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Health of men, women, and children in post-trafficking services in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam: an observational cross-sectional study

The Lancet Global Health, 2015
Background: Trafficking is a crime of global proportions involving extreme forms of exploitation and abuse. Yet little research has been done of the health risks and morbidity patterns for men, women, and children trafficked for various forms of forced ...
Dr. Ligia Kiss, PhD, Nicola S Pocock, MSc, Varaporn Naisanguansri, Soksreymom Suos, MA, Brett Dickson, BA, Doan Thuy, MA, Jobst Koehler, Kittiphan Sirisup, Nisakorn Pongrungsee, Van Anh Nguyen, MA, Rosilyne Borland, MA, Poonam Dhavan, MPH, Cathy Zimmerman, PhD   +12 more
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High prevalence of current tobacco smoking among patients with tuberculosis and people living with HIV in Jordan: A cross-sectional survey

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2023
Introduction Continued smoking by patients with tuberculosis (TB) and people living with HIV (PLHIV) leads to adverse treatment outcomes. Estimates of tobacco use among the population are scarce in the Eastern Mediterranean region, where the burden of TB
Ayaka Teshima, Ayah A. Shatnawi, Srinath Satyanarayana, Yousef S. Khader, Ibrahim F. Maia, Nevin C. Wilson   +5 more
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A forecast of international migration flows into EU countries until 2050 [PDF]

, 2018
The subject of this paper is international migration into EU countries. The research objective is a quantitative estimation of the volume of international migration flows into European countries and their close neighbors until 2050.
Polovyi, Mykola
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Internal migration related factors among dengue patients in Western Province, Sri Lanka

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2019
Introduction: In recent years, Sri Lanka has experienced a surge in the incidence of dengue. Among other reasons, internal migration of people into dengue-high risk areas is thought to be an important factor for the rising case load.
Sharika Peiris, Indrakantha P. Welgama, Kolitha Wickramage, Chrishantha Abeysena   +3 more
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The performance and yield of tuberculosis testing algorithms using microscopy, chest x-ray, and Xpert MTB/RIF

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2019
Setting: The introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and renewed interest in chest x-ray (CXR) for tuberculosis testing has provided additional choices to the smear-based diagnostic algorithms used by TB programs previously.
Jacob Creswell, Zhi Zhen Qin, Rajendra Gurung, Bikash Lamichhane, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Mohan Kumar Prasai, Nirmala Bista, Lal Mani Adhikari, Bishwa Rai, Santat Sudrungrot   +9 more
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Spousal violence against women and its consequences on pregnancy outcomes and reproductive health of women in India

BMC Women's Health, 2021
Background Globally, one in three women experienced domestic violence. Alike the scenario observed in India, and a very few studies talk about violence and its consequences on women's health.
Mahadev Bramhankar, R. S. Reshmi
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Exploring the use of COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests among displaced populations in Iraq: findings from a pilot project in four IDP camps

Conflict and Health
Background IOM piloted the use of Ag RDTs for COVID-19 in Iraq, in collaboration with FIND, the Global Alliance for Diagnostics, to facilitate access to testing and understand barriers and opportunities for testing in a displacement context.
Lara Abou Ammar, Caitlin M. Wolfe, Lamiaa Nagib, Mohammed Slebei, Sezan Shawkat, Dilman Amo, Raveen Abdullah, Rawshan Abdulmalik, Hiwa Muhammed Amin, Huda Shafiq, Shivan Hafthalah, Aso Qahraman, Jirjees Mohammed, Hassan Ghawji, Srinath Satyanarayana, Nevin Wilson, Sanjay Sarin, Kekeletso Kao, Nellie Ghusayni   +18 more
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Health issues affecting female internal migrant workers: A systematic review

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2016
Background Economic contribution by internal migrant workers, in particular the workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZ) in Sri Lanka, is well recognized, yet the social and health consequences are unknown.Objective To systematically review the health ...
Upul Senarath, Kolitha Wickramage, Sharika Peiris   +2 more
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Forced labour and migration to the UK [PDF]

, 2005
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Anderson, Bridget, Rogaly, Ben
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PYCR1 inhibition in bone marrow stromal cells enhances bortezomib sensitivity in multiple myeloma cells by altering their metabolism

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study investigated how PYCR1 inhibition in bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) indirectly affects multiple myeloma (MM) cell metabolism and viability. Culturing MM cells in conditioned medium from PYCR1‐silenced BMSCs impaired oxidative phosphorylation and increased sensitivity to bortezomib.
Inge Oudaert, Lauren van den Broecke, Osman Aksoy, Judith Lind, Sonia Vallet, Arne Van der Vreken, Gamze Ates, Ann Massie, Ken Maes, Kim De Veirman, Elke De Bruyne, Karin Vanderkerken, Klaus Podar, Eline Menu   +13 more
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