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Cardiovascular risk and events in 17 low-, middle-, and high-income countries [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2014
BACKGROUND: More than 80% of deaths from cardiovascular disease are estimated to occur in low-income and middle-income countries, but the reasons are unknown. METHODS: We enrolled 156,424 persons from 628 urban and rural communities in 17 countries
Anand, Sonia, Avezum, Alvaro, Bo, Jian, Chifamba, Jephat, Dagenais, Gilles, Diaz, Rafael, Gupta, Rajeev, Iqbal, Romaina, Islam, Shofiqul, Ismail, Noorhassim, Kelishadi, Roya, Kruger, Annamarie, Kumar, Rajesh, Lanas, Fernando, Lear, Scott, Li, Wei, Liu, Lisheng, Liu, Tianlu, Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio, Lou, Qinglin, Lu, Fanghong, McKee, Martin, McQueen, Matthew, Mohan, Viswanathan, Mony, Prem, Oguz, Aytekin, Puoane, Thandi, PURE Investigators, Rahman, Omar, Rangarajan, Sumathy, Rosengren, Annika, Swaminathan, Sumathi, Szuba, Andrzej, Teo, Koon, Vijayakumar, Krishnapillai, Wielgosz, Andreas, Yu, Liu, Yusoff, Khalid, Yusuf, Salim, Yusufali, Afzalhussein, Zhang, Shiying   +40 more
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Comparing trauma mortality of injured patients in India and the USA: a risk-adjusted analysis

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2021
Objectives Comparisons of risk-adjusted trauma mortality between high-income countries and low and middle-income countries (LMICs) can be used to identify specific patient populations and injury patterns for targeted interventions.
Nobhojit Roy, Levi Bonnell, Stas Amato, Ajai Malhotra, Monali Mohan   +4 more
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Global Problem of Physician Dual Practices: A Literature Review

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: Physician dual practices (PDP) is a term used to describe physicians who combine work in public and private health-care sector. This study aimed to find evidence of PDP worldwide, investigate its reasons and consequences, and compare high ...
Romy Hoogland, Lisa Hoogland, Krisna Handayani, Mei Sitaresmi, Gertjan Kaspers, Saskia Mostert   +5 more
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Uncovering the Hidden Burden of Pharmaceutical Poisoning in High-Income and Low-Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review

Pharmacy, 2023
Pharmaceutical poisoning is a significant global public health concern, causing approximately 190,000 deaths annually. This scoping review aims to comprehensively map the available literature on pharmaceutical poisoning and compare patterns between high ...
Claire Cowans, Anya Love, Balamurugan Tangiisuran, Sabrina Anne Jacob   +3 more
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Implementing antimicrobial stewardship to reduce surgical site infections: Experience and challenges from two tertiary-care hospitals in Mumbai, India

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020
Objectives: Surgical site infections (SSIs) contribute significantly to post-surgical morbidity globally. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) are essential to reduce SSI rates and to curb antimicrobial resistance, especially in low-and-middle ...
Bhakti Sarang, Anurag Tiwary, Anita Gadgil, Nobhojit Roy   +3 more
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Access to training in neurosurgery (Part 1): Global perspectives and contributing factors of barriers to access

Brain and Spine, 2022
Introduction: Neurological disorders are one of the leading causes of death and disability adjusted life years (DALYs). Efforts have been made to increase the neurosurgical workforce in an attempt to address the global disease burden.
Kwadwo Sarpong, Tarig Fadalla, Deen L. Garba, Mazin Suliman, Myron Rolle, Adam Ammar, Haytham Hussen, Kee B. Park   +7 more
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Medical reversals in low‐ and middle‐income countries [PDF]

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2019
SummaryBackgroundLow‐ to middle‐income countries (LMICs) often have limited budgets for health care, and as such, they need to prioritize health care interventions that are evidence based. However, sometimes, interventions are implemented despite a lack of supporting evidence because of a perceived biologic plausibility or because they have worked in ...
Alyson Haslam, Vinay Prasad, Catherine Livingston   +2 more
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Molecular Pharming for low and middle income countries

Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2020
Interest in applications and benefits that Molecular Pharming might offer to Low and Middle Income Countries has always been a potent driver for the research discipline, and a major reason why many scientists entered the field. Although enthusiasm remains high, the reality is that such a game-changing innovation would always take longer than ...
Murad, Sheeba, Fuller, Sebastian, Menary, Jonathan, Moore, Cathy, Pinneh, Elizabeth, Szeto, Tim, Hitzeroth, Inga, Freire, Marcos, Taychakhoonavudh, Suthira, Phoolcharoen, Waranyoo, Ma, Julian K-C   +10 more
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Childhood Asthma: Low and Middle-Income Countries Perspective

Acta Medica Academica, 2020
Abstract Our aim is to review current asthma epidemiology, achievements from the last 10 years, and persistent challenges of asthma man- agement and control in low-middle income countries (LMICs). Despite global efforts, asthma continues to be an important public health problem worldwide, particularly in poorly resourced settings.
Soto-Martínez, ME, Soto-Quiros, ME, Custovic, A   +2 more
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Brucellosis in low-income and middle-income countries [PDF]

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2013
Human brucellosis is a neglected, underrecognized infection of widespread geographic distribution. It causes acute febrile illness and a potentially debilitating chronic infection in humans, and livestock infection has substantial socioeconomic impact.
Rubach, Matthew P, Halliday, Jo EB, Cleaveland, Sarah, Crump, John A   +3 more
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