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Yellow fever in plain sight: assessing disease surveillance officers’ knowledge and self-efficacy in identification and reporting in Kwara State, Nigeria

BMC Public Health
Introduction Yellow fever (YF) poses a significant threat to public health in Nigeria, which bears the highest burden of the disease. Timely identification and reporting by disease surveillance officers are critical in preventing and controlling ...
Oladayo D. Awoyale, Magbagbeola D. Dairo, Adeniyi F. Fagbamigbe, Simiat Adeogun, Oluwatosin E. Fakayode, Olufunmilayo Fawole   +5 more
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Dexamethasone for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Prevention in Pediatric Patients: International Consensus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An international Delphi panel of experts developed consensus statements to delineate the circumstances where the risks of dexamethasone as an antiemetic do and do not outweigh its benefits. Procedure Experts in supportive care of pediatric patients were invited to participate.
Negar Shavandi, Paula D. Robinson, Shana Jacobs, L. Lee Dupuis, the International Pediatric Dexamethasone Panel, Sameer Bakhshi, Tiene Bauters, Eva Brack, Simone Cesaro, Claire Fosbrook, Jason Freedman, Tamara MacDonald, Eloise Neumann, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Rod Rassekh, Florian Slimano, Johnathan Soggee, Joel Thompson, Marianne van de Wetering, Milena Villarroel, Jasper Wong   +20 more
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Outbreak of Chikungunya in the Republic of Congo and the global picture

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Chikungunya fever is a crippling disease caused by an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) transmitted to humans through mosquitoes.  Although Chikungunya virus is not often associated with mortality, the effects of virus outbreaks are often devastating ...
Alyson Ann Kelvin
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The what, who and how of socio-ecological justice: Tailoring a new justice model for earth system law

Earth System Governance, 2021
Since modernity, the mechanistic paradigm has determined how Western and Westernised societies live, produce knowledge, and regulate their interactions and institutions, profoundly influencing law and undermining ecological integrity. This paradigm's key
Kamila Pope, Michelle Bonatti, Stefan Sieber   +2 more
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Real‐World Pediatric Blinatumomab Administration: Access to Outpatient Care Delivery and Impact of a Hospital‐Dispensed Model

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blinatumomab has been shown to be highly effective for patients with pediatric B‐ALL and has recently become standard of care therapy. Due to its past use in the clinical trial setting, there is limited information available about real‐world administration.
Katelyn Oranges, Kelly A. Duffy, Sara McDonough, Evelyn Kurpiewski, R. Jennifer Randall, Allison Barz Leahy, Haley M. Newman, Joyce P. Lee, Stephen P. Hunger, Anne F. Reilly, David T. Teachey, Susan R. Rheingold, Daniel J. Zheng   +12 more
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Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of land use and land cover (LULC) and vegetation degradation state from wildfire within the scope of forest landscape restoration (FLR) in Cameroon

European Journal of Remote Sensing
Forest-Savannah transition zones are increasingly vulnerable due to their position between the savannah and forest ecosystems, and their ecological and biophysical characteristics.
Kueshi Sémanou Dahan, Hamza Moluh Njoya, Shibire Bekele Eshetu, Kossi Hounkpati, Harifidy Rakoto Ratsimba, Stefan Sieber, Katharina Löhr   +6 more
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Zika: the new arbovirus threat for Latin America

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015
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Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
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Implementing Public Health Regulations in Developing Countries: Lessons from the OECD Countries [PDF]

, 2010
The enforcement of public health standards is a common problem in many developing countries. Public health agencies lack sufficient resources and, too often, enforcement mechanisms rely on slow and erratic judicial systems.
Gostin, Lawrence O., Gupta, Monica Das, Levin, Max, Mok, Emily A.   +3 more
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Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait, R. Al‐Saadi, A. Lopez‐Cortes, K. Dzhuma, M. Oostveen, J. Brok, S. Irtan, M. Weeks, J. Bate, S. Baker, R. Williams, M. Powis, D. Saunders, O. Olsen, T. Watson, S. Shelmerdine, S. Vaidya, L. Howell, C. Duncan, G. M. Vujanic, C. Stiller, G. P. Balchin, T. Chowdhury, K. Pritchard‐Jones   +23 more
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