Geo-additive models of childhood undernutrition in three sub-Saharan African countries [PDF]
, 2009 We investigate the geographical and socioeconomic determinants of childhood undernutrition in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, three neighbouring countries in southern Africa, using the 1992 Demographic and Health Surveys.
Besag +20 more
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Achievements and challenges for the use of killed oral cholera vaccines in the global stockpile era
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017 Cholera remains an important but neglected public health threat, affecting the health of the poorest populations and imposing substantial costs on public health systems.
Sachin N. Desai +6 more
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Comparison of Medicine Availability Measurements at Health Facilities: Evidence from Service Provision Assessment Surveys in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries. [PDF]
, 2013 With growing emphasis on health systems strengthening in global health, various health facility assessment methods have been used increasingly to measure medicine and commodity availability.
A Cameron +11 more
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Evaluation of the electronic Early Warning and Response Network (EWARN) system in Somalia, 2017–2020
Conflict and Health, 2022 Background In 2008, Somalia introduced an electronic based Early Warning Alert and Response Network (EWARN) for real time detection and response to alerts of epidemic prone diseases in a country experiencing a complex humanitarian situation.
Mutaawe Lubogo +12 more
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“Rapid-Impact Interventions”: How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa's Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Benefit the Poor [PDF]
, 2005 Controlling seven tropical infections in Africa would cost just 40 cents per person per year, and would permanently benefit hundreds of millions of ...
Alan Fenwick +14 more
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Requirements for Diagnosis of Malaria at Different Levels of the Laboratory Network in Africa. [PDF]
, 2009 The rapid increase of resistance to cheap, reliable antimalarials, the increasing cost of effective drugs, and the low specificity of clinical diagnosis has increased the need for more reliable diagnostic methods for malaria.
Barnish +5 more
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School-Based Deworming Program Yields Small Improvement in Growth of Zanzibari School Children After one Year. [PDF]
, 1997 Efficacy trials of antihelminthic therapies conducted in Africa have reported improvements in children's growth, but nutritional evaluations of large-scale deworming programs are lacking.
Albonico +29 more
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus +6 more
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Why has the health promoting prison concept failed to translate to the US? [PDF]
, 2018 Two decades since the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe published a report on health promotion in prison that stimulated further debate on the concept of the “health-promoting prison,” this article discusses the extent to which the ...
Henrichson C +5 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common complication in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia (AL), and a major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, type‐2‐diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Visentin Sandrine +10 more
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