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The Effect of Brazil's Family Health Program on Cognitive Skills

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa Saude da Familia, FHP) on cognitive skills (measured by test scores) of fifth‐grade students. We use biennial data from national exams between 2007 and 2015, and variation in the FHP implementation date across municipalities, birth cohort, and test year to identify the ...
Pinar Mine Gunes, Magda Tsaneva
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Consider measles

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Consider measles in patients presenting with febrile rash illness and clinically compatible measles symptoms (cough, coryza, and conjunctivitis).Ask patients about recent travel internationally or to domestic venues frequented by international travelers,

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Ultraviolet‐C light for prevention of airborne infection: A baseline analysis of web‐based public information

open access: yesPhotochemistry and Photobiology, EarlyView.
This study assesses whether online public information about UVC for airborne infection prevention is clear and actionable. Using the CDC's Clear Communication Index, we found that most health organization websites did not fully achieve basic communication standards.
Kathleen McPhaul   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measles cases and outbreaks :measles cases in 2019 [PDF]

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From January 1 to December 5, 2019, 1,276* individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 31 states.

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Pipe Water, Employment and Health: A Gendered Analysis in India

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of indoor piped drinking water (IPDW) on gender disparities in employment and health in India, using panel data from the India Human Development Survey (2005–2012). Employing a differences‐in‐differences (DID) model with heterogeneous treatment effects, the analysis reveals that IPDW access increases rural women ...
Ashish K. Sedai
wiley   +1 more source

Health and Survival Impacts of Early Childhood Development Programmes: The Case of the Happy Child Programme in Brazil

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper adds to the growing evidence on the impacts of early childhood development (ECD) programming by examining one of the world's largest home visitation programmes, the Happy Child Programme in Brazil, and its impacts on child vaccination and preventable death rates.
Raquel Tebaldi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons for Immunisation Policy and Practice From the Deadly Measles Resurgence in Bangladesh

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bangladesh is experiencing one of the deadliest outbreaks of measles in 2026, with at least 472 suspected child deaths and over 67,079 suspected cases as of 27 May 2026. It has happened primarily following a fall in measles vaccination coverage in 2025, largely due to the cancellation of a planned 2024 Measles–Rubella vaccination Campaign and ...
Md Masudul Haque   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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