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Travelling to die: views, attitudes and end-of-life preferences of Israeli considering receiving aid-in-dying in Switzerland [PDF]

BMC Medical Ethics, 2022
Background Following the increased presence of the Right-to-Die Movement, improved end-of-life options, and the political and legal status of aid-in-dying around the globe, suicide tourism has become a promising alternative for individuals who wish to ...
Daniel Sperling
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Incident hypertension among adults on ART in Malawi: a nested cohort study [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction As populations on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa are aging, hypertension has become an increasingly important comorbidity among people living with HIV (PLHIV).
Osward M. Nyirenda, Brewster Moyo, Titus Divala, Andrea Buchwald, Nginache Nampota, Randy Mungwira, Wongani Nyangulu, Felix Mkandawire, Edson Mwinjiwa, Jane Mallewa, Matthew B. Laurens, Miriam K. Laufer, Joep J. van Oosterhout   +12 more
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Acknowledging the Dignity of Architectural Heritage Adding a Fourth Virtue to the Vitruvian Triad [PDF]

Athens Journal of Architecture, 2023
Addressing the complex legacies of the past in architectural education and built constructions, calls for a reconsidering of the principles of architectural design and conservation.
Nicholas Clarke, Marieke Kuipers
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Prisoners’ access to HIV services in southern Malawi: a cross-sectional mixed methods study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background The prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among prisoners remains high in many countries, especially in Africa, despite a global decrease in HIV incidence.
Austrida Gondwe, Alemayehu Amberbir, Emmanuel Singogo, Joshua Berman, Victor Singano, Joe Theu, Steven Gaven, Victor Mwapasa, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Magren Paul, Lawrence Chiwaula, Joep J. van Oosterhout   +11 more
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Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among prisoners and general population in Zomba, Malawi

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background TB remains a major global health problem. It is particularly prevalent in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa due to overcrowding, malnutrition, high HIV prevalence and insufficient medical services.
Victor Singano, Esther Kip, Wilson Ching’ani, Lawrence Chiwaula   +3 more
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Utworzenie kategorii godności człowieka (dignitas hominis) przez Hieronima ze Strydonu

Vox Patrum, 2023
Niniejszy artykuł omawia powstanie antropologiczno-aksjologicznej kategorii ludzkiej godności w pismach Hieronima ze Strydonu. Aby ocenić oryginalność Hieronima, artykuł omawia jego źródła: pisma Orygenesa z Aleksandrii i Cycerona De officiis ...
Jadwiga Guerrero van der Meijden
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Characteristics and outcomes of women initiating ART during pregnancy versus breastfeeding in Option B+ in Malawi

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Malawi adopted the PMTCT strategy ‘Option B+’ in 2011, providing life-long ART for all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women. We explored differences in characteristics and outcomes of women initiating ART during pregnancy versus ...
M. Landes, S. Sodhi, A. Matengeni, C. Meaney, M. van Lettow, A. K. Chan, J. J. van Oosterhout   +6 more
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The burden of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular risk factors among adult Malawians in HIV care: consequences for integrated services

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Hypertension and diabetes prevalence is high in Africans. Data from HIV infected populations are limited, especially from Malawi. Integrating care for chronic non-communicable co-morbidities in well-established HIV services may provide benefit
Oscar H. Divala, Alemayehu Amberbir, Zahra Ismail, Teferi Beyene, Daniela Garone, Colin Pfaff, Victor Singano, Harriet Akello, Martias Joshua, Moffat J. Nyirenda, Alfred Matengeni, Josh Berman, Jane Mallewa, Gift S. Chinomba, Noel Kayange, Theresa J. Allain, Adrienne K. Chan, Sumeet K. Sodhi, Joep J. van Oosterhout   +18 more
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Impact of peer-trainer leadership style on uptake of a peer led educational outreach intervention to improve tuberculosis care and outcomes in Malawi: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Little is known about how to build leadership capacity to support implementation of evidence-based practices within health systems. We observed substantial variability across sites in uptake and sustainability of a peer-led educational ...
L. M. Puchalski Ritchie, H. Mundeva, Monique van Lettow, S. E. Straus, E. Kip, A. Makwakwa   +5 more
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Task shifting of triage to peer expert informal care providers at a tertiary referral HIV clinic in Malawi: a cross-sectional operational evaluation

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background HIV treatment models in Africa are labour intensive and require a high number of skilled staff. In this context, task-shifting is considered a feasible alternative for ART service delivery.
Megan Landes, Courtney Thompson, Edson Mwinjiwa, Edith Thaulo, Chrissie Gondwe, Harriet Akello, Adrienne K. Chan   +6 more
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