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A Tale of Two Conditions: 50 Years of Chronic Illness and Cancer From a Nursing Perspective
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction In this commentary, I consider the disparity between the care we see as a necessity for cancer patients and the lack of care we afford to many persons with chronic disease. Background I ground my arguments in my own clinical practice and research experiences over a 50‐year period augmented by reference to available literature ...
Sally Thorne
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Work Organisation and Innovation - Case Study: Radiometer, Denmark [PDF]
, 2013 [Excerpt] Established in 1935 by two engineers, Radiometer invented the world’s first blood gas analyser in 1954 in connection with the struggle against the childhood polio epidemic.
Høyrup, Steen, Møller, Kirsten
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Zoonotic anxieties: The cultural politics of Nepal's quest for pandemic preparedness
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Based on fieldwork conducted in Nepal (2022–2024) and by paying attention to how local and transnational notions of epidemiological risk are deployed, this ethnography introduces the concept of “zoonotic anxieties” to make sense of the multi‐species relational ethos that contemporary global health regimes propose.
Max D. López Toledano +3 more
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Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental CollegeObjective: The present study was conducted for exploring the role and district administration impact during polio campaign and supplementary immunization activities.
Saif Ur Rehman, Abuzar Wajidi
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Outbreak of West Nile virus causing severe neurological involvement in children, Nuba Mountains, Sudan, 2002. [PDF]
, 2004 An atypical outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) occurred in Ngorban County, South Kordophan, Sudan, from May to August 2002. We investigated the epidemic and conducted a case-control study in the village of Limon.
Anonymous (MMWR) +20 more
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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper adds to the growing evidence on the impacts of early childhood development (ECD) programming by examining one of the world's largest home visitation programmes, the Happy Child Programme in Brazil, and its impacts on child vaccination and preventable death rates.
Raquel Tebaldi +2 more
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A saúde entre o Estado e a sociedade Health: between the State and society
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2003 Ele testemunhou, 'de dentro', os estertores da ditadura militar brasileira, durante o governo João Baptista Figueiredo. Foi o "ministro interno" da Saúde do Brasil, nas palavras do próprio titular da pasta, Waldir Arcoverde.
Mozart Abreu Lima
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Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on social policy and solidarity often highlights disability as a paradigmatic case of a ‘deserving’ group that warrants social support. However, this hierarchical view of solidarity frequently ignores the role of solidarity in the lived experiences and everyday practices of disabled people themselves.
Roni Holler, Efrat Keidar, Sagit Mor
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2018 Background A recent WHO review concluded that live BCG and measles vaccine (MV) may have beneficial non-specific effects (NSEs) reducing mortality from non-targeted diseases. NSEs of oral polio vaccine (OPV) were not examined.
A. Andersen +8 more
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Model Penyebaran Penyakit Polio dengan Pengaruh Vaksinasi [PDF]
, 2013 Polio (Poliomielitis) is an infectious disease caused by the polio virus. This disease attacks the entire body (including the muscles and nerves) and can lead to muscle weakness that is permanent, paralysis or death.
Maârifatun, R. L. (RR) +1 more
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