Estimating malaria burden among pregnant women using data from antenatal care centres in Tanzania: a population-based study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dehydration due to diarrhoea is a leading cause of child death worldwide, yet no clinical tools for assessing dehydration have been validated in resource-limited settings. The Dehydration: Assessing Kids Accurately (DHAKA) score was derived for assessing dehydration in children with diarrhoea in a low-income...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Levine AC,Glavis-Bloom J,Modi P,Nasrin S,Atika B,Rege S,Robertson S,Schmid CH,Alam NH

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low blood glucose concentrations are common in sick children who present to hospital in low-resource settings and are associated with increased mortality. The cutoff blood glucose concentration for the diagnosis and treatment of hypoglycaemia currently recommended by WHO (2·5 mmol/L) is not evidence-based. W...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Baker T,Ngwalangwa F,Masanjala H,Dube Q,Langton J,Marrone G,Hildenwall H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and has a negative effect on mental health and quality of life. We describe levels of insufficient physical activity across countries, and estimate global and regional trends. METHODS:We pooled data from population-based ...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Guthold R,Stevens GA,Riley LM,Bull FC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No study of long-term protection following killed oral cholera vaccination has been done outside of the historically cholera-endemic areas of south Asia, or has examined protection after a single-dose vaccination regimen. To address this, we examined the duration of protection of the standard two-dose regime...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Franke MF,Ternier R,Jerome JG,Matias WR,Harris JB,Ivers LC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of dengue virus (DENV) infection across geographical regions of India is poorly quantified. We estimated the age-specific seroprevalence, force of infection, and number of infections in India. METHODS:We did a community-based survey in 240 clusters (118 rural, 122 urban), selected from 60 distric...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Murhekar MV,Kamaraj P,Kumar MS,Khan SA,Allam RR,Barde P,Dwibedi B,Kanungo S,Mohan U,Mohanty SS,Roy S,Sagar V,Savargaonkar D,Tandale BV,Topno RK,Sapkal G,Kumar CPG,Sabarinathan R,Kumar VS,Bitragunta S,Grover GS,L

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reduction by a third of premature non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality by 2030 is the ambitious target of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.4. However, the indicator is narrowly defined, including only four major NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases) an...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Martinez R,Lloyd-Sherlock P,Soliz P,Ebrahim S,Vega E,Ordunez P,McKee M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detection of dengue virus antibodies is important for understanding future dengue virus risk and for prevaccination screening. We aimed to evaluate the performance of a dengue IgG indirect ELISA in determining dengue seroprevalence in a cohort of children in the Philippines, using a focus reduction neutralis...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Lopez AL,Adams C,Ylade M,Jadi R,Daag JV,Molloy CT,Agrupis KA,Kim DR,Silva MW,Yoon IK,White L,Deen J,de Silva AM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The public health community has tried for decades to show, through evidence-based research, that safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and clean cooking fuels that reduce household air pollution are essential to safeguard health and save lives in low-income and middle-income countries. In the past 40 decades, the...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Ray I,Smith KR

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few population-based studies of cerebral palsy have been done in low-income and middle-income countries. We aimed to examine cerebral palsy prevalence and subtypes, functional impairments, and presumed time of injury in children in Uganda. METHODS:In this population-based study, we used a nested, three-stag...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Kakooza-Mwesige A,Andrews C,Peterson S,Wabwire Mangen F,Eliasson AC,Forssberg H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of severe COVID-19 if an individual becomes infected is known to be higher in older individuals and those with underlying health conditions. Understanding the number of individuals at increased risk of severe COVID-19 and how this varies between countries should inform the design of possible strateg...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Clark A,Jit M,Warren-Gash C,Guthrie B,Wang HHX,Mercer SW,Sanderson C,McKee M,Troeger C,Ong KL,Checchi F,Perel P,Joseph S,Gibbs HP,Banerjee A,Eggo RM,Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases COVID-19 wo

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In malarious areas, pregnant women are more likely to have detectable malaria than are their non-pregnant peers, and the excess risk of infection varies with gravidity. Pregnant women attending antenatal clinic for their first visit are a potential pragmatic sentinel group to track the intensity of malaria t...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： van Eijk AM,Hill J,Noor AM,Snow RW,ter Kuile FO

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The need for multiple clinical visits remains a barrier to women accessing safe legal medical abortion services. Alternatives to routine clinic follow-up visits have not been assessed in rural low-resource settings. We compared the effectiveness of standard clinic follow-up versus home assessment of outcome ...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Iyengar K,Paul M,Iyengar SD,Klingberg-Allvin M,Essén B,Bring J,Soni S,Gemzell-Danielsson K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trials of intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) of malaria in pregnant women that compared dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine with the standard of care, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, showed dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine was superior at preventing malaria infection, but not at improving birthweight. We aimed to ...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Roh ME,Kuile FOT,Rerolle F,Glymour MM,Shiboski S,Gosling R,Gutman J,Kakuru A,Desai M,Kajubi R,L'Ianziva A,Kamya MR,Dorsey G,Chico RM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intermittent administration of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is recommended to prevent malaria among children aged 3-59 months in areas of the Sahel subregion in Africa. However, the cost-effectiveness and cost savings of SMC have not previously been evaluated in large-scale studies. METHODS:We...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Gilmartin C,Nonvignon J,Cairns M,Milligan P,Bocoum F,Winskill P,Moroso D,Collins D

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scrub typhus (caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi), murine typhus (caused by Rickettsia typhi), and leptospirosis are common causes of febrile illness in Asia; meningitis and meningoencephalitis are severe complications. However, scarce data exist for the burden of these pathogens in patients with CNS disease i...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Dittrich S,Rattanavong S,Lee SJ,Panyanivong P,Craig SB,Tulsiani SM,Blacksell SD,Dance DA,Dubot-Pérès A,Sengduangphachanh A,Phoumin P,Paris DH,Newton PN

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Avahan is a large-scale, HIV preventive intervention, targeting high-risk populations in south India. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of Avahan to inform global and national funding institutions who are considering investing in worldwide HIV prevention in concentrated epidemics. METHODS:We estimated cost...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Vassall A,Pickles M,Chandrashekar S,Boily MC,Shetty G,Guinness L,Lowndes CM,Bradley J,Moses S,Alary M,Charme India Group.,Vickerman P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In South Africa, sputum smear microscopy has been replaced with Xpert MTB/RIF as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis. In a pragmatic parallel cluster-randomised trial, we evaluated the effect on patient and programme outcomes. METHODS:We randomly allocated 20 laboratories (clusters) in medium-burde...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Churchyard GJ,Stevens WS,Mametja LD,McCarthy KM,Chihota V,Nicol MP,Erasmus LK,Ndjeka NO,Mvusi L,Vassall A,Sinanovic E,Cox HS,Dye C,Grant AD,Fielding KL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Caesarean section prevalence is increasing in Asia and Latin America while remaining low in most African regions. Caesarean section delivery is effective for saving maternal and infant lives when they are provided for medically-indicated reasons. On the basis of ecological studies, caesarean delivery prevale...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Belizán JM,Minckas N,McClure EM,Saleem S,Moore JL,Goudar SS,Esamai F,Patel A,Chomba E,Garces AL,Althabe F,Harrison MS,Krebs NF,Derman RJ,Carlo WA,Liechty EA,Hibberd PL,Buekens PM,Goldenberg RL

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chagas disease is currently prevalent in European countries hosting large communities from Latin America. Whether asymptomatic individuals at risk of Chagas disease living in Europe should be screened and treated accordingly is unclear. We performed an economic evaluation of systematic Chagas disease screeni...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Requena-Méndez A,Bussion S,Aldasoro E,Jackson Y,Angheben A,Moore D,Pinazo MJ,Gascón J,Muñoz J,Sicuri E

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving access to reproductive health services and commodities is central to development. Efforts to assess progress on this front have been largely focused on national estimates, but such analyses can mask local disparities. We assessed progress in reproductive health services subnationally in India. MET...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： New JR,Cahill N,Stover J,Gupta YP,Alkema L

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low birthweight (LBW) of less than 2500 g is an important marker of maternal and fetal health, predicting mortality, stunting, and adult-onset chronic conditions. Global nutrition targets set at the World Health Assembly in 2012 include an ambitious 30% reduction in LBW prevalence between 2012 and 2025. Esti...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Blencowe H,Krasevec J,de Onis M,Black RE,An X,Stevens GA,Borghi E,Hayashi C,Estevez D,Cegolon L,Shiekh S,Ponce Hardy V,Lawn JE,Cousens S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attainment of universal health coverage is a global health priority. The Myanmar Government has committed to attainment of universal health coverage by 2030, but progress so far has not been assessed. We aimed to estimate national and subnational health service coverage and financial risk protection. METHOD...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Han SM,Rahman MM,Rahman MS,Swe KT,Palmer M,Sakamoto H,Nomura S,Shibuya K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As of 2018, the rubella vaccine had been incorporated into the national immunisation schedule of 168 countries, representing 87% of the world's population. Countries have used different strategies to reduce the burden of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), such as vaccinating only females. Given the different...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Patel MK,Antoni S,Danovaro-Holliday MC,Desai S,Gacic-Dobo M,Nedelec Y,Kretsinger K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On Dec 1, 2006, Mexico's public health-care insurance scheme, Seguro Popular, implemented the Medical Insurance Century XXI (SMSXXI) programme, to provide insurance to children younger than 5 years without social security. SMSXXI aims to increase access to health services, decrease out-of-pocket health expen...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Celhay P,Martinez S,Muñoz M,Perez M,Perez-Cuevas R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Total domestic and international funding for malaria is inadequate to achieve WHO global targets in burden reduction by 2030. We describe the trends of investments in malaria-related research in sub-Saharan Africa and compare investment with national disease burden to identify areas of funding strength and p...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Head MG,Goss S,Gelister Y,Alegana V,Brown RJ,Clarke SC,Fitchett JRA,Atun R,Scott JAG,Newell ML,Padmadas SS,Tatem AJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:2·6 million stillbirths occur annually worldwide. The association between malaria in pregnancy and stillbirth has yet to be comprehensively quantified. We aimed to quantify the association between malaria in pregnancy and stillbirth, and to assess the influence of malaria endemicity on the association. METH...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Moore KA,Simpson JA,Scoullar MJL,McGready R,Fowkes FJI

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children who are HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) have higher morbidity and mortality than children who are HIV-unexposed and uninfected despite safer breastfeeding and improved maternal health with maternal antiretroviral therapy. We present the first global estimates of the population of children who are HEU (...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Slogrove AL,Powis KM,Johnson LF,Stover J,Mahy M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have reported long-term data on mortality rates for children admitted to hospital with pneumonia in Africa. We examined trends in case fatality rates for all-cause clinical pneumonia and its risk factors in Malawian children between 2001 and 2012. METHODS:Individual patient data for children (<5...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Lazzerini M,Seward N,Lufesi N,Banda R,Sinyeka S,Masache G,Nambiar B,Makwenda C,Costello A,McCollum ED,Colbourn T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development assistance for health (DAH), the value of which peaked in 2013 and fell in 2015, is unlikely to rise substantially in the near future, increasing reliance on domestic and innovative financing sources to sustain health programmes in low-income and middle-income countries. We examined innovative financing in...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Atun R,Silva S,Knaul FM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, an assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed to extensively update estimates of global vision loss burden, presenting estimates for 2020, temporal change over three decades between 1990-2020, an...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators.,Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study.

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00