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Rethinking aid for AIDS – A Public Good Approach [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
This paper demonstrates why an increased quantity of funding as claimed by big health lenders is not effective to achieve Millennium Development Goal 6, stopping the spread of HIV by 2015. An alternative funding mechanism linking the disbursement of matching grants with a minimum provision level is suggested. In order to study the impact of conditional
openaire   +2 more sources

Predictors of failure of intersegmental line creation using bronchoscopic jet ventilation for thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy

open access: yesJA Clinical Reports, 2021
Background During pulmonary segmentectomy, identification of the target segment is essential. We used bronchoscopic jet ventilation (BJV) to delineate the intersegmental plane by selectively sending air into the target segment.
Mizuko Ikeda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aid and the public sector in Pakistan: Evidence with endogenous aid [PDF]

open access: yesWorld Development, 1998
Summary Aid has been the principal source of development finance for the majority of developing countries over the past few decades. This has spawned a large literature on the effectiveness of aid, which remains essentially inconclusive. The empirical literature has tended to evaluate the impact of aid by including it as a variable in a regression ...
Susana Franco-Rodriguez,   +2 more
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A Case of Bilateral Synchronous Paratesticular Leiomyoma

open access: yesCase Reports in Oncology, 2023
Bilateral synchronous paratesticular leiomyoma (BSPL) is a rare tumor that originates from smooth muscle cells in the paratesticular region. Four BSPL cases have been reported sporadically, starting with the 1991 report by Aus and Boiesen.
Akira Ishikawa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of Saline Infusion Sonocolpography in Diagnosis and Treatment of Perforated Transverse Vaginal Septum

open access: yesCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2019
Transverse vaginal septum (TVS) is a particularly rare vaginal anomaly, and diagnosis is often difficult in a genital examination. We herein present a case of perforated TVS for which successful diagnosis and treatment were achieved using a new technique
Ayumi Ono   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aspiration of a drug in a blister pack

open access: yesRespirology Case Reports, 2019
We report a rare case of aspiration of a drug in a press‐through package (PTP) treated by not just pulling it but using a unique technique. A 73‐year‐old woman was referred to our department because of a persistent cough resulting from aspiration of a ...
Masataka Mori   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesPediatric 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   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A care coordinator screening strategy to address health harming legal needs

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Medical legal partnerships provide an opportunity to help address various social determinants of health; however, the traditional practice of screening patients during clinical encounters is limited by the capacity of busy clinicians.
Daniel Berg   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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