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No universal health coverage without strong local health systems [PDF]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2014
Despite the current global and national momentum,1 universal health coverage could remain an empty promise unless it is focussed on the provision of quality essential services to everyone. And this, in turn, will not happen without strengthening local health systems.
Bruno Meessen, Belma Malanda
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Exploring indirect impacts of COVID-19 on local health systems from the perspectives of health workers and higher education stakeholders in the Philippines using a phenomenological approach [PDF]

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 2023
Jayson Catiwa, John Federick C Yap, Violeta Lopez   +2 more
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Individual, community and health systems factors influencing time to notification of tuberculosis: situating software and hardware bottlenecks in local health systems [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Despite several global interventions, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death affecting millions of people globally. Many TB patients either have no access to quality care or go undetected by national health systems.
Sandra Beauty Chilala, Adam Silumbwe, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Moses Tetui, Maio Bulawayo, Mwimba Chewe, Peter Hangoma   +6 more
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Local health systems resilience in managing the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from Mexico [PDF]

Health Policy and Planning, 2022
Clara Juarez-Ramirez, Hortensia Reyes-Morales, Gaudencio Gutiérrez-Alba   +2 more
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Strengthening local health systems and governance for Universal Health Coverage: experiences and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic response in Quezon City, Philippines [PDF]

Health Policy and Planning
Madeline Mae Ong, Arianna Maever Loreche, Veincent Christian F Pepito   +2 more
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Cardiac wasting in head and neck cancer and in cardiac autopsies from different cancer types: A study in a chemo‐naïve setting

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2023
Background Cardiac wasting is a detrimental consequence of cancer that has been traditionally ignored and often misinterpreted as an iatrogenic effect.
Sara Calamelli, Samantha Noto, Alessandra Baldoni, Alessandra Casarin, Alessandro Calzavara, Irene Bolgan, Silvia Coccato, Salvatore Saccà, Licia Laurino, Giuseppe Azzarello, Simonetta Ausoni   +10 more
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Tracking implementation within a community-led whole of system approach to address childhood overweight and obesity in south west Sydney, Australia

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Obesity is a chronic disease that contributes to additional comorbidities including diabetes, kidney disease and several cancers. Change4Campbelltown implemented a ‘whole of system’ approach to address childhood overweight and obesity.
Nicola Maitland, Karen Wardle, Jill Whelan, Bin Jalaludin, Doug Creighton, Michael Johnstone, Josh Hayward, Steven Allender   +7 more
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Investigation of a Limited but Explosive COVID-19 Outbreak in a German Secondary School

Viruses, 2022
The role of schools as a source of infection and driver in the coronavirus-pandemic has been controversial and is still not completely clarified. To prevent harm and disadvantages for children and adolescents, but also adults, detailed data on school ...
Sigrid Baumgarte, Felix Hartkopf, Martin Hölzer, Max von Kleist, Sabine Neitz, Martin Kriegel, Kirsten Bollongino   +6 more
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Association between mother’s work status and child stunting in urban slums: a cross-sectional assessment of 346 child-mother dyads in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2020)

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background A growing literature highlights the increased risk of stunting among children growing up in informal or slum settlements. Despite relatively high rates of female labor force participation in slums, there is limited evidence on relationship ...
Hayman Win, Sohana Shafique, Sharmin Mizan, Jordyn Wallenborn, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Günther Fink   +5 more
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A neuro-cardiac self-regulation therapy to improve autonomic and neural function after SCI: a randomized controlled trial protocol

BMC Neurology, 2021
Background Spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with autonomic imbalance and significant secondary conditions, including cardiac and brain dysfunction that adversely impact health and wellbeing.
Ashley Craig, Ilaria Pozzato, Mohit Arora, James Middleton, Dianah Rodrigues, Candice McBain, Yvonne Tran, Glen M. Davis, Bamini Gopinath, Annette Kifley, Andrei Krassioukov, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Rebecca Mitchell, Sylvia M. Gustin, Jacob Schoffl, Ian D. Cameron   +15 more
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