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Spatiotemporal change in socioeconomic inequality in hygienic menstrual product use among adolescent girls in India during 2015–2019

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background The use of hygienic products, such as sanitary napkins, tampons, and menstrual cups, to absorb menstrual blood is vital for the health and well-being of adolescent girls in India.
Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Aditya Singh, Shivani Singh, Pooja Tripathi   +3 more
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The state of adolescent menstrual health in low- and middle-income countries and suggestions for future action and research

Reproductive Health, 2021
In recognition of the opportunity created by the increasing attention to menstrual health at global, regional, and national levels, the World Health Organization’s Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research and the UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO ...
Marina Plesons, Archana Patkar, Jenelle Babb, Asanthi Balapitiya, Flo Carson, Bethany A. Caruso, Margarita Franco, Maja Manzenski Hansen, Jacquelyn Haver, Andisheh Jahangir, Caroline W. Kabiru, Ephraim Kisangala, Penelope Phillips-Howard, Aditi Sharma, Marni Sommer, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli   +15 more
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Food Hygiene and Global Health

American Journal of Public Health, 2008
IS IT SAFE TO EAT? MEDIA reports of contaminated food imported from China have aroused concerns about food safety and public health in the United States and worldwide. The United States and China have recently moved to tighten the control of food inspection and enforcement of food laws.
Liping, Bu, Elizabeth, Fee
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Evaluation of knowledge, attitude, practices and effectiveness of menstrual hygiene interventions in rural schools from Lilongwe, Malawi

BMC Public Health
Background Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is associated with the menstrual process in women and adolescent girls who face cultural and financial challenges in rural areas of many developing countries.
Russel Chidya, Olivia Kachuma, Tchaka Thole, Louis Banda, Mark Loewenberger, Jennifer Nicholson   +5 more
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Community-associated Carbapenem-Resistant Organism Case Investigations in New York City, December 2020-May 2023

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant organisms (CRO) has focused on transmission in acute care hospital or long-term care facility (LTCF) settings. Few investigations have examined community-associated (CA)-CRO, with no consensus about common exposures ...
Celina Santiago, Ying Lin, Ulrike Siemetzki-Kapoor, Nicole Burton, Katelynn Devinney, Balan Dominique, Portier Thomas, William Greendyke, Molly Kratz, Catharine Prussing, Kailee Cummings, Rebecca Zimba, Karen Alroy   +12 more
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Prevention and control of catheter-associated urinary tract infections – implementation of the recommendations of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) in nursing homes for the elderly in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2016
Introduction: Urinary tract infections range among the most frequent infections not only in hospital patients but also in residents of long-term care facilities for the elderly. Urinary catheters are the greatest risk factor for urinary tract infections.
Heudorf, Ursel, Gasteyer, Stefanie, Müller, Maria, Samoiski, Yvonne, Serra, Nicole, Westphal, Tim   +5 more
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Correction to: Multiple arboviral infections during a DENV-2 outbreak in Solomon Islands

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2020
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Andrew Waleluma Darcy, Seiji Kanda, Tenneth Dalipanda, Cynthia Joshua, Takaki Shimono, Pheophet Lamaningao, Nobuyuki Mishima, Toshimasa Nishiyama   +7 more
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Deadly dengue epidemic outbreak in Burkina Faso in 2023

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Introduction: Since the 2016-2017 dengue outbreak in Burkina Faso, dengue has become endemic in our country. In epidemiological week no. 29 of 2023, the Hauts-Bassins health region recorded an unusual increase in the number of dengue cases compared to ...
Dr Armel Poda, Dr Léa Da, Dr Dogpèponé Somé, Dr Jacques Zoungrana, Dr Mahamoudou Savadogo, Dr Ismael Diallo, Dr Arnaud Diendéré, Dr Arsène Ouédraogo, Dr Thérèse Kagoné, Dr Rodrigue Diao, Dr Joseph Soubeiga, Dr Hamed Ouédraogo, Dr Issa Ouédraogo, Dr Abdoul-Salam Ouédraogo, Dr Hervé Hien   +14 more
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Children and adolescents in the CoVid-19 pandemic: Schools and daycare centers are to be opened again without restrictions. The protection of teachers, educators, carers and parents and the general hygiene rules do not conflict with this

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2020
In the opinion of the medical societies of hygiene and pediatrics undersigning the present statement, the analyses published to date regarding transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the course of CoVid-19 show that children play a much less significant role in ...
Walger, Peter, Heininger, Ulrich, Knuf, Markus, Exner, Martin, Popp, Walter, Fischbach, Thomas, Trapp, Stefan, Hübner, Johannes, Herr, Caroline, Simon, Arne, German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI), German Academy for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (DAKJ), Society of Hygiene, Environmental and Public Health Sciences (GHUP), Professional Association of Pediatricians in Germany (bvkj e.V.)   +14 more
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Health and Hygiene [PDF]

Nature, 1944
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