Growing recognition of transgender health.

abstract：:Termination of early pregnancy by vacuum aspiration is a well-established technique. The procedure is highly effective and has a low complication rate, particularly when performed during the first few weeks after missed menses. However, this parasurgical method requires skilled health care personnel, and attempts have...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Van Look PF,Bygdeman M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Most data on self-poisoning in rural Asia have come from secondary hospitals. We aimed to: assess how transfers from primary to secondary hospitals affected estimates of case-fatality ratio (CFR); determine whether there was referral bias according to gender or poison; and estimate the annual incidence of al...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Eddleston M,Sudarshan K,Senthilkumaran M,Reginald K,Karalliedde L,Senarathna L,de Silva D,Rezvi Sheriff MH,Buckley NA,Gunnell D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of Plasmodium ovale malaria are reported among US servicemen stationed in Viet-Nam between January 1966 and March 1969. Taken together with other cases cited by the authors, these provide strong evidence of the existence (sometimes disputed) of this Plasmodium in continental South-East Asia.None of the men ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Gleason NN,Fisher GU,Blumhardt R,Roth AE,Gaffney GW

更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In China, alcohol consumption is increasing faster than anywhere else in the world. A steady increase in alcohol production has also been observed in the country, together with a rise in alcohol-related harm. Despite these trends, China's policies on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages are weak compared wi...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Tang YL,Xiang XJ,Wang XY,Cubells JF,Babor TF,Hao W

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies of the cardiovascular characteristics of three typically rural communities in the Gambia, Jamaica, and the United Republic of Tanzania were carried out by means of standardized methodology. This paper reports comparisons of arterial blood pressure distribution and electrocardiographic findings ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Vaughan JP,Miall WE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freeze-fracture studies were made on the parasite and the erythrocyte in P. knowlesi infections. There is a loss of transmembrane integral proteins from the plasma membrane of the schizont-infected erythrocyte and the intraerythrocytic parasite synthesizes new transmembrane proteins as development proceeds. Formation ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： McLaren DJ,Bannister LH,Trigg PI,Butcher GA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the long-term patterns of drowning mortality in the state of Victoria, Australia, and to describe the historical context in which the decrease occurred. METHODS:We obtained data on drowning deaths and population statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and its predecessors for the peri...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Staines C,Ozanne-Smith J

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:In serological tests for syphilis, leprosy sera often give biologically false positive reactions. These may be due to the presence of non-specific elements-for example, the ubiquitous lipid antibodies-in the leprosy sera; or they may be the result of errors in technique or unfavourable working conditions in the labora...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： RUGE HG,FROMM G,FUHNER F,GUINTO RS

更新日期：1960-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report concerns the host's reactions to the presence of the parasite both in the course of the natural disease and during drug treatment. The various stages of Onchocerca volvulus are discussed in terms of the type of tissue reaction seen. The discussion then turns to basic hypotheses concerning the etiology of t...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Henson PM,Mackenzie CD,Spector WG

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:To determine whether there are major differences in the distribution of Streptococcus pyogenes serotypes in different countries and to compare the typing results obtained in different laboratories with the same cultures, an international survey of the distribution of such serotypes was carried out in 1964-65 in 12 lab...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Parker MT

更新日期：1967-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal parasitic infections are distributed virtually throughout the world, with high prevalence rates in many regions. Amoebiasis, ascariasis, hookworm infection and trichuriasis are among the ten most common infections in the world. Other parasitic infections such as abdominal angiostrongyliasis, intestinal capi...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors：

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of antigenic studies of the viruses received at the World Influenza Centre from the 1952-3 influenza epidemic are described. As in 1950-1, two main antigenic groups of influenza A viruses could be distinguished. One group, called Liverpool, contained strains closely related to 1950-1 Liverpool strains. The...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： ISAACS A,DEPOUX R,FISET P

更新日期：1954-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New global public health institutions are increasingly emphasizing transparency in decision-making, developing-country ownership of projects and programmes, and merit- and performance-based funding. Such principles imply an institutional response to the challenge of bridging the "know-do gap", by basing decisions expl...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： van Kerkhoff L,Szlezák N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the adaptation and scaling-up of an intervention to improve the visual health of children in the Apurimac region, Peru. METHODS:In a pilot screening programme in 2009-2010, 26 schoolteachers were trained to detect and refer visual acuity problems in schoolchildren in one district in Apurimac. To ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Latorre-Arteaga S,Gil-González D,Bascarán C,Núñez RH,Morales MD,Orihuela GC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of adequate monitoring and the costs of measuring CD4+ T-lymphocytes (CD4+ cell) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral load in people receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in seven countries in the WHO Region of the Americas. METHODS:We obtained retrospective, longitudinal...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Belaunzarán-Zamudio PF,Caro-Vega YN,Shepherd BE,Crabtree-Ramírez BE,Luz PM,Grinsztejn B,Cesar C,Cahn P,Cortés C,Wolff M,Pape JW,Padgett D,Gotuzzo E,McGowan C,Sierra-Madero JG,CCASAnet.

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This identification key has been prepared to enable field workers in eastern and centra Africa to identify the species and subspecies of snails acting as intermediate hosts of various flukes causing bilharziasis and related diseases in man and his domestic stock.The area covered by the key is eastern Africa from the S...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： MANDAHL-BARTH G

更新日期：1962-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national cross-sectional survey of the heights and weights of Kuwaiti preschool-age children of 0-5 years was conducted on a stratified multistage sample of 2554 subjects from high and low socioeconomic levels. The collected data were used to compare the nutritional status of these children with their American count...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Bayoumi A,Moussa MA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The QBC (quantitative buffy coat) technique was compared with that of the Giemsa-stained thick blood film (GTF) under field conditions in Junlian and Mingshan counties, Sichuan, China, for rapid diagnosis of vivax malaria. Blood samples were collected from 364 volunteer villagers, and each sample was examined with bot...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Wang X,Zhu S,Liu Q,Hu A,Zan Z,Yu Q,Yin Q

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haemagglutination-inhibition test has been used to assess the frequency of arbovirus infections in the population of Ceylon, by age-group, and also in some animals. The antigens used were: chikungunya, JE, dengue 1, 2, 3, 4, and Tahyna.The percentage of positive reactors to the group-B viruses ranged from 16.3% to...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Vesenjak-Hirjan J,Hermon Y,Vitarana T

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper represents a personal reflection on what is needed worldwide to prevent child injuries. It repeats messages that have been frequently delivered in the past. The main points are: first, the need for everyone to accept the view that, ultimately, injuries are a health problem and health departments must view t...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Pless IB

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution and epidemiology of parasitic diseases in both urban and periurban areas of endemic countries have been changing as development progresses. The following different scenarios involving Chagas disease, lymphatic filariasis, leishmaniasis and schistosomiasis are discussed: (1) infected persons entering n...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Mott KE,Desjeux P,Moncayo A,Ranque P,de Raadt P

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Cholera, which had been spreading throughout the south-west Pacific in 1961, broke out in Hong Kong in August of that year. The outbreak lasted about six weeks, and recurred in 1962 and 1963; but whereas the 1961 outbreak resembled classical cholera, in the succeeding years the pattern changed. The disease, though sti...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： VANDELINDE PA

更新日期：1965-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique for achieving high yields of Plasmodium falciparum parasites on a continuous basis is described. The technique is applicable in any laboratory. The culture apparatus is also simple and inexpensive and allows multiple cultures to be run simultaneously. A total of approximately 1-2 x 10(9) parasites c...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Siddiqui WA,Kan SC,Kramer K,Richmond-Crum SM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiomersal-iodine-formalin (TIF) has been used as a faecal preservative in many prevalence surveys of intestinal helminths and protozoa. In helminth surveys, however, estimates of worm burden are no less essential than those of prevalence. Direct-smear and dilution egg-counting techniques, using fresh faeces, have bee...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Dunn FL

更新日期：1968-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible associations between Plasmodium falciparum malaria and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) seropositivity were investigated in 1986 at the Mama Yemo Hospital in Kinshasa, Zaire. No significant difference was found in the HIV seropositivity rate of 164 children presenting with P. falciparum malaria (1.2%) a...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Nguyen-Dinh P,Greenberg AE,Mann JM,Kabote N,Francis H,Colebunders RL,Huong AY,Quinn TC,Davachi F,Lyamba B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Delivery by a skilled birth attendant (SBA) serves as an indicator of progress towards reducing maternal mortality worldwide -- the fifth Millennium Development Goal. Though WHO tracks the proportion of women delivered by SBAs, we know little about their competence to manage common life-threatening obstetric ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Harvey SA,Blandón YC,McCaw-Binns A,Sandino I,Urbina L,Rodríguez C,Gómez I,Ayabaca P,Djibrina S,Nicaraguan Maternal and Neonatal Health Quality Improvement Group.

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To appraise the process of development and clinical content of national human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinical practice guidelines of countries in the eastern Mediterranean and to formulate recommendations for future guideline development and adaptation. METHODS:Twenty-three countries in the World Healt...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： De Weggheleire A,Bortolotti V,Zolfo M,Crowley S,Colebunders R,Riedner G,Lynen L

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00