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Viruses, 2021 Significant mortalities of racing pigeons occurred in Australia in late 2011 associated with a pigeon paramyxovirus serotype 1 (PPMV-1) infection. The causative agent, designated APMV-1/pigeon/Australia/3/2011 (P/Aus/3/11), was isolated from diagnostic ...
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Moving from rhetoric to action: how Africa can use scientific evidence to halt the COVID-19 pandemic
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020 The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 has spread rapidly to all countries of the world. Africa is particularly predisposed to an escalation of the pandemic and its negative impact given its weak economy and health systems.
Olushayo Oluseun Olu +5 more
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Vaccines, 2021 The current pandemic has highlighted the ever-increasing risk of human to human spread of zoonotic pathogens. A number of medically-relevant zoonotic pathogens are negative-strand RNA viruses (NSVs).
Kostlend Mara +6 more
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Information sources, knowledge and compliance to COVID-19 safety protocol in Borno State, Nigeria [PDF]
World of Media, 2021 Borno State, Nigeria has experienced active COVID-19 with quite a number of cases and mortalities. The extensive global campaign to create awareness about the pandemic and safety measures through various stakeholders appeared to have worked, especially ...
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BMJ Global Health, 2022 The onset of the pandemic revealed the health system inequities and inadequate preparedness, especially in the African continent. Over the past months, African countries have ensured optimum pandemic response.
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Atropine Use in Children After Nerve Gas Exposure [PDF]
, 2004 Following the FDA's approval of a pediatric dosage Atropen®, the Pediatric Expert Advisory Panel was asked to review the existing guidelines and recommendations regarding the treatment of children exposed to nerve agents and the Mark-1 Kit; review the ...
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Approach to Assessing the Preparedness of Hospitals to Power Outages [PDF]
, 2017 Within the secondary impacts of electricity blackouts, it is necessary to pay attention to facilities providing medical care for the population, namely the hospitals.
Brehovská, Lenka +2 more
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Considerations in relation to off-site emergency procedures and response for nuclear accidents [PDF]
, 2017 The operation of nuclear facilities has, fortunately, not led to many accidents with off-site consequences. However, it is well-recognised that should a large release of radioactivity occur, the effects in the surrounding area and population will be ...
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Human Resources for Health, 2022 Background In April 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Information Network for Epidemics produced an agenda for managing the COVID-19 infodemic. “Infodemic” refers to the overabundance of information—including mis- and disinformation.
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Evaluating the application of research-based guidance to the design of an emergency preparedness leaflet [PDF]
, 2014 UNLABELLED: Guidelines for the design of emergency communications were derived from primary research and interrogation of the literature. The guidelines were used to re-design a nuclear emergency preparedness leaflet routinely distributed to households ...
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