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On Racialized, Gendered, Precarious Work: Struggles of Community Health Workers During the National Health Insurance Pilot Program in the Tshwane District, South Africa

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The infrastructure of precarious work is racialized and gendered, affecting disenfranchised Black women who carry the burden of low paid caregiving within the healthcare system. In South Africa, Community Health Workers, predominantly Black women from marginalized communities, have been vital in providing primary healthcare services at home ...
Sivuyisiwe Wonci
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular characterization of Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from sewage at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala: a cross-sectional study

, 2023
Background Escherichia coli (E. coli) is one of the most frequent causes of fatal bacterial infections affecting both humans and animals. The resistance to Carbapenems is mainly associated with enzyme-mediated resistance mechanism, through the ...
Jamidah Bagaya, Julius Nsubuga, Charles Drago Kato, Kenneth Ssekatawa, Lawrence Fred Sembajwe, Gloria Nakabiri, Anna Kitibwa   +6 more
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 genome in the air, surfaces, and wastewater of the referral hospitals, Gorgan, north of Iran

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2022
Background and Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic caused by the novel virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Farzad Ramezani Ziarani, Alireza Tahamtan, Hasan Safari, Alijan Tabarraei, Yousef Dadban Shahamat   +4 more
doaj  

Evolution of Dermatophytic Fungi: Anthropogenic and Biogenic Environmental Factors

International Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change presents new challenges to dermatologic care, ranging from anthropogenic factors, such as pollution that select for extremotolerant and potentially antifungal‐resistant fungi, to biogenic factors that can drive zoonotic outbreaks, which have received increased attention since the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic.
Aditya K. Gupta, Tong Wang, Richard C. Summerbell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The microbiome, resistome, and their co-evolution in sewage at a hospital for infectious diseases in Shanghai, China

Microbiology Spectrum
The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) caused by the overuse of antibiotics severely threatens human health. Hospital sewage may be a key transmission hub for ARB.
Yingying Ma, Nannan Wu, Tao Zhang, Yanpeng Li, Le Cao, Peng Zhang, Zhigang Zhang, Tongyu Zhu, Chiyu Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Brazil's Family Health Program on Cognitive Skills

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa Saude da Familia, FHP) on cognitive skills (measured by test scores) of fifth‐grade students. We use biennial data from national exams between 2007 and 2015, and variation in the FHP implementation date across municipalities, birth cohort, and test year to identify the ...
Pinar Mine Gunes, Magda Tsaneva
wiley   +1 more source

Social Equity Practices in Public Financial Management: A Conceptual Review and Proposed Reforms

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Equity has been at the core of public finance going at least as far back as 1776 when Adam Smith included it as one of four canons of a good tax in his classic An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Tax Project Institute 2025).
John R. Bartle, Philip G. Joyce, Marilyn M. Rubin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting Sustainable Prescribing—A Case Study Presenting Experiences From Two Swedish Drug and Therapeutics Committees

Pharmacology Research &Perspectives, Volume 14, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT During the past two decades, it has become evident that pharmaceuticals is an emerging environmental problem. In this study, we present the experiences from two Swedish Drug & Therapeutics Committees (DTCs) on how they integrate environmental considerations into their formularies and continuous professional education activities.
Björn Ericsson, Ulf Lindahl, Johanna Villén, Marmar Nekoro, Helena Ramström, Björn Wettermark   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taste and Smell Disturbances Associated With Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case Report

Journal of General and Family Medicine, Volume 27, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Adrenal insufficiency often presents with nonspecific symptoms, impeding early diagnosis. Taste and smell disturbances are rarely recognized as presenting features. Case Presentation We report the case of a 54‐year‐old man with a 3‐month history of persistent taste and smell disturbances accompanied by fatigue, loss of appetite ...
Takanori Izumi, Eri Doi, Yuki Tsutsui, Noboru Horinouchi, Rie Utsunomiya, Katsuhiko Yoshimura, Machiko Morita, Naoki Matsuda, Seiji Shiota   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antibacterial Activity of Heteropolytungstates Against Proteus mirabilis

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 29, Issue 18, 22 June 2026.
We investigated the in vitro antibacterial activity of several heteropolytungstates against P. mirabilis, a drug‐resistant pathogen. All tested polyanions inhibited bacterial growth, with the Preyssler–Pope–Jeannin polyanion P5W30 exhibiting the highest activity (MIC = 0.78 mg/mL).
Nour El Ghouch, Ahmad Asaad, Rana El Hajj, Sahar Khandan, Matthias S. Ullrich, Ulrich Kortz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source