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Bacteriological quality of drinking water and associated factors in Alemwach refugee camp in Dabat District, Northwest Ethiopia

Scientific Reports
Access to safe drinking water is essential for preventing waterborne diseases and ensuring public health, particularly in refugee camps, where overcrowding and inadequate sanitation pose significant risks.
Lamrot Yohannes, Biniam Belete Begna, Asmare Asrat Yirdaw, Mihretu Tagesse Sergindo, Anmut Endalkachew Bezie, Fasika Weldegebriel, Hana Belay   +6 more
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Overall Low Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin Resistance but high Azithromycin Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 24 European Countries, 2015

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Surveillance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility in Europe is performed through the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP), which additionally provides data to inform the European gonorrhoea ...
Michelle J. Cole, Gianfranco Spiteri, Susanne Jacobsson, Neil Woodford, Francesco Tripodo, Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Magnus Unemo, Euro-GASP network   +7 more
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Transparency and Innuendo: An Alternative to Reactive Over-Disclosure [PDF]

, 2006
Lassman examines the tension between transparency and other public health interests in the context of the FDA\u27s proposed Drug Watch web site. He argues that although the FDA proposal seeks to achieve a laudable goal--the prompt communication of ...
Lassman, Scott M.
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The Health Care Financing Maze for Working-Age People with Disabilities [PDF]

, 2007
Much of the research on health care financing for people with disabilities has focused on the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The findings of this research often highlight the inadequacies of those programs in providing appropriate services to address ...
Goodman, Nanette, Livermore, Gina A, O\u27Day, Bonnie, Stapleton, David C.   +3 more
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Assessing the Oral Health Needs of Public Housing Residents [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives: “Tooth Smart Healthy Start” is a randomized clinical trial which aims to reduce the incidence of early childhood caries (ECC) in Boston public housing residents as part of the NIH funded Northeast Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate
Garibyan, Ilya, Ghulam, Ayesha, Henshaw, Michelle   +2 more
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Public Health Model Identifies Recruitment Barriers among Older Adults with Delirium and Dementia [PDF]

, 2013
Recruiting older adults and their family caregivers into research studies presents challenges. Although the literature notes some general recruitment challenges, no studies specifically address the unique challenges of recruiting older adults who have ...
Boaz, Lesley, Bull, Margaret J., Sjostedt, Jennifer M.   +2 more
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Chloroquine has shown high therapeutic efficacy against uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in southern Ethiopia: seven decades after its introduction

Malaria Journal
Background Plasmodium vivax malaria is a leading cause of morbidity in Ethiopia. The first-line treatment for P. vivax is chloroquine (CQ) and primaquine (PQ), but there have been local reports of CQ resistance.
Anteneh Kassahun Mare, Hussein Mohammed, Heven Sime, Henok Hailgiorgis, Kale Gubae, Bekuretsion Gidey, Mebrahtom Haile, Gudissa Assefa, Worku Bekele, Sarah Auburn, Rick Price, Jonathan B. Parr, Jonathan J. Juliano, Geremew Tasew, Solomon Mequanente Abay, Ashenafi Assefa   +15 more
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Leishmaniasis in Cameroon: what is known and is done so far? A protocol for systematic review

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction The first visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis cases were reported in Cameroon since more than six decades. However, interest in the disease has decreased over time and data on its epidemiology across the country are scanty.
Linda Djune Yemeli, André Domche, Hugues C Nana Djeunga, Cédric G Lenou Nanga, Earnest Njih Tabah   +4 more
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Public Theology in the face of pain and suffering: A proletarian perspective [PDF]

, 2015
A basic understanding of theology is the quest for knowledge of the Divine—the study of God. But why, one may ask, undertake such an endeavour, and to what end? My simple response would be, to know God is to enhance and enrich my life and service.
Juma, Florence
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Can Accreditation Work in Public Health? Lessons From Other Service Industries [PDF]

, 2004
Reviews the literature on the experiences and outcomes of existing accreditation programs in health and social service industries in order to derive implications about the potential benefits and costs of accreditation for public health ...
Glen P. Mays
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