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Abstract Background In 2022, Canadian Blood Services implemented a gender‐neutral sexual behavior‐based screening (SBBS) approach to donor deferral, replacing time‐based criteria targeting gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) and female partners of gbMSM. We assessed the impact of this policy change on human immunodeficiency virus (
Chinchin Wang +3 more
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Poor Philanthropist III: A Practice-relevant Guide for Community Philanthropy [PDF]
This is a guide for a research study carried out between 2003 and 2005, the purpose of which was to explore the local ethos of caring and sharing in poor African communities.This guide is intended to assist grantmakers and funders working with ...
Susan Wilkinson-Maposa
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Predictions of the emergence of vaccine-resistant hepatitis B in The Gambia using a mathematical model [PDF]
Vaccine escape variants of hepatitis B virus (HBV) have been identified world-wide. A mathematical model of HBV transmission is used to investigate the potential pattern of emergence of such variants.
Wilson, J. N. +2 more
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Abstract Background and Objectives Canadian Blood Services implemented a re‐entry programme in 2014. Donors deferred because of false‐reactive or indeterminate screening tests can provide a specimen for re‐entry testing 6 months after their initial test, and resume donating if they test negative for all infectious markers.
Chinchin Wang +4 more
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This study was aimed at assessing the anti-HBs persistence and immune memory 18–19 y after vaccination against hepatitis B in healthy individuals primed as infants or adolescents.
Luisa Romanò +16 more
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Human resources for control of tuberculosis and HIV-associated tuberculosis. [PDF]
The global targets for tuberculosis (TB) control were postponed from 2000 to 2005, but on current evidence a further postponement may be necessary.
Bergström, K +5 more
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Extended criteria donors in liver transplantation Part I: reviewing the impact of determining factors [PDF]
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Baimakhanov, Zhassulan +8 more
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A Framework for Emergency Department–Integrated Hepatitis C Test‐and‐Treat in the United States
ABSTRACT Despite the availability of curative, direct‐acting antiviral therapy, hepatitis C virus elimination remains incomplete. Losses across the care cascade continue to limit impact, from initial diagnosis to sustained virologic response. Fewer than 1/3 of individuals ultimately achieve cure. These gaps reflect a delivery system that does not align
Saeed S. Graham
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Background: In spite of the progress made in the prevention of transfusion transmitted infections over the last few years, transmission of HBV infection through transfusion of HBsAg negative blood has been documented.
Elghannam Doaa +4 more
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PEPFAR Public Health Evaluation -Care and Support -Phase I Uganda [PDF]
Phase 1, a survey of 120 care facilities in Kenya and Uganda, found that over 90% of facilities provided some level of clinical, psychological,and preventive care. Pain control was very limited with paracetamol often the only analgesic.
Claire Nsubuga +10 more
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