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Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Innovative Interventions among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa: A Protocol Paper

Methods and Protocols
Although South Africa was the first country to register and roll out oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) biomedical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention intervention in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), its uptake remains low, particularly among ...
Lerato Lucia Olifant, Edith Phalane, Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya   +2 more
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Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID‐19 Open Science

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 703-717, April 2025.
Abstract In this paper, we examine the role digital curation practices and practitioners played in facilitating open science (OS) initiatives amid the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Summer 2023, we conducted a content analysis of available information regarding 50 OS initiatives that emerged—or substantially shifted their focus—between 2020 and 2022 to address ...
Irene V. Pasquetto, Amina A. Abdu, Natascha Chtena   +2 more
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Memorial of epidemics

Global Rheumatology, 2022
From the memories of training as a medical student, the report of a patient, an octogenarian woman, black, small, skinny, very lively and communicative. She was happy to tell us, at the instigation of the neurology professor, what had happened to her during the Spanish in Porto Alegre.
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Trends in the utilization, expenditure and costs of noninsulin glucose‐lowering drugs in the Medicaid population: Steady increases in glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonist and sodium–glucose transporter‐2 inhibitor use, prices and expenditure

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims This study aimed to analyse changes in the utilization, expenditure and average cost of noninsulin glucose‐lowering drugs (GLDs) between 2008 and 2023. Methods This was a retrospective observational study of 2008–2023 data from the National Medicaid State Drug Utilization database.
Rawan O. Almadfaa
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Prevalence and factors associated with diabetes, hypertension, and ischemic heart disease and/or stroke multimorbidity in Morocco: Results of a national STEPS survey in 2017

Population Medicine
Introduction This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) multimorbidity among adults in Morocco.
Karl Peltzer, Edith Phalane, Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya   +2 more
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Zuranolone: A case study in (regulatory) rush to judgement?

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Sage, in collaboration with Biogen, submitted a new drug approval for zuranolone for postpartum depression (PPD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) in December 2022. In August 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration granted approval for PPD but denied approval for MDD.
Lisa Cosgrove, Milutin Kostic, Barbara Mintzes, Gianna D'Ambrozio, Allen Shaughnessy   +4 more
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Do drugs approved via expedited approval pathways have therapeutic advantages? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Regulators use expedited approval pathways to speed market approval and patient access to promising new drugs. However, there is uncertainty about whether these pathways are successful in approving drugs with significant therapeutic advantages. This systematic review aims to examine the safety, effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of drugs approved via
Ashleigh Hooimeyer, Eliza J. McEwin, Zhicheng Wang, Joel Lexchin, Barbara Mintzes   +4 more
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Causes of Epidemics [PDF]

The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
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Do consumers and healthcare professionals report the same adverse event differently? A paired analysis of duplicate vaccine safety reports in Norway

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim This study aimed to compare how Norwegian healthcare professionals (HCPs) and consumers reported the same adverse event (AE) following immunization with vaccines against COVID‐19 during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Specifically, we aimed to compare the extent to which HCPs and consumers reported information relevant for assessing the causal relationship ...
Tommy Emil Dzus, Johaina Sarrage, Hilde Samdal, François Montastruc, Elena Rocca   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The status of machine learning in HIV testing in South Africa: a qualitative inquiry with stakeholders in Gauteng province

Frontiers in Digital Health
BackgroundThe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains one of the leading causes of death globally, with South Africa bearing a significant burden. As an effective way of reducing HIV transmission, HIV testing interventions are crucial and require the ...
Musa Jaiteh, Edith Phalane, Yegnanew A. Shiferaw, Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya   +3 more
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