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Development of the ‘REadiness SElf-assessment (RESEA) guide’ to assist low and middle-income countries with establishing safe and sustainable radiotherapy services: a pragmatic sequential mixed qualitative methods project

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Improving access to radiotherapy services in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) is challenging. Many LMICs’ radiotherapy initiatives fail because of multi-faceted barriers leading to significant wastage of scarce resources.
Andrew Donkor, Tim Luckett, Sanchia Aranda, Verna Vanderpuye, Jane L. Phillips   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is there scope for cost savings and efficiency gains in HIV services? A systematic review of the evidence from low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To synthesize the data available--on costs, efficiency and economies of scale and scope--for the six basic programmes of the UNAIDS Strategic Investment Framework, to inform those planning the scale-up of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV ...
Aliyu, Anna Vassall, Aracena-Genao, Babigumira, Bautista-Arredondo, Bikilla, Binagwaho, Bratt, Brinkhof, Carol Dayo Obure, Chandrashekar, Chang, Claudia B Maier, Cleary, Contreras-Hernandez, Creese, Dandona, Dandona, Dandona, Dandona, Dandona, Deghaye, Drummond, Forsythe, Fung, Galárraga, Galárraga, Grabbe, Guinness, Guinness, Harling, Harling, Hausler, Hounton, Hsu, Jaffar, John, John, Johns, Karl L Dehne, Kevany, Kitajima, Koenig, Kumar, Kumaranayake, Long, Long, Loubiere, Mariana Siapka, Marques, Marseille, Marseille, Martinson, McConnel, Menzies, Menzies, Menzies, Michelle Remme, Minh, Moher, Moses, Nakakeeto, Negin, Obure, Orlando, Renaud, Robberstad, Rosen, Santa-Ana-Tellez, Schwartländer, Shepperd, Siregar, Stringer, Sweat, Sweeney, Söderlund, Terris-Prestholt, Terris-Prestholt, Tumwesigye, Uyei, Vassall, Vickerman, Walker, Wilkinson, Zachariah, Zeng   +85 more
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A pilot randomized controlled trial of WeiNaoKang (SaiLuoTong) in treating vascular dementia

AGING MEDICINE, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 246-256, December 2022., 2022
A 16‐week randomized double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial for vascular dementia was carried out with WeiNaoKang (or SaiLuoTong). There were significant differences in improvement in cognitive function and activities of daily living, favouring the treatment group.
Junguang Liu, Dennis Chang, Dennis Cordato, Kien Lee, Hugh Dixson, Alan Bensoussan, Daniel Kam Yin Chan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers and facilitators of rendering HIV services by community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-synthesis protocol

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Community healthcare workers (CHWs) worldwide have been reported to be effective in strengthening the HIV programme by providing
Tivani Phosa Mashamba-Thompson, Elizabeth Lutge, Gugulethu Eve Khumalo, Praba Naidoo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Big Data Reality Check (BDRC) for public health: to what extent the environmental health and health services research did meet the ‘V’ criteria for big data? A study protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Big data technologies have been talked up in the fields of science and medicine. The V-criteria (volume, variety, velocity and veracity, etc) for defining big data have been well-known and even quoted in most research articles; however, big ...
Siu-wai Leung, Yongliang Jia, Pui Pui Tang, I Lam Tam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Early Intervention Services vs Treatment as Usual for Early-Phase Psychosis: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression

JAMA psychiatry, 2018
Importance The value of early intervention in psychosis and allocation of public resources has long been debated because outcomes in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have remained suboptimal.
C. Correll, B. Galling, A. Pawar, A. Krivko, C. Bonetto, M. Ruggeri, T. Craig, M. Nordentoft, V. Srihari, S. Guloksuz, C. Hui, E. Chen, Marcelo Valencia, F. Juárez, D. Robinson, N. Schooler, M. Brunette, K. Mueser, R. Rosenheck, Patricia Marcy, J. Addington, S. Estroff, James Robinson, D. Penn, J. Severe, J. Kane   +25 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Free OGC standardized WEB services for spatial data [PDF]

, 2011
This paper presents an overview and possibilities for the usage of open web services and standardized interfaces for spatial data that are developed and maintained by the OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium).
Šumrada, Radoš
core   +1 more source

Perioperative optimization of Crohn's disease

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 10-26, January 2023., 2023
Most Crohn's disease patients require surgery during the course of their illness, especially those who experience complications. The management of perioperative medications and surgery‐related decision‐making should be individualized and patient‐centered based on a multidisciplinary approach.
Chun‐Chi Lin, Hung‐Hsin Lin, Hui‐Chuen Chen, Nai‐Chia Chen, I‐Lun Shih, Ji‐Shiang Hung, Te‐Cheng Yueh, Feng‐Fan Chiang, Ping‐Wei Lin, Yuan‐Yao Tsai, Shu‐Chen Wei   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of antenatal care on use of institutional delivery service and postnatal care in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Although there are many initiatives to improve maternal health services use, utilization of health facility delivery and postnatal care services is low in Ethiopia. Current evidence at global level showed that antenatal care increases delivery
Gedefaw Abeje Fekadu, Getachew Mullu Kassa, Abadi Kidanemariam Berhe, Achenef Asmamaw Muche, Nuradin Abusha Katiso   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The informed and oriented transport system user [PDF]

, 2009
The German Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs has set up a vision which shall improve the situation of the transport system user (in Germany).
Zimmermann, Peter
core   +1 more source