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Ukraine Krieg - Zwei Klassen von Geflüchteten

Mangin, A.; Dunkel, J.; Nougueret, M. ARTE (2022) C2

Während hunderttausende Ukrainer ihr Land verlassen, kann sich die EU - wie schon 2015 - nicht auf die Verteilung der Kriegsvertriebenen einigen. Dennoch ist es dieses Mal anders: Der von allen EU-Staaten gebilligte, vorübergehende Schutz für Geflüchtete aus der Ukraine ermöglicht eine rasche, ... more

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Programmatic and Training Brief: Engaging Frontline Community Health Workers in Providing Oral Rapid HIV Testing to Pregnant Women in India

Sarkar A, Mburu G, Shukla S, Behara J, et al. (2016) C1

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Cancer of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa

C.Stefan, F. Bray, J. Ferlay, et al. (2017) CC

ecancer 11 755 / DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.755

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An overview of heart failure in low- and middle-income countries

Agbor, V.N.; Ntusi, N.A.B.; Noubiap, J.J. Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (2020) CC

Heart failure (HF) is a global public health concern with disproportionate socioeconomic, morbidity and mortality burden on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This review summarises contemporary data on the demographic and clinical characteristics, aetiologies, treatment, economic burden and ... more

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Freins à l’observance au traitement antirétroviral en milieu rural de la République Démocratique du Congo et regard sur l’Alliance thérapeutique dans le circuit de soins

Mabakutuvangilanga Ntela, S.-D., Morvillers, J.-M., Goutte, N. et al. Aporia (2020) C1

Cette étude vise à comprendre les freins à l’observance au traitement antirétroviral et à porter un regard critique sur la qualité d’alliance thérapeutique Infirmier-patient. Il s’agit d’une étude qualitative phénoménologique réalisée dans deux hôpitaux ruraux de la province du ... more

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Medical Anthropology Study of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak in Liberia/West Africa

Omidian, P.; K. Tehoungue; J.Monger World Health Organization WHO (2014)

This study was carried out to better understand the local beliefs and practices likely to enhance or hinder efforts to respond to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Liberia.

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Access to Heart Failure Medicines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Analysis of Essential Medicines Lists, Availability, Price, and Affordability

Agarwal, A.; Husain, M.J.; Datta, B. et al. Circulation: Heart Failure (2022) CC

Heart failure (HF) is a leading global public health problem with >64 million prevalent cases globally. Patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) from low- and middle-income countries experience a 22% to 58% higher 1-year mortality rate than those in high-income countries.1 Guideline-d... more

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The ‘jigsaw puzzle’ approach to building a diagnostic picture of asthma in primary care over time

Ryan, D.; Kocks, J.; Correia de Sousa, J. et al. International Primary Care Respiratory Group (2023) CC

Since there is no single objective diagnostic test for asthma this study suggests an approach of collecting and assembling pieces of clinical information to create a diagnostic picture, like making a jigsaw puzzle. These pieces should include demonstration of symptom and airway variability and/or br... more

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The Mental Health of Internally Displaced People and the General Population in Ukraine

I. Kuznetsova, O.Mikheieva, J. Catling, et al. (2019) C1

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Cardiovascular disease risk profile and management practices in 45 low-income and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level survey data

Peiris, D.; Ghosh, A.; Manne-Goehler, J. et al. PLoS Medicine (2021) CC

Global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is high and rising, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Focussing on 45 LMICs, we aimed to determine (1) the adult population’s median 10-year predicted CVD risk, including its variation within countries by socio-demographic char... more

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Task Shifting for Scale-up of HIV Care: Evaluation of Nurse-Centered Antiretroviral Treatment at Rural Health Centers in Rwanda

Shumbusho, F., van Griensven, J., Lowrance, D., Turate, I., Weaver, M.A., et al. PLoS Medicine (2009) CC

The shortage of human resources for health, and in particular physicians, is one of the major barriers to achieve universal access to HIV care and treatment. In September 2005, a pilot program of nurse-centered antiretroviral treatment (ART) prescription was launched in three rural primary health ce... more

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TENOR risk score predicts healthcare in adults with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma

Miller, M. K.; Lee, J.H.; Blanc, P.D.; et al. (2006) CC2

The aim of the present study was to predict which patients with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma are at highest risk for healthcare utilisation can be predicted so as to optimise clinical management. Data were derived from 2,821 adults with asthma enrolled in The Epidemiology and Natural History ... more

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Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risks, 1990-2022

Mensah, G.A.; Fuster, V.; Murray, C.J.L. et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2023) CC

Age-standardized cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates by region ranged from 73.6 per 100,000 in High-income Asia Pacific to 432.3 per 100,000 in Eastern Europe in 2022. Global CVD mortality decreased by 34.9% from 1990 to 2022. Ischemic heart disease had the highest global age-standardized D... more

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International and National Actions in Response to a Radiation Emergency

Wisner, B.; Adams, J World Health Organization WHO (2003) C_WHO

Annex of Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disaster; page 245 - 252 Information in Tables 1–4 summarizes the actions of the World Health Organization, the International Atomic Energy Authority, other international organizations, and local health authorities in response to a nuclear acci... more

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Modelling the climatic suitability of Chagas disease vectors on a global scale

Ebehard, F.; Cunze, S.; Kochmann, J., Klimpel, S. eLife Sciences Publications (2020) CC

eLife 2020;9:e52072. The Triatominae are vectors for Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiological agent of the neglected tropical Chagas disease. Their distribution stretches across Latin America, with some species occurring outside of the Americas. In particular, the cosmopolitan vector, Triatoma rubrofasci... more

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Falling aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in the lead-up to the COVID-19 pandemic

Pitt, C.; Bath, D.; Binyaruka, P.; Borghi, J.; Martinez-Alvarez, M. BMJ Global Health (2021) CC

Infectious disease epidemics pose a threat to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) both directly—by worsening women’s and children’s health outcomes—and indirectly—by reducing their access to services.1–4 Greater investment is therefore needed to mitigate the negative... more

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Do Disability Inequalities Grow with Development? Evidence from 40 Countries

Lewis, E.; Mitra, S.; Yap, J. Sustainability (2022) CC

With development, people around the world have become wealthier and live longer. At the same time, development can lead to growing inequalities within and between nations. This paper analyses inequalities related to disability and how they vary across countries by development level. Using internatio... more

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The burden of HIV and tuberculosis on the resuscitation area of an urban district-level hospital in Cape Town

Swarts, L.; S. Lahri, and D.J. van Hoving (2021) CC

African Journal of Emergency Medicine Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 165-170

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Integrated Family Planning and Immunization Service Delivery at Health Facility and Community Sites in Dowa and Ntchisi Districts of Malawi: A Mixed Methods Process Evaluation

Cooper, C. M.; Wille, J.; Shire, S.; et al. (2020) CC2

The Government of Malawi’s Health Sector Strategic Plan II highlights the importance of service integration; however, in practice, this has not been fully realized. We conducted a mixed methods evaluation of efforts to systematically implement integrated family planning and immunization services i... more

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Preplanned Studies: Incidence Tendency Analysis on Type 2 Diabetes in 4 Asian Countries — China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, 1990–2019

Shi, W.; Wang, Q.; Zhang, J.; et al. China CDC Weekly, CCDC Weekly (2021) C_CDC

What is already known about this topic? Roughly 80% of the global disease burden caused by diabetes comes from low-and-middle income countries, and 60% of diabetics are located in Asia; 6 of the top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of diabetes are in Asia.