World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020 Objectives To describe new WHO 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Methods The guidelines were developed in accordance with WHO protocols.
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Supporting countries to achieve their malaria elimination goals: the WHO E-2020 initiative
Malaria Journal, 2021 Background Malaria causes more than 200 million cases of illness and 400,000 deaths each year across 90 countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal for 35 countries to eliminate malaria by 2030, with an intermediate milestone of 10 ...
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A European union and Canadian review of public health nursing preparation and practice. [PDF]
, 2013 This study explores the preparation and role of the public health nurse (PHN) across European Union (EU) countries (Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) and Canadian provinces (Alberta, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island)
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global problem and there were an estimated 4.95 million deaths associated with bacterial AMR worldwide in 2019.
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Distribution and determinants of tuberculosis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2012 [PDF]
, 2017 Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health threat in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) with many challenges that limit its prevention and control. To understand how to meet these challenges, this study calculated the TB incidence rates (IRs) in KSA from
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Benefit of viral load testing for confirmation of immunological failure in HIV patients treated in rural Malawi. [PDF]
, 2011 Objective Viral load testing is used in the HIV programme of Chiradzulu, Malawi, to confirm the diagnosis of immunological failure to prevent unnecessary switching to second-line therapy.
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Geo-additive models of childhood undernutrition in three sub-Saharan African countries [PDF]
, 2009 We investigate the geographical and socioeconomic determinants of childhood undernutrition in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, three neighbouring countries in southern Africa, using the 1992 Demographic and Health Surveys.
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Achievements and challenges for the use of killed oral cholera vaccines in the global stockpile era
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017 Cholera remains an important but neglected public health threat, affecting the health of the poorest populations and imposing substantial costs on public health systems.
Sachin N. Desai +6 more
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Comparison of Medicine Availability Measurements at Health Facilities: Evidence from Service Provision Assessment Surveys in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries. [PDF]
, 2013 With growing emphasis on health systems strengthening in global health, various health facility assessment methods have been used increasingly to measure medicine and commodity availability.
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Evaluation of the electronic Early Warning and Response Network (EWARN) system in Somalia, 2017–2020
Conflict and Health, 2022 Background In 2008, Somalia introduced an electronic based Early Warning Alert and Response Network (EWARN) for real time detection and response to alerts of epidemic prone diseases in a country experiencing a complex humanitarian situation.
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