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Mycetoma and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Voices in Bioethics, 2016 By now, most everyone knows that the Zika virus is a menacing global adversary. An array of governmental health agencies, reporters, and infectious disease experts have warned about its ramifications, presented statistical outcomes, and issued travel advisories.[1] But why hasn’t this coverage been extended to other infectious diseases ravaging ...
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Construction and demolition waste (CDW) management poses significant challenges but also offers opportunities for advancing sustainable development, especially in rapidly urbanizing countries such as Brazil. This scoping review examines the relationship between CDW management practices in Brazil and the United Nations Sustainable Development ...
Flavio Pinheiro Martins +3 more
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The Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene on Key Health and Social Outcomes: Review of Evidence [PDF]
, 2016 This evidence paper looks at 10 areas identified collaboratively with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on which WASH can plausibly have a strong impact: diarrhea, nutrition, complementary food hygiene, female psychosocial stress, violence ...
Joanna Esteves Mills, Oliver Cumming
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study develops and tests a novel prioritization framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under varying geographic scales (regional, sub‐regional, national), focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a pilot case.
Lea Issa, Mutasem El Fadel
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Schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases: towards integrated and sustainable control and a word of caution [PDF]
, 2017 In May 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a resolution which urged member states to attain, by 2010, a minimum target of regularly administering anthelminthic drugs to at least 75% and up to 100% of all school-aged children at risk of morbidity.
BROOKER, S. +7 more
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Detection of Leptospira in cane toads (Rhinella jimi) from urban and rural Paraíba, Brazil
Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background Leptospirosis is a significant zoonosis in tropical regions, where poor sanitation and favourable climate aid its spread. Synanthropic animals such as the cane toad (Rhinella jimi), which share environments with both people and wild and domestic animals, may harbour Leptospira and contribute to urban and rural transmission cycles ...
Karla N. de Souza Rocha +9 more
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Correction: Weather Regulates Location, Timing, and Intensity of Dengue Virus Transmission between Humans and Mosquitoes. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Staff
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The status of neglected tropical diseases amidst COVID-19 in Africa: Current evidence and recommendations [PDF]
, 2021 Rafiat Tolulope Akinokun +3 more
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