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A primary health care Re-Engineering approach to enhance PrEP initiation and adherence among high-risk, sexually active adolescents and young adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BMC Public Health
Objective This study explores the decentralisation of PrEP services through primary health care (PHC) re-engineering structures such as schools, pharmacies, youth zones, community halls, and mobile clinics to improve PrEP uptake and adherence among ...
Thubelihle Mathole, Jeannine Uwimana Nicol, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Eunice Turawa, Wisdom Basera, Noluntu Funani, Edward Nicol   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann, Maike Wellbrock, Javier Louro, Arndt Borkhardt, Martin Schrappe, Claudia Trübenbach, Desiree Grabow, Cécile M. Ronckers, Joachim Schüz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bayesian modelling of population trends in alcohol consumption provides empirically based country estimates for South Africa

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Alcohol use has widespread effects on health and contributes to over 200 detrimental conditions. Although the pattern of heavy episodic drinking independently increases the risk for injuries and transmission of some infectious diseases, long ...
Annibale Cois, Richard Matzopoulos, Victoria Pillay-van Wyk, Debbie Bradshaw   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Referral Patterns and Diagnostic Timeliness in Pediatric Cancer: A Hospital‐Based Study in Indonesia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Timely diagnosis and treatment are critical for improving survival among children with cancer. In low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), delays are common and may be influenced by fragmented referral pathways and diagnostic limitations.
Nur Melani Sari, Regina Hadi Putri, Fatimah Assyifa, Judith Spijkerman, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Susi Susanah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of the evidence for the potential impact and feasibility of substituting saturated fat in the New Zealand diet

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2013
Objective: To estimate the potential impact on cardiovascular health of modifying dietary intake of saturated fat across the New Zealand population, and whether this would be appropriate and feasible.
Rachel H. Foster, Nick Wilson
doaj   +1 more source

HIV/AIDS profile in the provinces of South Africa, 2002

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2003
No abstract available.
Debbie Bradshaw
doaj   +1 more source

How Different Forms of Health Matter to Political Participation

Replication materials for "How Different Forms of Health Matter to Political Participation" by Burden, Fletcher, Herd, Jones, and Moynihan (Journal of ...
Burden, Barry
core   +1 more source

Venetoclax‐Based Therapy as a Bridge to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) pediatric acute leukemia carries a dismal prognosis, largely driven by chemoresistance to conventional salvage therapy. The BH3‐mimetic venetoclax, combined with chemotherapy or hypomethylating agents, has demonstrated efficacy in small clinical trials.
Katherine S. Colman, Deborah Meyran, Vajiranee Malalasekera, Heather Weerdenburg, Janine Campbell, Rachel Conyers, Stacie Wang, Hannah Walker, Seong Lin Khaw, Diane Hanna   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ballad Operas Online (BOPO): Tuning in to Eighteenth-Century Popular Song

, 2010
Joncus, Berta
core   +7 more sources