengers as one of the most high risk groups to be exposed to AIDS that must have been aware about the dangers of this disease. The destination is not important but the passengers' knowledge is very important.
Objectives were to determine the knowledge of Non-Pilgrimage passengers, who are on the point of leaving for abroad, about the ways of AIDS transmission and its prevention in Tehran's International airport? Findings showed that passengers did not have sufficient knowledge about AIDs (transmission and prevention of AIDS). So, their health knowledge needs to be increased for health protection. Therefore training is one of the ways which can be used for increasing passengers' knowledge.

Kobra Rezaei, Yadollah Sahranavar and Maryam Nooritajer looked at the efficacy of Betadine and Decosept for surgical hand scrub on Bacterial Colony Count (BCC).

Nowadays in most operating rooms in developed countries, the surgical team, scrubs with an efficient agent for short time, while, in IRAN, the surgical team uses conventional and routine hand scrub (with Betadine more than 3 min). The aim of this study was to compare efficacy of Betadine and an alcoholic agent (Decosept) on BCC. Results: BCC frequency was different for immediate effect of Betadine and Decosept (38 & 25), and also for 2 h after scrub (72 & 40).

The mean of BCC reduction immediately after Betadine and Decosept scrub were significantly different (P=0.011). Conclusion: The results showed that the alcohol agent (Decosept) was more efficient on BCC reduction. They suggest more use of the alcohol agents for hand surgical scrub instead of others.

An article on Prevalence of Contraceptive Use in Naogaon District of Bangladesh assesses the knowledge and use of contraception of ever-married women of a district of Bangladesh namely Naogaon. The study uses data collected from some specific rural and urban areas of Naogaon district, Bangladesh. The information was collected from 800 ever-married women by interview method. Bivariate analysis and logistic regression analysis were adopted and the analysis revealed that although the knowledge of contraceptive has been conveyed to the majority of couples in Bangladesh, the current use rate of contraception is high enough (above ninety percent) and most of them currently use modern methods. The most prevalent method of contraception being the OCP. The level of current contraceptive use is higher in urban areas than in rural areas however, this gap is very narrow. Logistic analysis shows that, education of both respondent and husband, visit of family planning workers, place of residence, desire for additional children, talked to husband about family planning and number of living children have net significant effect on the current use of contraception.

Soad mahfoozpour , Maryam Jadid Milani, Maryam Nooritajer did a descriptive study which looked at one of the most vulnerable groups of the community, under 6 years old children, considered as a vital resource, in assuring a good future for the country. This study was conducted to assess the quality of provided care services for 0-6 years children, in Urban Health Centers (UHCs), of Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences & Health Services (SBUMS), in 2002-2003.

Conclusions regarding the importance of under 6 years old children's health, showed poor quality of care provided for them, more research is suggested to assess the impact of interventions on quality and quantity of children health care services.