José Roberto Ferreira: an intermediary between international health and global health, 1959-2019 [PDF]
História, Ciências, Saúde: ManguinhosThis article presents José Roberto Ferreira’s contribution to national and international discussions on the training of health professionals and his contributions to the construction of a critical proposal for South-South cooperation in health.
Erica Kastrup +2 more
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The Maturation of the International Health Crisis Response: The Polish Typhus Epidemic of 1916–1923 Compared to the African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic of 2013–2016: Part I, the Polish Epidemic [PDF]
EpidemiologiaPoland suffered an epidemic of louse-borne typhus from 1916–1923, with 400,000 cases and more than 130,000 deaths. The causative factors were depressed economic conditions and a refugee crisis that engulfed Poland after World War I.
Gregory M. Anstead
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Regional cooperation and health diplomacy in Africa: from intra-colonial exchanges to multilateral health institutions [PDF]
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2020 Tracing the pathways of cooperation in health in sub-Saharan Africa from hesitant exchanges to institutionalized dimensions from the 1920s to the early 1960s, this article addresses regional dynamics in health diplomacy which have so far been under ...
Philip J. Havik
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 IntroductionIn this study, we developed a simplified artificial intelligence to support the clinical decision-making of medical personnel in a resource-limited setting.MethodsWe selected seven infectious disease categories that impose a heavy disease ...
Kwanghyun Kim +7 more
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The World Health Organization’s changing goals and expectations concerning malaria, 1948-2019 [PDF]
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2020 From its inception, in 1948, the World Health Organization made control of malaria a high priority. Early successes led many to believe that eradication was possible, although there were serious doubts concerning the continent of Africa.
Socrates Litsios
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Global Health Curricula in Ophthalmology Residency Programs in the United States
Journal of Academic Ophthalmology, 2021 Objective The aim of the study is to investigate the design, content, and administration of global health curricula within ophthalmology residency programs in the United States (U.S.) and share the curriculum utilized in the Department of Ophthalmology ...
Momoko K. Ponsetto +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundAbout 80% of the nearly 2 billion people experiencing psychiatric conditions worldwide do not have access to quality, affordable mental health care.
Senait Ghebrehiwet +15 more
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Factors Associated with Premenstrual Syndrome and its Different Symptom Domains among University Students in Lebanon [PDF]
, 2018 Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and examine the characteristics of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) among female university students.
Akiki, Zeina +4 more
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Policy challenges for the pediatric rheumatology workforce: Part III. the international situation
Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2011 Survival dominates current pediatric global health priorities. Diseases of poverty largely contribute to overall mortality in children under 5 years of age.
Henrickson Michael
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Global Perspectives of Oral Health Policies and Oral Healthcare Schemes for Older Adult Populations
Frontiers in Oral Health, 2021 The aim of this study was to present a concise summary of the oral health policies and oral healthcare schemes for older adult populations in a number of selected countries around the world.
Chloe Meng Jiang +16 more
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