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Australia's National Health Programs: An Ontological Mapping [PDF]

Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 2016
Australia has a large number of health program initiatives whose comprehensive assessment will help refine and redefine priorities by highlighting areas of emphasis, under-emphasis, and non-emphasis.
A. Ramaprasad, K. Win, Thant Syn, G. Beydoun, L. Dawson   +4 more
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Current Status of the National Health Screening Programs in South Korea

Korean Journal of Family Medicine, 2022
A health check-up is one of the best ways to prevent diseases and maintain health by screening for risk factors and diagnosing diseases early. As the burden of illness shifts from infectious to chronic diseases, the importance of health check-ups is ...
Hee-Taik Kang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Setting the agenda for diabetes research in the state of Qatar

Public Health Challenges, 2023
Background The burden of non‐communicable diseases, including diabetes, is high in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Qatar (a MENA country) has a high prevalence of diabetes (16.7%).
Amit Mishra, Suresh Babu Kokku, Ioanna Skaroni, Kholoud Ateeq Al Motawaa, Mohammed Al‐Thani, Nicholas Wareham, Abdul Badi Abou‐Samra, Shahrad Taheri   +7 more
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Malaria care-seeking and treatment ideation among gold miners in Guyana

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Although miners are a priority population in malaria elimination in Guyana, scant literature exists on the drivers of malaria-related behaviour.
Bolanle Olapeju, Camille Adams, Sean Wilson, Joann Simpson, Gabrielle C. Hunter, TrishAnn Davis, Lyndsey Mitchum, Horace Cox, Kashana James, Jennifer Orkis, J. Douglas Storey   +10 more
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Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 20th anniversary: accomplishments and future directions

Epidemiology and Health, 2021
The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) was initiated in 1998 to provide evidence for the development and evaluation of health policies and programs.
Kyungwon Oh, Yoonjung Kim, Sanghui Kweon, Soyeon Kim, S. Yun, Suyeon Park, Yeon-Kyeng Lee, Youngtaek Kim, O. Park, E. Jeong   +9 more
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Ideational factors associated with net care behaviour: a multi-country analysis

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Malaria is endemic to sub-Saharan African countries. Mass and routine distribution, promotion, and use of ITNs are critical components of malaria prevention programmes.
E. ‘Kuor Kumoji, Grace N. Awantang, Michael Toso, Diarra Kamara, Thérèse Bleu, Wani Lahai, Musa Sillah-Kanu, Abdul Dosso, Dorothy Achu, Stella Babalola   +9 more
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Invasive bacterial diseases in northern Canada, 1999 to 2018

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: The International Circumpolar Surveillance (ICS) program conducts surveillance on five invasive bacterial diseases: pneumococcal disease (IPD), group A streptococcus (iGAS), Haemophilus influenzae (Hi), meningococcal disease (IMD) and group B
Grace Huang, Irene Martin, Raymond S Tsang, Walter H Demczuk, Gregory J Tyrrell, Y Anita Li, Catherine Dickson, Francesca Reyes-Domingo, Susan G Squires   +8 more
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An implementation strategy package (video education, HIV self-testing, and co-location) improves PrEP implementation for pregnant women in antenatal care clinics in western Kenya

Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2023
BackgroundPre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended by the World Health Organization and the Kenyan Ministry of Health for HIV prevention in pregnancy and postpartum for women at risk for HIV.
Joseph Sila, Anjuli D. Wagner, Felix Abuna, Julia C. Dettinger, Ben Odhiambo, Nancy Ngumbau, George Oketch, Enock Sifuna, Laurén Gómez, Sarah Hicks, Grace John-Stewart, Grace John-Stewart, Grace John-Stewart, John Kinuthia   +13 more
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Health for the People: Past, Current, and Future Contributions of National Community Health Worker Programs to Achieving Global Health Goals

Global Health: Science and Practice Journal, 2021
National community health worker programs are at the dawn of a new era, given the growing recognition of their importance for achieving global health goals and for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.
H. Perry, S. Hodgins
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Risk‐based versus universal PrEP delivery during pregnancy: a cluster randomized trial in Western Kenya from 2018 to 2019

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2023
Introduction Integrating pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery for pregnant and postpartum women within maternal and child health (MCH) clinics is feasible and acceptable. It is unknown whether a risk‐guided model would facilitate appropriate PrEP use
John Kinuthia, Julia C. Dettinger, Joshua Stern, Nancy Ngumbau, Ben Ochieng, Laurén Gómez, Felix Abuna, Salphine Watoyi, Mary Marwa, Daniel Odinga, Anjuli D. Wagner, Barbra A. Richardson, Jillian Pintye, Jared M. Baeten, Grace John‐Stewart   +14 more
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