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Reproductive health services for refugees by refugees in Guinea I: family planning. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: Comprehensive studies of family planning (FP) in refugee camps are relatively uncommon. This paper examines gender and age differences in family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Sierra Leonean and Liberian refugees living in
Blankhart, David +7 more
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European Medical Journal Reproductive Health, 2019 Infertility is generally defined as the failure to conceive after ≥1 year of unprotected sexual intercourse. Because infertility tends to be multicausal, fibroids (as the sole identified factor for infertility) were only identified in about 2.4% of ...
Essam El Mahdi
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Practical lessons for bringing policy-makers on board in sexual and reproductive health research
BMC Health Services Research, 2016 Background The need to translate research into policy, i.e. making research findings a driving force in agenda-setting and policy change, is increasingly acknowledged.
Aurore Guieu +7 more
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Social context prevents heat hormetic effects against mutagens during fish development
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This study shows that sublethal heat stress protects fish embryos against ultraviolet radiation, a concept known as ‘hormesis’. However, chemical stress transmission between fish embryos negates this protective effect. By providing evidence for the mechanistic molecular basis of heat stress hormesis and interindividual stress communication, this study ...
Lauric Feugere +5 more
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Intersection of HIV and Reproductive Health [PDF]
AIDS Research and Treatment, 2013 The HIV epidemic is integrally linked to reproductive health. Indeed HIV itself, which is predominantly a sexually transmitted infection, is a key reproductive health issue. In women, HIV can have adverse impact on pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. HIV status also affects conception and parenting choices.
Helen Rees +3 more
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A Qualitative Study on Men’s Involvement in Reproductive Health of Women among Auto-rickshaw Drivers in Bangalore Rural [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Men’s reproductive health directly affects the partner’s reproductive health. Men also may serve as gatekeepers to women’s access to reproductive health services. “Male involvement” in reproductive health and family planning programmes is not
Gaikwad, VS, Murthy, TSM, Sudeepa, D
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European Medical Journal Reproductive Health, 2015 The link between varicocele and infertility was first reported by Celsius in the first century AD, but it was not widely acknowledged until Tulloch and colleagues reported the improvement of sperm parameters in 26 of 30 patients undergoing ...
Nevzat Can Sener +2 more
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Decoding the dual role of autophagy in cancer through transcriptional and epigenetic regulation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation controls autophagy, which exerts context‐dependent effects on cancer: Autophagy suppresses tumorigenesis by maintaining cellular homeostasis or promotes tumor progression by supporting survival under stress. In this “In a Nutshell” article, we explore the intricate mechanisms of the dual function of autophagy ...
Young Suk Yu, Ik Soo Kim, Sung Hee Baek
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Globalization, Health Sector Reform, Gender and Reproductive Health [PDF]
, 2001 Explores the interrelationships between globalization and health sector reforms, and how changes in macro-economic and social policies affect women's reproductive health and ...
Barbara Evers +5 more
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The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil [PDF]
, 2017 This research brief reports on a focus group study that explores how and why the Zika virus affects reproductive processes in Brazil. The authors found that both reproductive intentions and behaviors changed as a result of the Zika epidemic among women ...
Alves, Sandra Valongueiro +3 more
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