DigitalObjective To examine the association between social isolation and mortality and incident diseases in middle-aged adults in urban and rural communities from high-income, middle-income and low-income countries.
Seron, Pamela +33 more
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Trade Openness, Income Levels, Economic Growth, and Current Account Balances
The aim of this study is to investigate if the trade openness has an effect on the income levels, growth rates, and on the current account balances together for the first time in the literature. Two different trade openness measures are used.
Murat Çetrez
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Validation of the Emergency Department-Paediatric Early Warning Score (ED-PEWS) for use in low- and middle-income countries: A multicentre observational study. [PDF]
Early recognition of children at risk of serious illness is essential in preventing morbidity and mortality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Boeddha, Navin P. +41 more
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DOES MIDDLE INCOME TRAP EXIST?: EVIDENCE FROM EMERGING ECONOMIES: E7 COUNTRIES FOR 1969-2015
The E7 countries (China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey) that have been growing fast since 1990s have been under the middle income country category according to the income category classification of the World Bank for a long period ...
Burcu YAVUZ TIFTIKÇIGIL +2 more
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Prevalence of hypertension in low- and middle-income countries [PDF]
We aimed to obtain overall and regional estimates of hypertension prevalence, and to examine the pattern of this disease condition across different socio-demographic characteristics in low-and middle-income countries.We searched electronic databases from
Sarki, Ahmed M. +9 more
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ObjectiveLegal, ethical, and regulatory requirements of medical research uniformly call for informed consent. We aimed to characterize and compare consent rates for neonatal randomized controlled trials in low- and lower middle-income countries versus ...
Jacquelyn K Patterson +8 more
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Energy security as a crucial component of health infrastructure: global evidence and actions
Summary: Energy security, defined as the availability of reliable, clean, and sustainable energy necessary to ensure the continuous operation of health-care facilities, is essential for delivering safe and effective health care.
Sivesh Kamarajah +25 more
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Information and communication technology has gradually become one of the most important pillars of the economy. In addition to economic growth, environmental pollution is a product of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as well.
Kashif Iqbal +6 more
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Will income inequality cause a middle-income trap in Asia? Bruegel Working Paper 2013/06, 10 October 2013 [PDF]
The Asian economy is expected to realise favourable growth during the first half of this century, but there is no guarantee. There is a discussion about a ‘middle-income trap’, which refers to a country that has realised rapid growth to become a middle ...
Egawa, Akio
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Challenges and opportunities for implementing integrated mental health care: a district level situation analysis from five low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Little is known about how to tailor implementation of mental health services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to the diverse settings encountered within and between countries.
Mark Tomlinson +76 more
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