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Evaluating Innovative Health Programs: Lessons for Health Policy [PDF]
The Global Development Network’s (GDN) project “Evaluating Innovative Health Programs” (EIHP), funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, seeks to inform policy on the effectiveness of health solutions that have the potential to improve health ...
Jones, Andrew M +2 more
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Addressing the double burden of malnutrition in Egypt: do conditional cash transfers have a role? [PDF]
, 2009 Many developing countries are undergoing rapid socio-economic changes that impact on health and its social distribution. These changes can occur so rapidly that there is a resulting co-existence of diseases of affluence and diseases of poverty.
Aitsi-Selmi, A. +3 more
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Identification of priority health conditions for field-based screening in urban slums in Bangalore, India [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Urban slums are characterised by unique challenging living conditions, which increase their inhabitants' vulnerability to specific health conditions.
A Banerjee +69 more
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Pathogenic Germline PALB2 and RAD50 Variants in Patients With Relapsed Ewing Sarcoma
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Approximately 10% of patients with Ewing sarcoma (EwS) have pathogenic germline variants. Here, we report two cases: first, a novel germline pathogenic variant in partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) in a patient with a late EwS relapse. Its impact on homologous recombination is demonstrated, and breast cancer risk is discussed.
Molly Mack +12 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background We describe clinical and biologic characteristics of neuroblastoma in older children, adolescents, and young adults (OCAYA); describe survival outcomes in the post‐immunotherapy era; and identify if there is an age cut‐off that best discriminates outcomes.
Rebecca J. Deyell +14 more
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Hereditary spherocytosis: Retrospective evaluation of 65 children
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a common cause of congenital hemolytic anemia in Caucasians and it could be diagnosed at any age. The aim of this study is to examine the demographic characteristics, clinical features and laboratory findings of children
Ali Güngör +5 more
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The intergenerational transmission of health in early childhood [PDF]
, 2008 The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they can lead
Coneus, Katja, Spieß, Christa Katharina
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Despite their increased risk for functional impairment resulting from cancer and its treatments, few adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with a hematological malignancy receive the recommended or therapeutic dose of exercise per week during inpatient hospitalizations.
Jennifer A. Kelleher +8 more
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The Impact of Childhood Health on Adult Educational Attainment: Evidence from Modern Mandatory School Vaccination Laws [PDF]
This paper examines the impact of post-neonatal childhood health on adult educational attainment using evidence from mandatory school vaccination laws in the U.S.
Dara N. Lee
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Methods for Evaluating Innovative Health Programs (EIHP): A Multi-Country Study [PDF]
Designed as a global research initiative, the EIHP project aims at adding to the evidence base of health interventions that have the potential to improve health outcomes in Africa and Asia.
Jones, Andrew M +2 more
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