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Panamerican Trauma Society: The first three decades [PDF]

, 2017
Panamerican Trauma Society was born 30 years ago with the mission of improving trauma care in the Americas by exchange of ideas and concepts and expanding knowledge of trauma and acute illness.
Aboutanos, Michel, Ivatury, Rao R.
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Cervical cancer in Zimbabwe: a situation analysis

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Despite the wide-spread availability of cervical cancer prevention and screening programs in developed countries, the morbidity and mortality rates of cervical cancer in Zimbabwe are still very high.
Oppah Kuguyo, Alice Matimba, Nomsa Tsikai, Thulani Magwali, Mugove Madziyire, Muchabayiwa Gidiri, Collet Dandara, Charles Nhachi   +7 more
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A Multiethnic Study of Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes in LMIC.

Global Heart, 2016
BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Approximately three-quarters of people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries, and these countries are projected to experience the greatest ...
Jia Shen, D. Kondal, A. Rubinstein, V. Irazola, L. Gutierrez, J. Miranda, A. Bernabé-ortiz, M. Lazo-Porras, N. Levitt, K. Steyn, K. Bobrow, Mohammed K. Ali, D. Prabhakaran, N. Tandon   +13 more
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Citation classics in systematic reviews and meta-analyses : who wrote the top 100 most cited articles? [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Systematic reviews of the literature occupy the highest position in currently proposed hierarchies of evidence. The aims of this study were to assess whether citation classics exist in published systematic review and meta-analysis (SRM ...
Clarke, Aileen, Okwundu, Charles I., Uthman, Olalekan A., Wiysonge, Charles S., Young, Taryn   +4 more
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Increasing identification of foot at risk of complications in patients with diabetes: a quality improvement project in an urban primary health centre in India

BMJ Open Quality, 2020
The majority of foot amputations are preventable in people with diabetes. Guidelines recommend that people with diabetes should receive a foot examination for risk assessment, at least annually.
Francoise Cluzeau, Prashant Bhandarkar, Abha Mehndiratta, Satish Chandra Mishra, Kunal Chhatbar, Team PrimaryCareDoctors   +5 more
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Medico-religious collaboration: A model for mental health care in a resource poor country

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2017
Background: Reducing the treatment gap for the treatment of people with psychiatric disorders (also known as the ‘mental health gap’) is of increasing importance worldwide.
Y O Oshodi, E R Ogbolu, Oluseun Peter Nubi, A T Onajole, G Thornicroft, J D Adeyemi   +5 more
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What works in psychosocial programming in humanitarian contexts in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the evidence

Intervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, 2020
While there is growing evidence for the effectiveness of mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries and humanitarian contexts, this is lacking for psychosocial programming.
Emily E Haroz, Amanda J Nguyen, Catherine I Lee, Wietse A Tol, Shoshanna L Fine, Paul Bolton   +5 more
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Prevalence of Pragmatically Defined High CV Risk and its Correlates in LMIC: A Report From 10 LMIC Areas in Africa, Asia, and South America.

Global Heart, 2016
BACKGROUND Currently available tools for assessing high cardiovascular risk (HCR) often require measurements not available in resource-limited settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
R. Carrillo-Larco, J. Miranda, Xian Li, Chendi Cui, Xiaolin Xu, Mohammed K. Ali, D. Alam, T. Gaziano, T. Gaziano, Rajeev Gupta, V. Irazola, N. Levitt, D. Prabhakaran, A. Rubinstein, K. Steyn, N. Tandon, D. Xavier, Y. Wu, Y. Wu, Lijing L. Yan, Lijing L. Yan   +20 more
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Projecting Progress: Are Cities on Track to Achieve the SDGs by 2030? [PDF]

, 2016
This report explores for the first time the scale of the challenge for 20 cities across the world to reach selected targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Amina Khan, Christopher Hoy, Paula Lucci, Tanvi Bhatkal   +3 more
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Nutritional interventions for preventing stunting in children (birth to 59 months) living in urban slums in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015
BACKGROUND Nutritional interventions to prevent stunting of infants and young children are most often applied in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Few interventions are focused on urban slums.
S. Goudet, B. Bogin, N. Madise, P. Griffiths   +3 more
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