On Essentiality and the World Health Organization's Model List of Essential Medicines.

abstract：:Tobacco smoking is recognized as a major preventable cause of disease worldwide and is linked to 6 million deaths annually, 30% of which are due to cancer. The negative health consequences of smoking currently represent one of the greatest global public health challenges. Additionally, secondhand smoke, which was decl...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Perez-Warnisher MT,Carballosa de Miguel MDP,Seijo LM

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:More than one billion people worldwide live with a disability, yet rehabilitation professionals are scarce in low- and middle-income countries. Attempts to expand access to rehabilitation services have encountered barriers on multiple levels: limited resources on the systemic level, hierarchies on the profes...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： AlHeresh R,Cahn PS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Obesity prevention and its associated co-morbidities such as diabetes require a multi-tiered, culturally sensitive, population-based approach. South Florida's tri-county area is home to approximately 75% of Florida's total Caribbean immigrant population. This project is the first Caribbean-focused interventi...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Haffizulla FS,Ramoutar A,Eason A,Hardigan P

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urogenital fistula is a debilitating condition that women can develop following obstructed labor. The primary objective of this study was to reveal illness narratives of Rwandan women with urogenital fistula to appreciate their unique experiences. The secondary aim was to identify common themes that emerged ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kay A,Nishimwe A,Hampton BS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Lead is a neurotoxic metal potentially affecting the developing brain. Children are particularly susceptible since they can absorb between 50% and 100% of ingested lead. There is no safe level for lead, therefore preventing exposure is crucial. We previously reported a positive association between lead conce...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Tamayo-Ortiz M,Sanders AP,Rosa MJ,Wright RO,Amarasiriwardena C,Mercado-García A,Pantic I,Lamadrid-Figueroa H,Téllez-Rojo MM

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The year-long position of chief medical resident is a time-honored tradition in the United States that serves to provide the trainee with an opportunity to gain further skills as a clinician, leader, teacher, liaison, and administrator. However, in most training programs in the developing world, this role do...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Walker T,Dusabejambo V,Ho JJ,Karigire C,Richards B,Sofair AN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chile has recently been reclassified by the World Bank from an upper-middle-income country to a high-income country. There has been great progress in the last 20 to 30 years in relation to air and water pollution in Chile. Yet after 25 years of unrestrained growth, there remain clear challenges posed by air ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Pino P,Iglesias V,Garreaud R,Cortés S,Canals M,Folch W,Burgos S,Levy K,Naeher LP,Steenland K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:There is consensus among many medical school deans that exposure to human rights is a necessary component of physician training [78], however little is known about the impact of engagement in human rights programs on students' personal and professional development [1516171819202122232425262728]. Objective:T...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Schonholz SM,Edens MC,Epié AY,Kligler SK,Baranowski KA,Singer EK

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to contaminant mixtures in developing countries is an important public health issue. Children are identified as the most susceptible group to adverse health effects due to the exposure. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to conduct a screening for mixture pollutants in Mexican children in urban ma...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Flores-Ramírez R,Pérez-Vázquez FJ,Medellín-Garibay SE,Camacho Aldrete A,Vallejo-Pérez M,Díaz de León-Martínez L,Carrizales Yáñez L,Díaz-Barriga F

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known of mental health outcomes among vertically HIV-infected or HIV-affected adolescents in Africa. OBJECTIVES:The current study set out to describe depressive symptoms and their correlates among vertically HIV-infected and HIV-affected adolescents at the Kenyan Coast. METHODS:130 adolescents (v...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Abubakar A,Van de Vijver FJR,Hassan AS,Fischer R,Nyongesa MK,Kabunda B,Berkley JA,Stein A,Newton CR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to heavy metals at contaminated industrial and mining sites, known also as hot spots, is a significant source of toxic exposure and adverse health outcomes in countries around the world. The Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP) developed by Pure Earth, a New York-based nongovernmental organizat...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Dowling R,Caravanos J,Grigsby P,Rivera A,Ericson B,Amoyaw-Osei Y,Akuffo B,Fuller R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide celebration of the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife boosts innovative efforts by academic nursing schools to change the narrative for the nursing profession globally. These innovations have the potential to disrupt narratives that perpetuate negative perspectives and to replace them with counter-narratives ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Bolan N,Ogbolu Y

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the World Health Organization, >200 million children in low- and middle-income countries experience developmental delays. However, household structure and parenting practices have been minimally explored as potential correlates of developmental delay in low- and middle-income countries, despite ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Uwemedimo OT,Howlader A,Pierret G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mozambique is an emerging lower income country (LIC) on the southeast coast of Africa. There are significant workforce shortages in medical and health professions in the country. Mozambique was one of 12 countries in Africa that was awarded a grant through the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Noormahomed EV,Mocumbi AO,Ismail M,Carrilho C,Patel S,Nguenha A,Badaro R,Bickler S,Benson CA,Schooley RT

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2012, the Rio+20 meeting initiated the concept of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a continuation of the Millennium Development Goals. The resulting document "The Future We Want" is best conceived as a roadmap toward poverty eradication and sustainable development. Although the SDGs were develo...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Plum A,Kaljee L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Viral hepatitis B is a disease condition of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus, and it leads to complications such as cancer and cirrhosis. This poses an occupational hazard because about 66,000 health care workers get infected with the virus annually. Adequate knowledge and right attitude of health w...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Aniaku JK,Amedonu EK,Fusheini A

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To identify and to measure entry level competencies (knowledge, skills, attitudes, judgements) for nurses to practice safely and effectively in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Introduction:Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is a small sub-Saharan country between South Africa and Mozambique. There are four nursi...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Msibi G,Nkwanyana N,Kuebel H

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peers are people with lived experience of mental illness. Peer support is an established intervention in which peers offer support to others with mental illness. A large proportion of people living with severe mental illness receive no care. The care gap is largest in low- and middle-income countries, with d...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Puschner B,Repper J,Mahlke C,Nixdorf R,Basangwa D,Nakku J,Ryan G,Baillie D,Shamba D,Ramesh M,Moran G,Lachmann M,Kalha J,Pathare S,Müller-Stierlin A,Slade M

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Although the incidence of cervical cancer has declined in developed countries, cervical cancer remains a major problem in those that are developing. Past studies suggest that Indian women, who account for at least one-fourth of the global disease burden, are not routinely screened. Objectives:Among the wome...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Reichheld A,Mukherjee PK,Rahman SM,David KV,Pricilla RA

更新日期：2020-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethiopia has one of the lowest rates of facility delivery and is promoting birth preparedness among pregnant women through its community health services to increase the rate of institutional delivery and reduce maternal mortality. Observational studies of birth preparedness in Ethiopia have thus far only rep...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Rosado C,Callaghan-Koru JA,Estifanos AS,Sheferaw E,Shay T,De Graft-Johnson J,Rawlins B,Gibson H,Baqui AH,Nonyane BAS

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Healthcare equipment funded by international partners is often not properly utilized in many developing countries due to low levels of awareness and a lack of expertise. A long-term on-site training program for laparoscopic surgery was established at a regional hospital in Ghana upon request of the Ghana Hea...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kang MJ,Apea-Kubi KB,Apea-Kubi KAK,Adoula NG,Odonkor JNN,Ogoe AK

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Racial or ethnic health disparities have been evidently apparent during the apartheid era in South Africa. This study aims to assess ethnic health disparities in four elderly population groups. METHODS:Data for this study emanated from the 2008 study of "Global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) wave 1" (N = 32...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Phaswana-Mafuya N,Peltzer K

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The alcohol-attributable fraction (AAF) quantifies alcohol's disease burden. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is influenced by alcohol consumption per capita, duration, gender, ethnicity, and other comorbidities. In this study, we investigated the association between AAF/alcohol-related liver mortality and alco...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kröner PT,Mankal PK,Dalapathi V,Shroff K,Abed J,Kotler DP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Haiti has a chronic physician shortage, and the country has been facing an increased disease burden since the 2010 earthquake and the subsequent introduction of cholera. In such resource-challenged settings, access to postgraduate medical education often is limited due to inadequate financial, structural, an...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Nádas M,Bedenbaugh R,Morse M,McMahon GT,Curry CL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research literature discusses two opposite hypotheses regarding the possible effects of healthcare quality on the willingness to pay more taxes to improve public healthcare. One hypothesis theorizes that a lower quality of public healthcare may weaken the willingness to pay more taxes towards improving it. Another...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Habibov N,Luo R,Auchynnikava A

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The civil war between the indigenous Mayans and other Guatemalans lasted for 36 years, killed civilians, decimated villages, and resulted in many refugees. The Guatemalan Peace Agreement of 1996 aimed to alleviate the ongoing conflict. Studies of peace agreements more typically evaluate local political outco...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Green JC,Boakye EA,Schoening A,Vaughn MG

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising greenhouse gas emissions suggest increasing direct and indirect burden of infectious and noninfectious disease, effects on food and water security, and other ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Machalaba C,Romanelli C,Stoett P,Baum SE,Bouley TA,Daszak P,Karesh WB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health professionals must be academically and experientially prepared regarding the social determinants of health to reduce health disparities at the global level. The emerging literature reflects a trend for incorporating global health competencies for health care. Specifically, recommendations from the Con...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Amerson R

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is the leading global risk factor for mortality. Hypertension treatment and control rates are low worldwide, and insufficient human resource capacity is among the contributing factors. Thus, a critical component of hypertension management is to develop novel and effective solutions to the human ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Vedanthan R,Kamano JH,Horowitz CR,Ascheim D,Velazquez EJ,Kimaiyo S,Fuster V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Waste from end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment, known as e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem. E-waste contains valuable materials that have an economic value when recycled. Unfortunately, the majority of e-waste is recycled in the unregulated informal sector and results in significant ri...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Perkins DN,Brune Drisse MN,Nxele T,Sly PD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00