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Assessment of the non-communicable diseases kit for humanitarian emergencies in Yemen and Libya

BMJ Global Health, 2022
Emergency health kits are a vital way of providing essential medicines and supplies to health clinics during humanitarian crises. The WHO non-communicable diseases (NDCs) kit was developed 5 years ago, recognising the increasing challenge of providing continuity of care and secondary prevention of NCDs and exacerbations, in such settings.
Lilian Kiapi, Ahmad Hecham Alani, Iman Ahmed, Gemma Lyons, Grace McLain, Laura Miller, Bhavika Darji, Isaac Waweru, Mauricio Aragno, Kelly Kisarach, Mekuanint Zeleke, Nabeel Nagi, Vageesh Jain, Slim Slama   +13 more
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COVID-19: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
This Special Issue focuses on recent global research on the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic [...]
Peter A. Leggat, John Frean, Lucille Blumberg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-Communicable Diseases in Emergencies: A Call to Action

PLoS Currents, 2013
Recent years have demonstrated the devastating health consequences of complex emergencies and natural disasters and thereby highlighted the importance of comprehensive and collaborative approaches to humanitarian responses and risk reduction. Simultaneously, noncommunicable diseases are now recognised as a real and growing threat to population health ...
Demaio, Alessandro, Jamieson, Jennifer, Horn, Rebecca, de Courten, Maximilian, Tellier, Siri   +4 more
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Non-communicable diseases attributed mortality and associated sociodemographic factors in Papua New Guinea: Evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System

PLOS Global Public Health, 2021
Background Papua New Guinea (PNG) is undergoing an epidemiological transition with increased mortality from NCDs. This study examined NCDs-attributed mortality and associated sociodemographic factors in PNG.
B. Pham, Ronny Jorry, Norah Abori, Vinson D Silas, A. Okely, W. Pomat   +5 more
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First report of an imported case of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in South Africa

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is caused by hantavirus infection. Hantaviruses are not endemic to South Africa, and we report the first detection of an imported case of HFRS in the country.
N Moolla, D Adler, L Blumberg, A Glass, A Grobbelaar, C le Roux, J Paweska, J Weyer   +7 more
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Plague and listeriosis: current outbreaks, and an historical South African connection

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
No abdtract available.
John Frean, Lucille Blumberg, Kerrigan McCarthy, Juno Thomas   +3 more
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The diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from asymptomatic and symptomatic school-age children in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Understanding Plasmodium falciparum population diversity and transmission dynamics provides information on the intensity of malaria transmission, which is needed for assessing malaria control interventions.
Shirley V. Simpson, Sabin S. Nundu, Hiroaki Arima, Osamu Kaneko, Toshihiro Mita, Richard Culleton, Taro Yamamoto   +6 more
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Malaria Vector Surveillance and Control in an Elimination Setting in South Africa

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
South Africa’s malaria elimination plans are aligned to the World Health Organization’s aim for a malaria-free world and include specific objectives within a specified time frame.
Basil D. Brooke
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A review on the progress of sex-separation techniques for sterile insect technique applications against Anopheles arabiensis

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
The feasibility of the sterile insect technique (SIT) as a malaria vector control strategy against Anopheles arabiensis has been under investigation over the past decade.
Thabo Mashatola, Cyrille Ndo, Lizette L. Koekemoer, Leonard C. Dandalo, Oliver R. Wood, Lerato Malakoane, Yacouba Poumachu, Leanne N. Lobb, Maria Kaiser, Kostas Bourtzis, Givemore Munhenga   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19: Current Status and Future Prospects

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
This second Special Issue in a series of Special Issues in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease looks at recent global research on the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic [...]
Peter A. Leggat, John Frean, Lucille Blumberg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source