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The Pandemic of Poverty: Analysing the Economic Legacies of the Pandemic [PDF]

South African Review of Sociology
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented disruption to South African livelihoods. However, this disruption was unequally felt. During the height of the pandemic lockdown, most could not work, while many lost their employment. In a labour force that was already characterised by a myriad of poorly paid and precarious work, this disruption exacerbated ...
Steven Lawrence Gordon, Benjamin J. Roberts, Carin Runciman   +2 more
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Construction and curation of a data set of historical mental health incidence in Norway

Scientific Data
We present a structured data set allowing opportunity for insights into mental health admissions to Norwegian facilities covering the period 1872 to 1929.
A. O. Blinkova, U. Khakurel, H. G. Gaddy, S.-E. Mamelund, M. Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar   +4 more
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Assessing the Resilience and Core Functions of Cameroon’s Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) System: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Evaluation in 2023

Health Research in Africa
Introduction. Despite adopting IDSR in the early 2000s, Cameroon had yet to conduct a comprehensive nationwide evaluation of its surveillance system's effectiveness and operational gaps against global infectious threats. Methodology. This 2023 nationwide
Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo, Nestor Atangana Onana, Linda Esso, Protais Cyriaque Etene, Armelle Viviane Ngomba, Elise Ikoula Amougou, Annick Mfoulou Assala, Boris Kompguep, Manuella Efemba, Luc Bakebeg, Raoul Nembot, Durand YK Gameni, Loïc Tchoupo, Georges Alain Etoundi, Georges Alain Etoundi, André Arsène Bita Fouda, Jules Leon Owona Manga, Georges Nguefack-Tsague   +17 more
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Performing the Pandemics

Dance Articulated, 2021
Stemming from one creative experience that emerged in London during the lockdown period of early 2020, called the “Emergency Festival”, this article is a result of observations based on practice, centred around the festival that a group of multicultural,
Jorge Poveda Yánez, María José Bejarano Salazar, Naiara Müssnich Rotta Gomes de Assunção, Subhashini Goda Venkataramani   +3 more
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Stopping Pandemics at the Source [PDF]

, 2017
* In July 2014, Skoll Global Threats Fund (SGTF) gave a $2 million, two-year grant to Chiang Mai University in Thailand to create the Participatory One Health Disease Detection (PODD) project—a first-of-its-kind community-owned pandemic surveillance and ...

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Biodiversity and pandemics: Podcast

, 2022
Protection of nature has a crucial role in preventing the emergence of future pandemics. Our current destructive relationship with nature that has led to habitat modifications and landscape transformations such as deforestation and agricultural expansion

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Serological Benefit of SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination Relative to Infection in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of severe outcomes from SARS‐CoV‐2 (SCV2). In the post‐pandemic context, where most children have been infected with SCV2, there are limited data on whether vaccination remains beneficial in children with ALL.
Janna R. Shapiro, Freda Qi, Karen Colwill, Alina D. Dorogy, Ying Liu, Michelle Science, Anne‐Claude Gingras, James M. Rini, Sumit Gupta, Sarah Alexander, Shelly Bolotin, Tania H. Watts   +11 more
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Investigation of chronic limb ulcers in Northern Cameroon: a socio-anthropological and clinical perspective

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background In September 2023, fifty cases of chronic limb ulcers of unknown origin were reported in six Health Districts (HDs) in Northern Cameroon. This disease, locally called “Ladde”, was described as of mystical origin, transmitted by insect bites ...
Theodore Alex Tonye, Armelle Viviane Ngomba, Linda Esso, Chanceline Bilounga, Nadia Mandeng, Ingrid Kenko, Patricia Mendjime, Telesphore Guiswe, Loic Kongne Choupo, Sebastien Douka, Armand Zra, Hoche BlackBoye, Grâce Anita Nkoro, Hamza Gaya, Etienne Guenou, Donald Adegono, Leonel Keptchuime, Hermann Landry Munshili Njifon, Chevalier Nyat, Ronald Perraut, Zakari Yaou Alhadji, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa   +21 more
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Roles and Challenges of Community Health Workers in Epidemiological Surveillance: A Qualitative Study in Cameroon

Health Research in Africa
Introduction. Community Health Workers (CHWs) are key community and health system liasons. Their closeness and acceptance by their community give them an important role to play concerning early detection in community-based surveillance (CBS). To sort out
Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo, Linda Esso, Daniele Sandra Yopa, Armelle Viviane Ngomba, Nestor Atangana Onana, Boris Kompguep, Loïc Tchoupo, Gbétogo Maxime Kiki, André Arsène Bita Fouda, Jules Leon Owona Manga, Georges Nguefack-Tsaque, Georges Alain Etoundi   +11 more
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Infection Control Practices for Vascular Access Management in Hemodialysis: Results From a Nationwide Survey of Japanese National University Hospitals

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada, Makoto Harada, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Takeshi Nakata, Koji Hashimoto, Tsuneo Konta, Yuji Kamijo   +6 more
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