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Economic evaluation of a leprosy innovation project in Northern Nigeria: cost-effectiveness analysis

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background The state of leprosy in Nigeria and the realities of post elimination era underscore the need for evidence- based cost-effective approach to early case detection for enhanced control and elimination of leprosy.
Charles C. Ezenduka, Abudulahi Namadi, Dahiru Tahir, Uzoma Nwosu, Shuaibu N. Musa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Routing relief teams by introducing new urban congestion parameter and solving using GACD-MDVRP clustering through genetic algorithm [PDF]

AUT Journal of Modeling and Simulation, 2020
Emergency disaster-relief activities could dramatically reduce injuries and casualties, while routing and scheduling of the relief teams is also considered an important factor in reducing the fatalities.
Sayyed Amin Biabanaki, mehrdad kargari
doaj   +1 more source

Adherence to UNRWA’s anaemia treatment guidelines in the Jerash Camp Health Centre, Jordan: a retrospective observational study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) provides primary healthcare to 2.2 million Palestinian refugees in Jordan.
Akihiro Seita, Majed Hababeh, Shakoor Hajat, Masako Horino, Shatha Albaik, Khalil Abu Naqera, Yuriko Harada, Nada Abu Kishk, Mio Akita, Rami Habash   +9 more
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Accelerating malaria elimination in Cambodia: an intensified approach for targeting at-risk populations

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Malaria in Cambodia has decreased by 90.8% between 2010 and 2020, driven by the commitment of the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria (CNM) and the achievements of the roll-out of a village malaria worker programme ...
Siv Sovannaroth, Pengby Ngor, Vichka Khy, Julia C. Dunn, Michelle K. Burbach, Sovann Peng, Sarath Mak, Krung Siv, Giulia Manzoni, Jean Olivier Guintran, Luciano Tuseo, Rekol Huy   +11 more
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Evaluating the efficiency of relief centers in disaster and epidemic conditions using multi-criteria decision-making methods and GIS: A case study

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022
Disaster response refers to any action taken and performed by disaster team managers after and during a disaster. According to the prevalence of the coronavirus and the unpredictability of the behavior of this virus, the capacities of hospitals and ...
H. A. Choukolaei, P. Ghasemi, F. Goodarzian   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Influence of integrated soil fertilization on the productivity and economic return of garlic (Allium sativum L.) and soil fertility in northwest Ethiopian highlands

Open Agriculture, 2021
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is one of the main economical spices produced by poor smallholder farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia for both marketing and consumption.
Alemayehu Getachew, Abate Asefa
doaj   +1 more source

Psychosocial benefits of the social support experienced at a community-based cancer wellness organization

Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare, 2022
This study was designed to identify the sources of social support and the perceived psychosocial benefits people diagnosed with cancer experience at a community-based cancer wellness organization.
Andrea Meluch
doaj   +1 more source

Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 response in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh: an intra-action review

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is critical in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and is one of the pillars of the WHO COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan 2020.
Rebecca Racheal Apolot, Simon Ssentamu Kaddu, Egmond Samir Evers, Paul Debashish, S. M. Niaz Mowla, Sabbir Ahmed, Aritra Das, Abu Toha M. R. H. Bhuiyan, Md Mahbubur Rahman, Anupam Barua, Allen Gidraf Kahindo Maina, Murad Sultan, Marsela Nyawara, Victoria Willet, Kai Von Harbou   +14 more
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Efficient Crisis Management by Selection and Analysis of Relief Centers in Disaster Integrating GIS and Multicriteria Decision Methods: A Case Study of Tehran

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021
In Iran, location is usually done by temporary relief organizations without considering the necessary standards or conditions. The inappropriate and unscientific location may have led to another catastrophe, even far greater than the initial tragedy.
H. A. Choukolaei, M. Rezaee, P. Ghasemi, Morteza Saberi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spontaneous formation of optically induced surface relief gratings [PDF]

, 2009
A model based on Fick's law of diffusion as a phenomenological description of the molecular motion, and on the coupled mode theory, is developped to describe single-beam surface relief grating formation in azopolymers thin films. It allows to explain the
Bellini B, E Ortyl, H Leblond, J-M Nunzi, Lefin P, R Barille, S Ahmadi-Kandjani, S Kucharski, Sanchez F   +8 more
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