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Modeling Urban/Rural Fractions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 In low- and middle-income countries, household surveys are the most reliable data source to examine health and demographic indicators at the subnational level, an exercise in small area estimation. Model-based unit-level models are favored in producing the subnational estimates at fine scale, such as the admin-2 level.
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Do Public Program Benefits Crowd Out Private Transfers in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence [PDF]
World Development 134 (October): 104967 (2020), 2020 Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms for risk-protection, which are especially prevalent in ...
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PLoS ONE, 2020 Background Depression in pregnancy (antenatal depression) in many low and middle-income countries is not well documented and has not been given priority for intervention due to competing urgencies and the belief that it does not immediately cause ...
Abel Fekadu Dadi +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Background The overall global impact of COVID-19 in children and regional variability in pediatric outcomes are presently unknown. Methods To evaluate the magnitude of global COVID-19 death and intensive care unit (ICU) admission in children aged 0–19 ...
T. Kitano +23 more
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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 +3 more
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Progress and Challenges for the Application of Machine Learning for Neglected Tropical Diseases [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) continue to affect the livelihood of individuals in countries in the Southeast Asia and Western Pacific region. These diseases have been long existing and have caused devastating health problems and economic decline to people in low- and middle-income (developing) countries.
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Food Environment Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review
Advances in Nutrition, 2019 Food environment research is increasingly gaining prominence in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, in the absence of a systematic review of the literature, little is known about the emerging body of evidence from these settings.
C. Turner +5 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 +3 more
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Access to training in neurosurgery (Part 2): The costs of pursuing neurosurgical training
Brain and Spine, 2022 Introduction: Opportunities for in-country neurosurgical training are severely limited in LMICs, particularly due to rigorous educational requirements and prohibitive upfront costs.
Deen L. Garba +7 more
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Extramarital fertility in low- and middle-income countries
Demographic Research, 2022 Background: In most societies, childbearing is largely confined to women in formal marital unions, but in a subset of contemporary low-fertility Western societies, extramarital fertility has become common. However, extramarital fertility is often ignored
John Bongaarts, John Casterline
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