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Diabetes and depression comorbidity and socio-economic status in low and middle income countries (LMICs): a mapping of the evidence [PDF]

, 2012
Non-communicable diseases account for more than 50% of deaths in adults aged 15–59 years in most low income countries. Depression and diabetes carry an enormous public health burden, making the identification of risk factors for these disorders an ...
Coast, Ernestina, De-Graft Aikins, Ama, Leone, Tiziana, Narayanan, Shilpa   +3 more
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Built environmental characteristics, physical activity, diet, and nutritional status in Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background The high prevalence of noncommunicable diseases related to lifestyle, diet, and obesity is a global health concern, including in lower-middle income countries.
Emmanuel Sintim Effah, Abraham Nai, Helga Bárdos   +2 more
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Decentralization and public services : the case of immunization [PDF]

The author studies the impact of political decentralization on childhood immunization, an essential public service provided in almost all countries.
Khaleghian, Peyvand
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Prevalence of frailty and prefrailty among community-dwelling older adults in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2018
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the research conducted on prevalence of frailty and prefrailty among community-dwelling older adults in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and to estimate the pooled prevalence of frailty and prefrailty in ...
Hardoon, S, Rait, G, Siriwardhana, DD, Walters, KR, Weerasinghe, MC   +4 more
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PELUANG NEGARA BERPENDAPATAN MENENGAH TERJEBAK MIDDLE INCOME TRAP TAHUN 2012 [PDF]

, 2015
This research analyzes the role of education, health, dependency ratio, mean growth in five years later, and relative TFPG to middle income countries’ probability stuck in middle income trap. Trapped countries have three characteristics.
RINI, Ariska Nurfajar, SUGIYANTO , FX
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Status of HPV vaccine introduction and barriers to country uptake. [PDF]

, 2018
During the last 12 years, over 80 countries have introduced national HPV vaccination programs. The majority of these countries are high or upper-middle income countries. The barriers to HPV vaccine introduction remain greatest in those countries with the
Gallagher, KE, LaMontagne, DS, Watson-Jones, D   +2 more
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Analysing gender pay disparities and structural barriers among software developers: a cross-country study

Journal for Labour Market Research
This study analyses gender disparity in a highly skilled labour force within the modern knowledge-based economy. It explores the global gender pay disparity among software developers, examining structural barriers like the “glass ceiling” and “sticky ...
Arjun Prakash, Inder Sekhar Yadav
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The association between cigarette affordability and consumption: An update.

PLoS ONE, 2018
ObjectivesThis study calculates cigarette affordability for 78 countries worldwide from 2001 to 2014 using the Relative Income Price (RIP) ratio defined as the percentage of per capita GDP required to purchase 100 packs of cigarettes using the lowest ...
Yanyun He, Ce Shang, Frank J Chaloupka
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The Case for Developing and Deploying an Open Source Electronic Logistics Management Information System [PDF]

, 2011
Summarizes efforts to strengthen health information systems in low- and lower-middle-income countries, including development of common requirements.

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Where to sell the next cappuccino? Income per capita and coffee consumption [PDF]

This paper estimates the world demand for coffee using a dataset for 88 countries from 1990 to 2005, and dynamic panel data estimators. Results suggest that the income elasticity of demand is non constant and varies according to a country's income level.
Arturo Jose Galindo
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