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A population-based cohort study of socio-demographic risk factors for COVID-19 deaths in Sweden
Nature Communications, 2020 Better understanding of who is at highest risk of death from COVID-19 is important for public health planning. Here, the authors demonstrate an unequal mortality burden associated with socially disadvantaged groups in Sweden.
Sven Drefahl +7 more
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The indirect health effects of malaria estimated from health advantages of the sickle cell trait
Nature Communications, 2019 Estimates of the burden of malaria often don't take wider, indirect effects on overall health into consideration. Here, Uyoga et al. estimate the indirect impact of malaria on children’s health in a case-control study, using the sickle cell trait as a ...
Sophie Uyoga +11 more
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Contraceptive discontinuation in Egypt as fertility returns to its 2000 level [PDF]
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, 2020 Purpose – The similarity of family planning (FP) indicators from EDHS2014 to that of EDHS2000 is alarming for policymakers and researchers who consider it as an echo of the past and a threat, which the FP programme has to face to prevent its progression.
Mona Khalifa +2 more
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Demography and Design: Predictors of New Product Team Performance
, 1992 The increasing reliance on teams in organizations raises the question of how these teams should be formed. Should they be formed completely of engineers or should they include a range of specialists?
Deborah G. . Ancona, D. Caldwell
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The impact of method choice on the risk of contraceptive discontinuation: Egypt 2014 [PDF]
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, 2020 Purpose – In Egypt, the IUD is the most common contraceptive method since 1988 and has remained so despite a recent drop in its share from 59.9% in 2008 to 51.5% in 2014 in favour of hormonal methods, which increased from 19.7% for pills and 12.3% for ...
Mona Khalifa +2 more
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Wellcome Open Research, 2018 Background: Kenya introduced the monovalent Rotarix® rotavirus group A (RVA) vaccine nationally in mid-2014. Long-term surveillance data is important prior to wide-scale vaccine use to assess the impact on disease and to investigate the occurrence of ...
Betty E. Owor +7 more
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Veterinary Medicine International, 2023 Biosecurity practice limits the occurrence of diseases and economic losses in fish farms. The objective of this study was to characterize fish farming in the Administrative Division of Wouri, Cameroon (3°97′04″–3°58′13″N; 9°76′78″–9°46′4.3″E) and assess ...
Fonkwa Georges +7 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background Self-reported maternal complications are associated with maternal morbidity, deliveries by C-section, postpartum depression, and maternal death.
Pradeep Kumar +3 more
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Maternal grand multiparity and intention to use modern contraceptives in Nigeria
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Grand multiparity and low contraceptive prevalence are dominant among Nigerian women. These elevate the risk of unintended pregnancies, high-risk fertility and adverse maternal and child health outcomes among women in the country, particularly
Bola Lukman Solanke +3 more
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Wellcome Open Research, 2020 Background: Respiratory viruses are primary agents of respiratory tract diseases. Knowledge on the types and frequency of respiratory viruses affecting school-children is important in determining the role of schools in transmission in the community and ...
Irene Wangwa Adema +6 more
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