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Orphan drugs

open access: yesMedicinski pregled, 2013
Introduction. Drugs used for treatment of rare diseases are known worldwide under the term of orphan drugs because pharmaceutical companies have not been interested in ?adopting? them, that is in investing in research, developing and producing these drugs.
Svetlana Golocorbin-Kon   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The gulf between rhetoric & reality : an examination of the gap between development theory and development practice in the care of Cambodian orphans : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North Campus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Like many other Developing World countries. Cambodia is in the midst of an orphan crisis. At least 77,000 children have lost their parents to AIDS and many thousands more have been orphaned by civil war. landmines and other tragedies.
Greenfield, Craig
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Hope Groups: a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial of psychosocial, mental health, and parenting support groups for Ukrainian caregivers during war and conflict

open access: yesTrials
Background In 2021, more than two-thirds of the world’s children lived in a conflict-affected country. In 2022, 13 million Ukrainians were forced to flee their homes after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Sydney Tucker   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modern Foreign Approaches to Open Adoption

open access: yesСовременная зарубежная психология
Context and relevance. The article presents a review of foreign literature on open and closed adoption, presents the results of studies that have not previously been translated into Russian, which explore various aspects of an adopted child's ...
Y.F. Chinareva
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional status and dietary diversity of orphan and non – orphan children under five years: a comparative study in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana

open access: yesBMC Nutrition, 2018
Background Undernutrition in children under 5 years is a major risk factor to child deaths and is related to impaired cognitive development and lower school performance.
Zakari Ali   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Saints and Orphans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Postcard from Brooke Carstensen, during the Linfield College January Term Program in ...
Carstensen, Brooke
core   +1 more source

Family Composition and Stability for Orphans: A Longitudinal Study of Well-Being in 5 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objectives: Many orphaned children in low- and middle-income countries live with family. Yet, their household composition and its stability are not well-characterized, nor is impact of stability on longer-term outcomes.Methods: We used the longitudinal ...
Christine L. Gray   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kenya research situation analysis on orphans and other vulnerable children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This item is archived in the repository for materials published for the USAID supported Orphans and Vulnerable Children Comprehensive Action Research Project (OVC-CARE) at the Boston University Center for Global Health and Development.Addressing the ...
Beard, Jennifer   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Orphans in Mediterranean antiquity and early Christianity

open access: yesActa Theologica, 2016
This article provides an overview of the problem of orphans in the ancient Mediterranean world and identifies ways in which various societies acknowledged orphans’ plight and sought to address it.
J. T. Fitzgerald
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of viral load suppression among orphaned and vulnerable children living with HIV on ART in Tanzania

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionIn Tanzania, only 66% children 0–14 years living with HIV know their HIV status, 66% are on treatment while 47% of children on ART are virally suppressed.
Amal Ally   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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