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Ending Neglect of older people in the response to Humanitarian Emergencies [PDF]

, 2012
Older people make up a significant and growing number of those affected by humanitarian crises, yet they are often not sought out or prioritised within the humanitarian response.
EY Chan, F Assefa, F Chappuis, Frances Stevenson, G Gavazzi, LB Shrestha, P Salama, P Spiegel, PB Spiegel, Unni Karunakara   +9 more
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Witnessing history: a personal view of half a century in public health [PDF]

, 2018
Former Chief Medical Officer Sir Kenneth Calman recently celebrated 50 years in medicine. It was a period which saw the evolution of the public health agenda from communicable diseases to diseases of lifestyle, the change from a hospital-orientated ...
Bergman, B.P., Calman, K.C., Chandler, A.S., Laing, F.   +3 more
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Social determinants of health inequalities [PDF]

, 2005
The gross inequalities in health that we see within and between countries present a challenge to the world. That there should be a spread of life expectancy of 48 years among countries and 20 years or more within countries is not inevitable. A burgeoning
Marmot, M
core   +1 more source

Dengue Situation in Bangladesh: An Epidemiological Shift in terms of Morbidity and Mortality

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019
The escalating dengue situation in Bangladesh has been emerging as a serious public health problem in terms of morbidity and mortality. Results of analysis of 40,476 cases of Bangladesh occurring during 2000–2017 indicated that 49.73% of the dengue cases
Pulak Mutsuddy, Sanya Tahmina Jhora, Abul Khair Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, S. M. Golam Kaisar, Md Nasir Ahmed Khan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Vaccine Hesitancy Profiles and Determinants of Seasonal Influenza among Chinese Community Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Vaccines, 2022
This paper is an evaluation of seasonal influenza vaccination hesitancy (IVH) and its determinants among community HCWs in Chongqing, a city in southwest China.
Xianxian Yang, Wenge Tang, Qiang Tan, Deqiang Mao, Xianbin Ding   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survival for Children Diagnosed With Wilms Tumour (2012–2022) Registered in the UK and Ireland Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of Childhood (IMPORT) Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of childhood (IMPORT) is a prospective clinical observational study capturing detailed demographic and outcome data on children and young people diagnosed with renal tumours in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Naomi Ssenyonga, Angela Lopez‐Cortes, Reem Al‐Saadi, Suzanne Tugnait, Kristina Dzhuma, Catriona Duncan, Gordan Vujanic, Tanzina Chowdhury, Claudia Allemani, Michel P. Coleman, Kathy Pritchard‐Jones, the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) Renal Tumour Special Interest Group, Hugh Bishop, Anthony McCarthy, Pamela Kearns, Helen Rees, Amos Burke, Meriel Jenney, Jane Pears, Hamish Wallace, Milind Ronghe, Tanzina Chowdhury, Susan Picton, Emma Ross, Lisa Howell, Bernadette Brennan, Gail Halliday, Richard Grundy, Shaun Wilson, Sucheta Vaidya, Daniel Yeomanson, Jessica Bate, Vesna Pavasovic, Jessica Bate, Sabine Irtan, Jesper Brok, Minou Oostveen, Kristina Dzhuma, Mark Weeks, Richard Williams, Mark Powis, Max Pachl, Bruce Okoye, Naima Smeulders, Gordan Vujanic, Oystein Olsen, Tom Watson, Susan Shelmerdine, Dan Saunders, Angela Lopez-Cortes, Taryn Treger, Tom Jackson, Suzanne Tugnait, Lisa Howell, Tanzina Chowdhury, Sam Behjati, Angela Polanco   +56 more
wiley   +1 more source

Communicable diseases: provisional summary 2003. [PDF]

, 2004
This report summarises the main trends in communicable disease in Northern Ireland during 2003. It is primarily based on laboratory reports forward to CDSC (NI) and information supplied by Consultants in Communicable Disease Control.

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A Comparative Study of Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Konstantina Dipla, Danai Faitatzidou, Fotini Iatridi, Areti Georgiou, Artemios Karagiannidis, Erasmia Sampani, Chrysostomos Dimitriadis, Aggelos Koutlas, Andreas Zafeiridis, Pantelis Sarafidis   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-sectional study on prevalence and risk factors for falls among the elderly in communities of Guangdong province, China

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective This study aims to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of falls among the elderly in Guangdong, China.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in six communities of Guangdong province.
Chuan Li, Xue-yan Zheng, Xiao-jun Xu, Li-feng Lin, Xia-zi Lin, Rui-lin Meng, Dan-dan Peng, Hao-feng Xu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source