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Epidemiological Characterists of Advanced Hepatocellular Cardinoma in the Northern Region of Vietnam
(Cancer Control, 2019-07-10)
Epidemiological characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Southern Vietnam has been well reported as in Globocan 2018 while data from the North has still not been fully presented. Therefore, we conducted this ...
Factors Associated with Perioperative Mortality in Typhoid Fever Patients with Intestinal Perforation in Nigeria
(Integrative Journal of Global Health, 2017)
Objective: Despite the availability of effective antibiotic treatment, patients in Nigeria continue to perish from complications of typhoid fever, including intestinal perforations. Given the preventable nature of these ...
Challenges and Strategies for Improving Training of Mid-Level Research Personnel in Nigeria
(Annals of Global Health, 2019-06)
Background: Contextual research evidence is needed to reduce morbidity and mortality due to chronic but preventable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is particularly ...
Employment Opportunities and Experiences among Recent Master's-Level Global Health Graduates
(Annals of Global Health, 2019)
Objectives: To examine the job search, employment experiences, and job availability of recent global health-focused master's level graduates.
Methods: An online survey was conducted from October to December 2016 based ...
World Health Organization's Growth Reference Overestimates the Prevalence of Severe Malnutrition in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Africa
(Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020-01)
Anthropometric indices are widely used to assess the health and nutritional status of children. We tested the hypothesis that the 2007 World Health Organization (WHO) reference for assessment of malnutrition in children ...
Post-discharge prognosis of patients admitted to hospital for heart failure by world region, and national level of income and income disparity (REPORT-HF): a cohort study
(Lancet Global Health, 2020)
Background Heart failure is a global public health problem, affecting a large number of individuals from low-income and middle-income countries. REPORT-HF is, to our knowledge, the first prospective global registry collecting ...
Life-Expectancy Disparities Among Adults With HIV in the United States and Canada: The Impact of a Reduction in Drug- and Alcohol-Related Deaths Using the Lives Saved Simulation Model
(American Journal of Epidemiology, 2019-12)
Improvements in life expectancy among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) receiving antiretroviral treatment in the United States and Canada might differ among key populations. Given the difference in ...
Evidence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bats and Its Planetary Health Impact for Surveillance of Zoonotic Spillover Events: A Scoping Review
(International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 2022-12-27)
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other outbreaks, such as SARS and Ebola, bats are recognized as a critical species for mediating zoonotic infectious disease spillover events. While there is a growing concern ...
Trends in comparative efficacy and safety of malaria control interventions for maternal and child health outcomes in Africa: a study protocol for a Bayesian network meta-regression exploring the effect of HIV and malaria endemicity spectrum
(BMJ OPEN, 2019-06)
Methods We will review all randomised controlled trials that investigated malaria control interventions in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa and were published between January 1980 and December 2018. We will subsequently ...
Effect of 'rice' pattern on high blood pressure by gender and obesity: using the community-based KoGES cohort
(Public Health Nutrition, 2020-02)
Objective: The present study aimed to examine the association between dietary pattern and the risk of high blood pressure (BP) and to estimate the attenuated effect by gender and obesity on the association using data from ...