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Accountability to disaster-affected populations

Forced Migration Review, 2010
The hardest aspect of accountability to disaster-affected persons seems to be managing the tensions between the timeliness and the quality of a response.
Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response
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Short-Read and Long-Read Whole Genome Sequencing for SARS-CoV-2 Variants Identification

Viruses
Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for detecting emerging variants and informing public health responses. Various sequencing technologies are used for whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2.
Mengfei Peng, Morgan L. Davis, Meghan L. Bentz, Alex Burgin, Mark Burroughs, Jasmine Padilla, Sarah Nobles, Yvette Unoarumhi, Kevin Tang   +8 more
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Can ethical artificial intelligence aid infant and young child feeding support during conflict? A review of the experience and lessons learned from FHI 360′s in Ukraine

Frontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundThe war in Ukraine has disrupted access to maternal and infant nutrition services, intensified commercial milk formula marketing risks, and increased demand for accessible, evidence-based breastfeeding support.
Alessandro Iellamo, Olena Rozhenko, Yuliia Strelchenko-Yankovska, Nataliia Kalashnyk, Inna Burta, Celestine Ekwuluo, Yelyzaveta Hryshyna, Oleksandra Firsova, Vitalii Sheremet   +8 more
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PD-L1/PD-1 crosstalk in colorectal cancer: are we targeting the right cells?

BMC Cancer, 2018
Background The analysis of tumour-infiltrating immune cells within patients’ tumour samples in colorectal cancer (CRC) has become an independent predictor of patient survival.
Ramón Cantero-Cid, José Casas-Martin, Enrique Hernández-Jiménez, Carolina Cubillos-Zapata, Aníbal Varela-Serrano, José Avendaño-Ortiz, Marta Casarrubios, Karla Montalbán-Hernández, Ignacio Villacañas-Gil, Laura Guerra-Pastrián, Begoña Peinado, Cristóbal Marcano, Luis A Aguirre, Eduardo López-Collazo   +13 more
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HspBP1 is a dual function regulatory protein that controls both DNA repair and apoptosis in breast cancer cells

Cell Death and Disease, 2022
The Hsp70-binding protein 1 (HspBP1) belongs to a family of co-chaperones that regulate Hsp70 activity and whose biological significance is not well understood.
Cha Kyung Youn, Jung-Hee Lee, Gurusamy Hariharasudhan, Hong Beum Kim, Jeeho Kim, Sumi Lee, Sung-Chul Lim, Sang-Pil Yoon, Sang-Gon Park, In-Youb Chang, Ho Jin You   +10 more
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The H2TH-like motif of the Escherichia coli multifunctional protein KsgA is required for DNA binding involved in DNA repair and the suppression of mutation frequencies

Genes and Environment, 2023
Background DNA oxidatively damaged by reactive oxygen species is repaired by base excision repair (BER) pathway proteins, with DNA glycosylases removing damaged or mismatched bases in the first step of BER. KsgA is a multifunctional protein that exhibits
Yuichiro Hayashi, Masafumi Funakoshi, Kaname Hirosawa, Qiu-Mei Zhang-Akiyama   +3 more
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Establishing National Multisectoral Coordination and collaboration mechanisms to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone 2016–2018

One Health Outlook, 2019
Background The governments of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have acknowledged that weak health systems and poor coordination of efforts hampered effectiveness of the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak response.
Serge Agbo, Lionel Gbaguidi, Chethana Biliyar, Seydou Sylla, Mukeh Fahnbulleh, John Dogba, Sakoba Keita, Sarian Kamara, Amara Jambai, Albert Harris, Tolbert Nyenswah, Mane Seni, Sow Bhoye, Sambe Duale, Andrew Kitua   +14 more
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Handwashing and disinfection precautions taken by U.S. adults to prevent coronavirus disease 2019, Spring 2020

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objectives The objectives of this study were to assess self-reported hygiene precautions taken by U.S. adults during spring 2020 to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to identify demographic characteristics associated with these hygiene ...
Laura G. Brown, E. Rickamer Hoover, Catherine E. Barrett, Kayla L. Vanden Esschert, Sarah A. Collier, Amanda G. Garcia-Williams   +5 more
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A qualitative assessment of cleaning and hand hygiene practices at shelters serving people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta, GA – May-June, 2020

BMC Public Health
Background Cleaning practices and hand hygiene are important behaviors to prevent and control the spread of infectious disease, especially in congregate settings.
Bethlehem N. Besrat, Emily Mosites, Martha P. Montgomery, Amanda G. Garcia-Williams, Emily Trautner, Kristie E. N. Clarke, Brittany Marshall, Cathryn Vassell, Candace Rutt, Shantrice L. Jones   +9 more
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Comparison of COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout Approaches across Canada

Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé, 2023
Across Canada, there were notable differences in the rollout of provincial/territorial COVID-19 vaccination programs, reflecting diverse sociodemographic profiles, geopolitical landscapes, health system designs, and pandemic experiences.
Tiffany Fitzpatrick, Cheryl A. Camillo, Shelby Hillis, Marin Habbick, Dane Mauer-Vakil, Monika Roerig, Nazeem Muhajarine, Sara Allin   +7 more
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