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Infective Endocarditis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [PDF]

open access: yesCardiology Clinics, 2017
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare, life-threatening disease with a mortality rate of 25% and significant debilitating morbidities. Although much has been reported on contemporary IE in high-income countries, conclusions on the state of IE in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are based on studies conducted before the year 2000.
Njuguna, Benson   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Cervical cancer in low and middle-income countries

open access: yesOncology Letters, 2020
Cervical cancer is a malignant tumour that occurs in the cervix and is classified into two histological types, adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC); SCC is more common and accounts for 70% of all cases.
Rodney Hull   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Asthma management in low and middle income countries: case for change

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Journal, 2022
Asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children, and among the most common in adults. The great majority of people with asthma live in low and middle income countries (LMICs), which have disproportionately high asthma-related morbidity and ...
K. Mortimer   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Potentials and challenges of using co-design in health services research in low- and middle-income countries

open access: yesGlobal Health Research and Policy, 2023
Co-design with people having poor access to health services and fragile health systems in low- and middle-income countries can be momentous in bringing service users and other stakeholders together to improve the delivery and utilisation of health ...
D. Singh, R. Sah, B. Simkhada, Z. Darwin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Epidemiological Differences in Hajj-Acquired Airborne Infections in Pilgrims Arriving from Low and Middle-Income versus High-Income Countries: A Systematised Review

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
This systematised review aims to compare the epidemiological patterns of Hajj-acquired airborne infections among pilgrims from low and middle-income countries (LMIC) versus those from high-income countries (HIC).
Hashim A. Mahdi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

open access: yesPediatrics, 2021
BACKGROUND The United Nations (UN) created the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) to monitor progress toward achieving goals of the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection, and Development of Children and its plan of action. The MICS is nationally representative and internationally comparable.
Bornstein, Marc H.   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Factors Associated With Child Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight in 35 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

open access: yesJAMA Network Open, 2020
Key Points Question What are the most important factors associated with child undernutrition, and how do they vary across countries? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 299 353 children aged 12 to 59 months in 35 low- and middle-income countries ...
Zhihui Li   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluating and optimizing the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR) for use in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

open access: yesImplementation Science, 2020
Background The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) is a determinants framework that may require adaptation or contextualization to fit the needs of implementation scientists in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
A. R. Means   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Barriers to cervical cancer and breast cancer screening uptake in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

open access: yesHealth Policy and Planning, 2022
There is an alarmingly high growth in breast and cervical cancers in low- and middle-income countries. Due to late presentation to doctors, there is a lower cure rate. The screening programmes in low- and middle-income countries are not comprehensive. In
Ananth Srinath   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Extramarital fertility in low- and middle-income countries

open access: yesDemographic 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
doaj   +1 more source

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