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Challenges faced by elderly patients with cancer in low-and-middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

South Sudan Medical Journal, 2021
Studies have shown that elderly people with co-morbidities are at a higher risk of dying from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The situation is worse for the 70% of the elderly population who reside in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs) with poor access to ...
Isaac Olufadewa , Miracle Adesina , Toluwase Ayorinde, Ruth Oladele, Funmilayo Abudu   +4 more
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Trapped in the prison of the mind: notions of climate-induced (im)mobility decision-making and wellbeing from an urban informal settlement in Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2020
The concept of Trapped Populations has until date mainly referred to people ‘trapped’ in environmentally high-risk rural areas due to economic constraints.
A Baldwin, A Ezeh, A Hjälm, A Sherbinin De, A Unger, A Woodward, B Etzold, B Gray, B Mberu, BW Wekesa, D Mata-Codesal, DB Cook, DD Heckathorn, DD Heckathorn, DG Ockwell, E Boyd, ED Sclar, J Barnett, J Barry, J Brace-Govan, J Butler, J Carling, J Hugé, J Previte, J Wolf, JS Dryzek, K Blanchet, K Kanim, KE McNamara, LA Goodman, LCE Morinière, LM Hunter, M Foucault, M Foucault, M Foucault, M Kurant, M Toyota, MA Rahaman, MC Morales, MD Cattaneo, MM Islam, MMH Khan, MSI Mullick, N Adri, N Fairclough, N Fairclough, N Watts, N Watts, NM Butala, P Adey, P Schwerdtle, P Stenner, P Tschakert, PK De, R Black, R Black, R Black, RB Ruback, RB Ruback, RJ Lilford, S Akhter, S Ayeb-Karlsson, S Ayeb-Karlsson, S Niemeyer, S Watts, SH Eriksen, SR Brown, SR Brown, T Izutsu, TJ Fitch, TJ Fitch, UNFCCC, UNFCCC, W Stephenson, W Stephenson, WN Adger   +75 more
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Advocacy Coalition in The Arrangement of The Coastal Slum Area of Untia in Makassar

Journal of Governance and Public Policy, 2021
The arrangement of the slum settlement area is still a problem faced by the Makassar City Government. There are 740.10 hectares of slum areas in Makassar City, one of which is the Untia coast.
Zaldi Rusnaedy, Almuhajir Haris
doaj   +1 more source

Data Warehouse and BI to catalize information use in health sector for decision making: a case study [PDF]

, 2017
Health sector in most countries including Zanzibar lacks the single repository that integrates health management data produced by multitude of sources. The study proves cost effective but successful implementation of Data Warehouse (DW) plays useful role
Khan, Nawaz, Slum Ally, Selemani
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Determinants Of Taking Adequate Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination Among Mothers In Their Last Pregnancy In Nigeria

Razi International Medical Journal
Background: Nigeria records considerable morbidity and mortality from tetanus, predominantly in newborns and women of reproductive age group. This is largely due to poor tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine (TTCV) uptake. This study investigated the factors
Isaac Olufadewa, Miracle Adesina, Happiness Akinniranye, Ruth Oladele, Toluwase Olufadewa, Elizabeth Obigwe   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building Density Level of Urban Slum Area in Jakarta

Geosfera Indonesia, 2020
Currently, the number of urban residents is increasing and some of the urban population live in slum areas. Therefore, identifying the characteristics of slum areas has become crucial.
Tenty Melvianti Legarias, Renny Nurhasana, Edy Irwansyah   +2 more
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Prevalence and associated factors of domestic violence among married women in an urban slum in South India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Introduction: Domestic violence (DV) is a public health problem with an estimated global prevalence of 35%. The prevalence rate of spousal domestic violence in Telangana is 36.4% which is higher than the national average of 25.3%.
Biranchi N Das, Anu Mohandas, Bhavani Killi   +2 more
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Content analysis of HIV self testing education on TikTok

Discover Public Health
In 2016, the World Health Organization officially recommended HIV self-testing (HIVST) to promote privacy and encourage more persons to test for their HIV status.
Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele, Miracle Adesina, Isaac Olufadewa, Ann-Pearl Ilochonwu, Marietta Imadojiemu, Micheal Akande, Kehinde Fatola, Oluwadara Asaolu, Adekunle Adeleke, Mary Akinwola, Tejumade Adene, Abdullah Olamilekan Abdulrahman, Afoluso Olayonwa, Folawemimo Akintunde, Akeem Opeyemi Akinbode, Goodness Adesoye, Adeola Okeniyi   +16 more
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Because space matters: conceptual framework to help distinguish slum from non-slum urban areas

BMJ Global Health, 2019
Despite an estimated one billion people around the world living in slums, most surveys of health and well-being do not distinguish between slum and non-slum urban residents. Identifying people who live in slums is important for research purposes and also
Timothy Hofer, Richard Lilford, Catherine Kyobutungi, Robert Ndugwa, Jo Sartori, Samuel I Watson, Richard Sliuzas, Monika Kuffer, Joao Porto de Albuquerque, Alex Ezeh   +9 more
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
wiley   +1 more source