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Technical and operational underpinnings of malaria elimination from Sri Lanka

Malaria Journal, 2019
Malaria was eliminated from Sri Lanka in 2012, and the country received WHO-certification in 2016. The objective of this paper is to describe the epidemiology of malaria elimination in Sri Lanka, and the key technical and operational features of the ...
Risintha Premaratne, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Dewanee Ranaweera, W. M. Kumudu T. de A. W. Gunasekera, Mihirini Hevawitharana, Lalanthika Pieris, Deepika Fernando, Kamini Mendis   +7 more
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Tobacco packaging and labeling in the WHO African region: progress after the adoption of WHO FCTC's Article 11 guidelines

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background In 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 11 Guidelines were adopted. The objective of this study was to: (1) describe the current status of packaging and labeling in all 47 countries ...
Ernesto Sebrie, Karoline Walter, Kaitlin Donley, Bintou Camara, Maria Carmona, Monique Muggli, Rose Nathan, Patricia Lambert   +7 more
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Optimising diagnosis of viraemic hepatitis C infection: the development of a target product profile

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The current low access to virological testing to confirm chronic viraemic HCV infection in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is limiting the rollout of hepatitis C (HCV) care.
Elena Ivanova Reipold, Philippa Easterbrook, Alessandra Trianni, Nivedha Panneer, Douglas Krakower, Stefano Ongarello, Teri Roberts, Veronica Miller, Claudia Denkinger   +8 more
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The Chaeli Campaign Journal Club: Strengthening evidence-based practice and contributing to practice-based evidence in under-resourced South African communities

African Journal of Disability, 2022
Background: The Chaeli Campaign is a Cape Town based non-profit organisation offering programmes largely for children and youth with disabilities in diverse under-resourced communities in South Africa.
Rosemary Luger, Martha Geiger, Olwethu Nqevu, Ann Bullen, Faizah Toefy   +4 more
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Negative Campaigning (Election Campaigning Communication)

DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis, 2021
One of the most crucial decisions political candidates make ahead of an election is whether they want to focus on their image or that of their   their political opponents in their advertisement (Lau and Rovner , 2009). During electoral campaigns, candidates need to decide whether they use political advertisement to display a positive image of ...
Desiree Steppat, Laia Castro Herrero
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Why it’s time to say goodbye to stavudine ... everywhere

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2012
The previous issue of the SAJHIV (December 2011) carried an Opinion piece by Innes, Cotton and Venter regarding the potential value of low-dose of stavudine (20 mg twice a day).
Isabelle Andrieux-Meyer, Polly Clayden, Simon Collins, Nathan Geffen, Eric Goemaere, Mark Harrington, Sharonann Lynch, Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Tracy Swan   +8 more
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Results from unannounced visits to check compliance with smoke-free regulations in three types of indoor places in Beijing

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Beijing Tobocco control regulation come into force in 2015. According to the regulation, all indoor areas are smoke free. To assess compliance with the Beijing Regulations, identify weaknesses and problems, and provide scientific evidence for
Shuyan Wu, Hongguang Mei, Zejun Liu
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Inverse Campaigning [PDF]

The Economic Journal, 2003
"It can be advantageous for an office motivated party A to spend effort to make it public that a group of voters will lose from party A's policy proposal. Such effort is called inverse campaigning. The inverse campaigning equilibria are described for the case where the two parties can simultaneously reveal information publicly to uninformed voters ...
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Simple ideas that work: Celebrating development in persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

African Journal of Disability, 2018
Background: The purpose of this article is to share some lessons learnt by an interdisciplinary therapy team working with persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD), implemented in diverse, low-income contexts over a period of 8 ...
Ann Bullen, Rosemary Luger, Debbie Prudhomme, Martha Geiger   +3 more
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The first introduced malaria case reported from Sri Lanka after elimination: implications for preventing the re-introduction of malaria in recently eliminated countries

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background There has been no local transmission of malaria in Sri Lanka for 6 years following elimination of the disease in 2012. Malaria vectors are prevalent in parts of the country, and imported malaria cases continue to be reported.
Vissundara M. Karunasena, Manonath Marasinghe, Carmen Koo, Saliya Amarasinghe, Arundika S. Senaratne, Rasika Hasantha, Mihirini Hewavitharana, Hapuarachchige C. Hapuarachchi, Hema D. B. Herath, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Kamini N. Mendis, Deepika Fernando, Dewanee Ranaweera   +12 more
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