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Regional Initiatives in Support of Surveillance in East Africa: The East Africa Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet) Experience. [PDF]

, 2013
The East African Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet) was formed in response to a growing frequency of cross-border malaria outbreaks in the 1990s and a growing recognition that fragmented disease interventions, coupled with weak laboratory
Bond KC, Gresham L, James Kariuki, Leonard E.G Mboera, Maurice Ope, Mayala BK, Mboera LEG, Miriam Schneidman, Mwihaki Kimura, Olago D, Ramana N.V Gandham, Shikanga O, Stanley Sonoiya, WHO, WHO   +14 more
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
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Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence for disease-surveillance purposes

BMC Proceedings
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of AI-driven tools to improve public health surveillance and outbreak management. While AI programs have shown promise in disease surveillance, they also present issues such as data privacy, prejudice ...
Barbara Tornimbene, Zoila Beatriz Leiva Rioja, John Brownstein, Adam Dunn, Sylvain Faye, Jude Kong, Nada Malou, Clara Nordon, Benjamin Rader, Oliver Morgan   +9 more
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Exploring AI governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: gaps, efforts, and initiatives

Data & Policy
This commentary explores MENA”s AI governance, addressing gaps, showcasing successful strategies, and comparing national approaches. It emphasizes current deficiencies, highlights regional contributions to global AI governance, and offers insights into ...
Hana Trigui, Fatma Guerfali, Emna Harigua-Souiai, Radwan Qasrawi, Chiraz Atri, Elie Salem Sokhn, Christo El Morr, Karima Hammami, Oussama Souiai, Jianhong Wu, Jude Dzevela Kong, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Sadri Znaidi   +12 more
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The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An mRNA vaccine candidate encoding H5HA clade 2.3.4.4b protects mice from clade 2.3.2.1a virus infection

npj Vaccines
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 viruses from different clades have been circulating globally, threatening wild/domestic birds and mammals. Given frequent spillovers and high mortality among mammals, coupled with our inability to predict which
Shiho Chiba, Maki Kiso, Shinya Yamada, Kazuhiko Someya, Yoshikuni Onodera, Aya Yamaguchi, Satoko Matsunaga, Ryuta Uraki, Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Seiya Yamayoshi, Fumihiko Takeshita, Yoshihiro Kawaoka   +11 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Select Serological Assays for Zika Virus Using Blinded Reference Panels

Viruses
In response to the 2015 Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic that occurred in Brazil, numerous commercial serological assays have been developed for clinical and research applications. Diagnosis of recent infection in pregnant women remains challenging.
Devy M. Emperador, Mars Stone, Eduard Grebe, Camille Escadafal, Honey Dave, Eve Lackritz, Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Ingrid Rabe, Diana P. Rojas, Michael P. Busch, Graham Simmons   +10 more
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The International Health Regulations 10 Years On: The Governing Framework for Global Health Security [PDF]

, 2015
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its global health security treaty, the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) have lost the world\u27s confidence after the West African Ebola epidemic.
DeBartolo, Mary C., Friedman, Eric A., Gostin, Lawrence O.   +2 more
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Electrical Impedance Myography Detects Disease Progression over 12 to 24 Months in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Targeted therapies for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) are progressing through clinical trials. Electrical impedance myography (EIM) provides a noninvasive biomarker of muscle composition that may be valuable especially in early phase trials. This study evaluated EIM data from a multicenter FSHD cohort over 24 months.
Karlien Mul, Michael P. McDermott, Russell J. Butterfield, Bakri Elsheikh, Kate Eichinger, Nicholas E. Johnson, Doris G. Leung, Samantha LoRusso, Leann Lewis, William B. Martens, Perry B. Shieh, Leo H. Wang, Michaela Walker, Rabi Tawil, Jeffrey M. Statland, ReSolve Investigators of the FSHD‐CTRN   +15 more
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Expressions of pandemic fatigue on digital platforms: a thematic analysis of sentiment and narratives for infodemic insights

BMC Public Health
Background The infodemic accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an overwhelming amount of information, including questions, concerns and misinformation. Pandemic fatigue has been identified as a concern from early in the pandemic.
Becky K. White, Atsuyoshi Ishizumi, Lucy Lavery, Amy Wright, Tom Foley, Rhys O’Neill, Kimberly Rambaud, Ravi Shankar Sreenath, Cristiana Salvi, Ryoko Takahashi, Marcelo D’Agostino, Tim Nguyen, Sylvie Briand, Tina D. Purnat   +13 more
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