Over 6 million people worldwide are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan that causes Chagas disease. Endemic in 21 Latin American countries, the disease can be transmitted by vector insects called triatomines — also known as “kissing bugs” —, foods or beverages contaminated with th...e parasite, blood transfusions, organ transplants, or congenitally during pregnancy or delivery.
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Country Progress Report
Reporting Period
January – December, 2014
Accessed: 26.09.2019
22.9% of surveyed Syrian refugees aged 2 years and above had disabilities (1,374 persons out of 6,003 persons): 13.8% in Azraq camp, 23.5% in Irbid and 30.5% in Zaatari camp. Understanding disability as the level of difficulties a person is facing when performing basic activities that could put him/...her at risk of not participating in society, the prevalence of disability found by the study was markedly higher than the existing disability statistics at around 2-3% to less than 10%, many of which used questions focusing on a person’s medical conditions or impairments.
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March 9, 2021
Here you can find a collection of useful manuals, videos, infographics and resource platforms.
The category "Vaccine hesitancy & myths" will be updated regularly with new documents, videos and information material. Please check this category within the COVID-19
https://medbox.org/fi...lter/602505261716D/toolbox/vaccination-strategy#GO
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Reflections from disability research using the ICF in Afghanistan and Cambodia | Working Paper Series: No. 11
PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org
September 2014 | Volume 9 | Issue 9 | e103657
Le trouble anxiété de séparation (TAS) représente environ la moitié de l’ensemble des troubles anxieux
(Cartwright-Harton et al, 2006). La plupart des troubles anxieux pédiatriques
présentent les mêmes critères diagnostics que chez l’adulte à l’exception du TAS,
actuellement class...é dans le DSM et la CIM au sein des troubles habituellement
diagnostiqués dans la prime enfance, l’enfance ou l’adolescence (Krain et al, 2007).
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Disability. Assessment among Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon
Resource Kit for Field workers
The Open AIDS Journal, 2012, 6, 245-258
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196380 May 15, 2018
Standard Operating Procedures for Implementation of TB Activities at HIV/AIDS Service Delivery Sites