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International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases, 2018 Background: Suicide is a major public health concern worldwide. Sri Lanka has the fourth highest suicide rate in the world, with trends suggesting that underlying factors related to suicide risk remain poorly understood, and may differ from those ...
Jonathan Whittall +4 more
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A Pseudo-likelihood Approach to Under-5 Mortality Estimation [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Accurate and precise estimates of the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) are an important health summary for countries. However, full survival curves allow us to better understand the pattern of mortality in children under five. Modern demographic methods for estimating a full mortality schedule for children have been developed for countries with good vital
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PLoS Medicine, 2020 Background The widespread use of antibiotics plays a major role in the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance. However, important knowledge gaps still exist regarding the extent of their use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs ...
G. Sulis +8 more
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SICOT-J, 2015 Background: Trauma contributes significantly to the global burden of disease. We analysed published trauma registries to assess the demographics of those most affected in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Boughton Oliver +3 more
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Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Pneumonia Hospitalizations in High- and Low-Income Subpopulations in Brazil. [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundPneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are being used worldwide. A key question is whether the impact of PCVs on pneumonia is similar in low- and high-income populations.
Kürüm, Esra +7 more
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Improving the impact of menstrual health innovations in low- and middle-income countries: a theory of change and measurement framework [PDF]
, 2020 There exists growing global attention focused on tackling the menstrual management related challenges facing adolescent girls and women in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
Garazi Zulaika +6 more
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Growth divergence and income inequality in OECD countries: the role of trade and financial openness. LEQS Paper No. 148/2018 October 2019 [PDF]
, 2019 This paper analyses trade and financial openness effects on growth and income inequality in 35 OECD countries. Our model takes into account both short run and long run effects of factors explaining income divergence between and within the countries.
De Santis, Roberta, D’Elia, Enrico
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The effect of multi‐leaf collimator leaf width on VMAT treatment plan quality
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.Abstract Background The advent of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in radiotherapy has made it one of the most commonly used techniques in clinical practice. VMAT is the delivery of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) while the gantry is in motion, and existing literature has shown it has decreased treatment delivery times and the ...
Gregory Sadharanu Peiris +3 more
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Estimating the timing of stillbirths in countries worldwide using a Bayesian hierarchical penalized splines regression model [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Reducing the global burden of stillbirths is important to improving child and maternal health. Of interest is understanding patterns in the timing of stillbirths -- that is, whether they occur in the intra- or antepartum period -- because stillbirths that occur intrapartum are largely preventable. However, data availability on the timing of stillbirths
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Maternal depression in low- and middle-income countries [PDF]
International Health, 2012 Maternal depression is an enormous, neglected public health problem in low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs). Evidence is accumulating to guide intervention, focused on integrating mental health care into routine maternal and child health care through a task sharing approach.
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