Possible determinants and spatial patterns of anaemia among young children in Nigeria: a Bayesian semi-parametric modelling.

abstract：:Preventing and responding to violence against children is an aim of the new Sustainable Development Goals. Numerous agencies are now collecting data from children about violence, including academics, non-governmental organisations, government agencies, consultants and others. Data are necessary to ensure appropriate p...

journal_title：International health

authors： Devries KM,Naker D,Monteath-van Dok A,Milligan C,Shirley A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health aid to Nigeria increased tremendously in the last decade and a significant portion of the funds were earmarked for HIV-associated programs. Studies on the impact of HIV-specific aid on the delivery of non-HIV health services in sub-Saharan Africa have yielded mixed results. This study assessed if ther...

journal_title：International health

authors： Chima CC,Franzini L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The very large difference in mortality rates between Kimberley diamond miners and Witwatersrand gold miners during the 1918 influenza pandemic has never been explained. We examined extant epidemiological records from South African mining operations and other related activities to determine if mortality risk factors co...

journal_title：International health

authors： Shanks GD,Brundage J,Frean J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A modelling analysis carried out in 2014 suggested that, without cervical cancer screening programmes, the incidence of cervical cancer in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden would have been as high as that in some low- and middle-income countries. We compare programme strategies between Nigeria and these No...

journal_title：International health

authors： Anyasi HI,Foss AM

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) Non-governmental Development Organization (NGDO) Network was established to engage in supporting both international and national LF elimination agendas covering areas such as assisting ministries of health as an on-the-ground link between communities and programmes, which additionally giv...

journal_title：International health

authors： Bush S,Richards FO,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxygen is an essential medical therapy that is poorly available globally. We evaluated the quality of oxygen therapy in 12 secondary-level Nigerian hospitals, including access to oxygen equipment, equipment functionality, healthcare worker knowledge and appropriateness of use. METHODS:We conducted a three-p...

journal_title：International health

authors： Bakare AA,Graham H,Ayede AI,Peel D,Olatinwo O,Oyewole OB,Fowobaje KR,Qazi S,Izadnegahdar R,Duke T,Falade AG

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among university students, large numbers are involved with smoking and suffer from many chronic diseases. This study examined tobacco smoking prevalence and potential predictors among university students in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. METHODS:A total of 416 students were selected for face-to-face interview...

journal_title：International health

authors： Hassan MS,Hossain MK,Khan HTA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The State of Meghalaya, India, has some of the worst newborn health outcomes in the country. State health authorities commissioned an assessment of newborn service delivery to improve services. This study proposes bottleneck analysis (BNA) and quality improvement (QI) methods as a combined method to improve ...

journal_title：International health

authors： Datta V,Srivastava S,Garde R,Tluangi L,Giri H,Sangma S,Burman H,Pahwa P,Pemde H,Livesley N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over recent decades, there has been a dramatic transformation in mechanization reaching all aspects of people's lives in Saudi Arabia. In the light of this, there was a significant change in physical behavior in the community. The aim of the current study was to investigate the national and regional distribu...

journal_title：International health

authors： Alqahtani BA,Alenazi AM,Alhowimel AS,Elnaggar RK

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and retention by sex and pregnancy status in rural Nigeria. METHODS:We studied HIV-infected ART-naïve patients aged ≥15 years entering care from June 2009 to September 2013. We calculated the probability of early ART initiation and cumulative incidence of ...

journal_title：International health

authors： Aliyu MH,Blevins M,Megazzini KM,Parrish DD,Audet CM,Chan N,Odoh C,Gebi UI,Muhammad MY,Shepherd BE,Wester CW,Vermund SH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between June 2012 and December 2013 Médecins Sans Frontières launched a pilot project with the aim of testing a strategy for improving timely diagnosis of active pulmonary TB among migrants hosted in four centres of identification and expulsion (CIE) in Italy. METHODS:This is a descriptive study. For active...

journal_title：International health

authors： Crepet A,Repetto E,Al Rousan A,Sané Schepisi M,Girardi E,Prestileo T,Codecasa L,Garelli S,Corrao S,Ippolito G,Decroo T,Maccagno B

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Policy-makers require information on the potential benefits of and economic case for pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in middle-income countries. We built decision analysis models to evaluate a three-dose infant series of the 7-, 10- or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in 77 middle-income countries compared...

journal_title：International health

authors： Nakamura MM,Tasslimi A,Lieu TA,Levine O,Knoll MD,Russell LB,Sinha A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Validation of trachoma elimination requires monitoring after discontinuation of trachoma program activities, though such evaluations are not commonly done. METHODS:Conjunctival examinations and smartphone photography were performed on a random sample of pre-school children from 15 villages in a region of Bu...

journal_title：International health

authors： Snyder BM,Sié A,Tapsoba C,Dah C,Ouermi L,Zakane SA,Keenan JD,Oldenburg CE

更新日期：2019-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaysia is an upper-middle income country with a tax-based health financing system. Health care is relatively affordable, and safety nets are provided for the needy. The objectives of this study were to determine the out-of-pocket health spending, proportion of catastrophic health spending (out-of-pocket sp...

journal_title：International health

authors： Sukeri S,Mirzaei M,Jan S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Access to prompt and effective treatment of malaria is a fundamental right of all populations at risk; many countries have not met the target of 60% of children treated with effective antimalarial drugs within 24 h of fever onset. While community case management of malaria is effective for increasing coverag...

journal_title：International health

authors： Siekmans K,Sohani S,Kisia J,Kiilu K,Wamalwa E,Nelima F,Otieno DO,Nyandigisi A,Akhwale W,Ngindu A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every year more than 1.35 million people lose their lives on the road and tens of millions more are injured, some permanently. Since the early 2000s there has been renewed focus on the issue, with the United Nations, World Health Organization and the World Bank placing the issue higher on their agendas. Guided by the ...

journal_title：International health

authors： Peden MM,Puvanachandra P

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) are playing an increasingly important role in the development of new medicines for neglected diseases of the developing world; however, there has been limited information on their funding and expenditure patterns. This paper analyses funding for the 14 PDPs working on neglected ...

journal_title：International health

authors： Moran M,Guzman J,Ropars AL,Illmer A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This article examines risk factor and health differences between Antillean migrants in the Netherlands and Antillean and Dutch non-migrants, and relates these findings to four commonly used explanations for migrant health disparities. Methods:Nationally representative data from the 2012 Dutch Public Health ...

journal_title：International health

authors： Verstraeten SPA,van den Brink CL,Mackenbach JP,van Oers HAM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium ulcerans infection results in significant disfiguring morbidity, and treatment is expensive. To estimate the cost of treatment in the antibiotic era, a retrospective study of 71 patients diagnosed and treated for M. ulcerans in the Bellarine Peninsula (Victoria, Australia) between 1998 and 2006 was perfo...

journal_title：International health

authors： Pak J,O'Brien DP,Quek T,Athan E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The objective of this study was to evaluate the comparative effects of three breastfeeding promotion interventions on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and any breastfeeding (BF) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women in Uganda. Methods:Between February 2012 and February 2013, 2...

journal_title：International health

authors： Namale-Matovu J,Owora AH,Onyango-Makumbi C,Mubiru M,Namuli PE,Motevalli-Oliner M,Musoke P,Nolan M,Fowler MG

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humanitarian agencies regularly carry out nutrition surveys to estimate the prevalence of acute malnutrition (wasting) and mortality as well as to collect data on a wide range of contributory or aggravating factors in order to identify interventions and to direct aid where it is most needed. In this study, the case of...

journal_title：International health

authors： Watson F,Negussie B,Dolan C,Shoham J,Hall A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited data exist on malnutrition prevalence in Madagascar. We aimed to assess the point prevalence of childhood malnutrition in the Anivorano region, and to explore mothers' perceptions of barriers to proper nutrition. METHODS:In a mixed methods study we measured height and weight for 313 children, aged 6...

journal_title：International health

authors： Asgary R,Liu M,Naderi R,Grigoryan Z,Malachovsky M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases that disproportionately affect the poorest of the poor. While for years attention has focused on single diseases within this group, efforts during the past decade have resulted in their being grouped together to highlight that they are fundamentally diseases o...

journal_title：International health

authors： Malecela MN

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:One crucial element of the timely detection and identification of the causative agent(s) of a health emergency is access to live and historical data about the health risks in the area of concern. Therefore, sharing data on health emergencies is essential to the early investigation and detection teams. Although, theore...

journal_title：International health

authors： Ahmed A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The care of severely malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa is challenging, especially in HIV-prevalent settings. Recent improvements to facility-based individual case management, and increased community-based management focusing on early identification and high programme coverage have led to reductions in mortal...

journal_title：International health

authors： Fergusson P,Tomkins A,Kerac M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to identify the extent to which self-reported Mandrax use impacts condom-use beliefs amongst South African prison inmates. METHODS:Participants were inmates from four prisons in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. In total, 357 inmates participated in the parent study of w...

journal_title：International health

authors： Stephens TT,Gardner D,Jones K,Sifunda S,Braithwaite R,Smith SE

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Our objective was to demonstrate the feasibility of integrated care for TB, HIV and diabetes mellitus (DM) in a pilot project in Ethiopia. Methods:Healthcare workers in four hospitals screened patients with TB for HIV and DM; patients with HIV for DM and TB; and patients with DM for TB. Fasting and random p...

journal_title：International health

authors： Jerene D,Hiruy N,Jemal I,Gebrekiros W,Anteneh T,Habte D,Melese M,Suarez P,Sangiwa G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:School surveys provide a convenient platform to obtain large child cohorts from multiple communities and are widely used as a proxy to determine community prevalence of neglected tropical diseases. The purpose of this study was to compare trachoma prevalence between preschool- and school-aged children and ch...

journal_title：International health

authors： King JD,Odermatt P,Utzinger J,Ngondi J,Bamani S,Kamissoko Y,Boubicar K,Hassan AS,Nwobi BC,Jip N,Amnie A,Teferi T,Mosher AW,Stewart AE,Cromwell EA,Emerson PM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pica, an eating disorder in which non-nutritional objects are frequently eaten, has negative health implications. Despite this, pica is less studied in many African communities where it is believed to be highly prevalent. This study therefore sought to determine the prevalence of pica and its various forms among pregn...

journal_title：International health

authors： Mensah FO,Twumasi P,Amenawonyo XK,Larbie C,Jnr AK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are frequently the target of social stigmatization. To date not much attention has been given to stigma in relation to NTDs. The objective of this review is to identify the extent of social stigma and the similarities and differences in the causes, manife...

journal_title：International health

authors： Hofstraat K,van Brakel WH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00