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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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Multidimensional and Multifunctional Laser‐Induced Graphene (LIG) for Point‐of‐Care and Wearable Biosensing, Theranostics, and Bioactive Interfaces Toward Personalized Healthcare and Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multidimensional laser‐induced graphene (LIG) spanning from 0D to 3D architectures is comprehensively reviewed for multifunctional biomedical platforms, including biosensing, theranostics, and bioactive interface applications, which highlights its potentials for point‐of‐care diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, smart drug delivery, and tissue ...
Li Zhang, Yurou Yuan, Xiaohong Ding, Wing Cheung Mak   +3 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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Promotion of hand hygiene strengthening initiative in a Nigerian teaching hospital: implication for improved patient safety in low-income health facilities

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Background: Health care-associated infection remains a significant hazard for hospitalized patients. Hand hygiene is a fundamental action for ensuring patient safety.
Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Chinwendu Daniel Ndukwe, Patrick Gold Oyibo, Kingsley Onuoha Nwakpu, Richard Chukwuka Nnabu, Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier   +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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MENTAL HYGIENE AND DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1919
Everybody seems to realize the importance of mental hygiene, yet no one seems to know just how to begin. Dr. Hincks strikes the key-note of the situation. He says that the experimental stage is passed. It needs the backing of public opinion and the sound financial footing of support from public health funds.
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Polystyrene Nanoplastics Drive β‐Cell Dedifferentiation Through Dendritic Cell‐Intrinsic MHC‐I‐Dependent Inflammatory Crosstalk

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Polystyrene nanoplastics disrupt pancreatic immune–endocrine homeostasis by promoting MHC‐I‐associated dendritic cell activation and inflammatory crosstalk with β cells. This immune remodeling drives β‐cell dedifferentiation, impairs insulin secretion, and aggravates metabolic dysfunction, revealing a previously unrecognized immunometabolic mechanism ...
Conghui Qiao, Yuqing Song, Fang Yang, Menghui Guo, Libin Jiang, Xiaoyue Quan, Wei Wei, Xinyang Wang, Tianshu Han, Mingyuan Liu, Wenbo Jiang   +10 more
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A study on oral hygiene among students of a secondary school in Harinavi, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2019
Context: It is needless to state that health and hygiene go hand in hand and of the various categories of hygiene, oral hygiene has a colossal contribution to positive health for any individual.
Jayeeta Burman, Aparajita Dasgupta, Rajarshi Banerjee, Sembagamuthu Sembiah, Lina Bandyopadhyay, Bobby Paul   +5 more
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Multiple arboviral infections during a DENV-2 outbreak in Solomon Islands

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2020
Background Solomon Islands, a country made up of tropical islands, has suffered cyclic dengue fever (DF) outbreaks in the past three decades. An outbreak of dengue-like illness (DLI) that occurred in April 2016 prompted this study, which aimed to ...
Andrew Waleluma Darcy, Seiji Kanda, Tenneth Dalipanda, Cynthia Joshua, Takaki Shimono, Pheophet Lamaningao, Nobuyuki Mishima, Toshimasa Nishiyama   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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