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abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of self-rated health assessments by examining the association between education and self-rated poor health. METHODS:We used the globally representative population-based sample from the 2002 World Health Survey, composed of 219,713 men and women aged 25 and over in 69 countries, to examine...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Subramanian SV,Huijts T,Avendano M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hut and village-scale trials with solid and liquid-type dichlorvos dispensers were carried out in 1961 in the vicinity of Lagos, Nigeria, by the WHO Insecticide Testing Unit. Bioassay results indicated that with a single application satisfactory mortalities of caged mosquitos could be obtained for a period of 12-13 we...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： GRATZ NG,BRACHA P,CARMICHAEL A

更新日期：1963-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings from an epidemiological survey of bacillary dysentery in three villages in south-west Serbia are reported. Factors in the transmission of infection-in particular, living conditions and standards of hygiene-are discussed, and an attempt is made to assess the value of various popular remedies, such as herba...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： SNAJDER K

更新日期：1954-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A follow-up study of coronary heart disease (CHD) was carried out among adults in Delhi 3 years after an initial community-based epidemiological survey of the same population. A total of 575 of the 814 cases of CHD detected clinically and by electrocardiogram (ECG) in the initial survey took part. On re-examination of...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Chadha SL,Ramachandran K,Shekhawat S,Tandon R,Gopinath N

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-vaccination tuberculin sensitivity is being used to evaluate the immediate effects of the extensive WHO/UNICEF mass BCG vaccination programmes currently in progress. During the past five years the Tuberculosis Research Office has been studying the tuberculin sensitivity produced by BCG vaccination, and the presen...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors：

更新日期：1955-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dengue type 1 epidemic occurred in Fiji between July 1989 and July 1990. Virus isolation in C6/36 cell cultures and Toxorhynchites mosquitos yielded 36 strains. Of the 3686 cases recorded by the Ministry of Health, 60% involved indigenous Fijians and 37%, Indians. A house-to-house survey revealed that a large majori...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Fagbami AH,Mataika JU,Shrestha M,Gubler DJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WHILE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY HAS PRODUCED GREAT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF YELLOW FEVER AND IN TECHNIQUES FOR ITS CONTROL IN URBAN AREAS, THE ESSENTIAL METHOD OF CONTROL HAS NOT CHANGED: it is still the elimination of the urban vector, Aëdes aegypti. The aim of those responsible for yellow fever control in Afr...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： MAHAFFY AF

更新日期：1954-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the use of contraception in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa; to assess changes in met need for contraception associated with wealth-related inequity; and to describe the relationship between the use of long-term versus short-term contraceptive methods and a woman's fertility intentions and house...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Creanga AA,Gillespie D,Karklins S,Tsui AO

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To assess cash transfer interventions for improving treatment outcomes of active pulmonary tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries. Methods:We searched PubMed®, Embase®, Cochrane Library and ClinicalTrials.gov for studies published until 4 August 2017 that reported on cash transfer interventions dur...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Richterman A,Steer-Massaro J,Jarolimova J,Luong Nguyen LB,Werdenberg J,Ivers LC

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Lamia Plain, Greece, 12 years after the cessation of DDT spraying, Anopheles sacharovi is still present in very high densities and appears to have the same biting habits and host preferences as previously. Mosquitos of this species are still resistant to DDT and dieldrin. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Hadjinicolaou J,Betzios B

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Problem:If universal health coverage (UHC) is to be achieved globally, it needs sustained promotion and political awareness and support. Approach:During its presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations in 2016, Japan aimed to raise the issue of UHC to the top of the global health agenda. Local setting...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Sakamoto H,Ezoe S,Hara K,Hinoshita E,Sekitani Y,Abe K,Inada H,Kato T,Komada K,Miyakawa M,Yamaya H,Yamamoto N,Abe SK,Shibuya K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a major public health problem, affecting millions of people worldwide. The associated health care costs are growing in parallel with increases in elderly populations, and it is expected that the number of osteoporotic fractures will double over the next 50 years. The best way to address osteoporosis is...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Kai MC,Anderson M,Lau EM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airport and aviation authorities are starting to recognize that airports do not have to be unhealthy. Sima Barmania reports. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors：

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three experiments were carried out in field cages to test the principle of "transport" of a desirable gene or chromosome into a wild Culex fatigans population as a result of the sterility in cross-matings associated with cytoplasmic incompatibility. Cycling populations of Delhi origin were established in the cages and...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Curtis CF

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between July 1966 and May 1972 the Vesicular Disease Laboratory, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga., USA, tested specimens from 849 suspected smallpox cases by at least 2 methods, electron microscopy and chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) cultures. A smaller number of specimens was tested by each of 4 m...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Nakano JH

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To highlight the complications involved in interpreting laboratory tests of measles immunoglobulin M (IgM) for confirmation of infection during a measles outbreak in a highly vaccinated population after conducting a mass immunization campaign as a control measure. METHODS:This case study was undertaken in th...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Hyde TB,Nandy R,Hickman CJ,Langidrik JR,Strebel PM,Papania MJ,Seward JF,Bellini WJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a complex community intervention in rural Zambia improved understanding of maternal health and increased use of maternal health-care services. METHODS:The intervention took place in six rural districts selected by the Zambian Ministry of Health. It involved community discussions on safe ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Ensor T,Green C,Quigley P,Badru AR,Kaluba D,Kureya T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing health transition as increased globalization and accompanying urbanization are causing a double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Rates of communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa are the highest in the world. The impact of noncommun...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Maher D,Smeeth L,Sekajugo J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notifications of morbidity are frequently incomplete but they represent the only practicable way of carrying out large-scale surveillance. Studies of hepatitis in the Central District of Israel offered an opportunity of assessing the reliability of routine data. The regular canvassing of physicians resulted in a 2-3-f...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Brachott D,Mosley JW

更新日期：1972-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a case-control study we examined the association of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite antibodies (anti-R32tet32) with subsequent P. falciparum infections. A study population of 140 children living in an endemic area was followed longitudinally for 25 weeks with weekly blood smears for malaria parasites and, on...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Pang LW,Limsomwong N,Karwacki J,Webster HK

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catchy music spots and engaging storylines can help to convey important public health messages, but do they improve our health? Gary Humphreys and Fiona Fleck report. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors：

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten male subjects from a region of the state of Pará, Brazil, where malaria is endemic received a single oral dose of 1000 mg mefloquine. The plasma levels of the drug and of its metabolite, 2,8-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4-quinolinecarboxylic acid, were determined densitometrically on thin-layer chromatography plates. The ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： de Souza JM,Heizmann P,Schwartz DE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To implement and evaluate a public-private partnership to deliver the internationally recommended strategy DOTS for the control of tuberculosis (TB) in Lalitpur municipality, Nepal, where it is estimated that 50% of patients with TB are managed in the private sector. METHODS:A local working group developed ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Newell JN,Pande SB,Baral SC,Bam DS,Malla P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines constitute the single most important cost factor in the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Mozambique and in view of future new disease-control initiatives, the proportional expenditure on vaccines will only increase. Airfreight may contribute up to at least 25% of the total cost of delivered vaccine...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Schreuder B,Arentsen H,Matosse M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insecticide propoxur was applied as 2 non-overlapping bands approximately 1 m wide to the interior of houses in El Salvador once every 35 days for a period of 9 months. Air samples were collected from the interior of the houses once every seventh day during the entire period. In the study area, air temperatures re...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Miller CW,Shafik TM

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of BCG vaccine in the prevention of leprosy has been one of the most important subjects of investigation in the field of leprology in the last 25 years. The action of the vaccine was for many years investigated by determining its effect on the lepromin reaction. Field studies were later considered essential to...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Bechelli LM,Garbajosa G,Uemura K,Engler V,Martínez Domínguez V,Paredes L,Sundaresan T,Koch G,Matejka M

更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Picornavirus particles and serotype-specific neutralizing antibody were demonstrated in tears collected during early onset of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis. Virus particles deposited from tears by airfuge ultracentrifugation and stained with potassium phosphotungstate were easily recognized by electron microscopy....

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Yin-Murphy M,Abdul Rahim N,Phoon MC,Baharuddin-Ishak,Howe J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potency determinations in mice of venom samples from snakes of the species Bothrops jararaca, which had been caught in an area of less than 10 000 km(2), gave the following principal results:(1) Various methods of drying-i.e., closed and continuous vacuum-drying at 5 degrees and 37 degrees C and freeze-drying (lyophil...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： SCHOTTLER WH

更新日期：1958-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the consistent availability of basic surgical resources at selected facilities in seven countries. METHODS:In 2010-2014, we used a situational analysis tool to collect data at district and regional hospitals in Bangladesh (n = 14), the Plurinational State of Bolivia (n = 18), Ethiopia (n = 19), Gua...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Knowlton LM,Banguti P,Chackungal S,Chanthasiri T,Chao TE,Dahn B,Derbew M,Dhar D,Esquivel MM,Evans F,Hendel S,LeBrun DG,Notrica M,Saavedra-Pozo I,Shockley R,Uribe-Leitz T,Vannavong B,McQueen KA,Spain DA,Weiser TG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cross-reactivity of filarial heteroantigens, the non-availability of adult Wuchereria bancrofti for antigen extraction, and the lack of structural information on purified filarial heteroantigens make the serological diagnosis of W. bancrofti infection in man a difficult problem. The use of immune sera from cattle ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Dissanayake S,Ismail MM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00