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HIV and AIDS in the Russian Federation : prisons as a case study of risk environments and agency [PDF]

, 2017
This thesis explores Russian prisons as risk environments for the spread of HIV through intravenous drug use. The Russian HIV epidemic is extremely fast growing, and though exact prevalence rates are unknown, the epidemic is now considered generalized as
Severson, Jamie LeeAnn
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An evaluation of a tuberculosis case-finding and treatment program among Syrian refugees—Jordan and Lebanon, 2013–2015

Conflict and Health, 2019
Background The displacement crisis in Syria poses challenges for tuberculosis (TB) control across the region. Since 2012 in Jordan and 2013 in Lebanon, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the National TB Program (NTP) in ...
Andrew T. Boyd, Susan T. Cookson, Ibrahim Almashayek, Hiam Yaacoub, M. Saiful Qayyum, Aleksandar Galev   +5 more
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"Bright, Aggressive, and Abrasive:" A History of the Chief Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1951 - 2006

, 2022
Hugh J. Kelsey
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Quality of age data in the Sierra Leone Ebola database

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: While it is suspected that some ages were misreported during the 2014-2016 West African ebola outbreak, an analysis examining age data quality has not been conducted.
Lindsay Shively Womack, Charles Alpren, Frederick Martineau, Amara Jambai, Tushar Singh, Reinhard Kaiser, John Terrell Redd   +6 more
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The epidemiological impact of an HIV vaccine on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern India [PDF]

The potential epidemiological impact of preventive HIV vaccines on the HIV epidemic in Southern India is examined using a mathematical deterministic dynamic compartmental model. Various assumptions about the degree of protection offered by such a vaccine,
De Vlas, Sake J., Nagelkerke, Nico J.D.
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Event-Based surveillance (EBS) implementation in unstable and conflict settings: lessons learned from Sudan

Conflict and Health
Background Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) collects signal information from communities and other sources to improve the early detection and response to outbreaks or other public health threats.
Elfatih M. Malik, Sze Man Yiu, Muzhgan Habibi, Ismaiel Mohamed Ismaiel, Aisha Yousif Ridwan, Ahmad Izzoddeen, Mazza Abasher Alzain, Muntasir Mohamed Osman, Leen Daoud, Nada Gafar, Sayed Himmat, Haitham Bashier, Mahmoud Sadek, Muhammad Ali Raja   +13 more
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The GATS Atlas: Global Adult Tobacco Survey [PDF]

, 2015
The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) Atlas highlights findings from 22 GATS countries in a user-friendly, visual format and incorporates data covering nearly 60 percent of the world's population.

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Exploring the Application of "Internet Medical" to Epidemic Prevention and Control on Chinese Campus in the Post-Epidemic Era. [PDF]

Risk Manag Healthc Policy, 2023
Ke C, Zhang F.
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Personal Information Leakage Threats and Suggestions for Improvement in China’s Epidemic Prevention and Control [PDF]

, 2023
Tianshu Chen
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Measuring the economic benefits and costs of Bluetongue virus outbreak and control strategies in Scotland [PDF]

This paper provides an ex-ante economic analysis, comparing six alternative control strategies for the eradication of Bluetongue virus 8 against five incursion scenarios in cattle and sheep populations.
Fofana, Abdulai, Gunn, George J., Moran, Dominic, Stott, Alistair W., Toma, Luiza   +4 more
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