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Browsing by Subject "Developing Countries"
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Access to Medicine Index: Can a global scorecard framework promote a system of public accountability across the pharmaceutical sector to support increased access to essential medicines in developing countries?
(2013-06-28)This report reviews the Access to Medicine Index (AMTi) in positively changing the pharmaceutical industry. This report notes a number of opportunities for the ATMi to improve its engagement with stakeholders. The current ... -
Additional perspectives on chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka--lessons learned from the WHO CKDu population prevalence study.
(BMC Nephrol, 2014-07-28)The recent emergence of an apparently new form of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) has become a serious public health crisis in Sri Lanka. CKDu is slowly progressive, irreversible, and asymptomatic until ... -
AIDS‐associated Cryptococcus neoformans and Penicillium marneffei coinfection: a therapeutic dilemma in resource‐limited settings.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2010-11-01)AIDS‐associated Cryptococcus neoformans and Penicillium marneffei coinfection has not been adequately studied and poses unique therapeutic challenges in resource‐limited settings. Itraconazole poorly penetrates ... -
An analysis of emergency care delays experienced by traumatic brain injury patients presenting to a regional referral hospital in a low-income country.
(PloS one, 2020-01)<h4>Background</h4>Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), trauma patients have a higher risk of experiencing delays to care due to limited hospital resources ... -
Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018.
(Nature medicine, 2021-10-12)Anemia is a globally widespread condition in women and is associated with reduced economic productivity and increased mortality worldwide. Here we map annual 2000-2018 geospatial estimates of anemia prevalence in women of ... -
Correlates of poor health among orphans and abandoned children in less wealthy countries: the importance of caregiver health.
(PLoS One, 2012)BACKGROUND: More than 153 million children worldwide have been orphaned by the loss of one or both parents, and millions more have been abandoned. We investigated relationships between the health of orphaned and abandoned ... -
Democracy and Labor Market Outsiders: The Political Consequences of Economic Informality
(2015)This dissertation addresses the effect of informality on three key dimensions: social policypreferences, partisan attachments, and citizen-politician linkages. Many Latin Americanlabor markets have large informal sectors ... -
Developing drugs for developing countries.
(Health Aff (Millwood), 2006-03)Infectious and parasitic diseases create enormous health burdens, but because most of the people suffering from these diseases are poor, little is invested in developing treatments. We propose that developers of treatments ... -
Dose of early intervention treatment during children's first 36 months of life is associated with developmental outcomes: an observational cohort study in three low/low-middle income countries.
(BMC pediatrics, 2014-10-25)The positive effects of early developmental intervention (EDI) on early child development have been reported in numerous controlled trials in a variety of countries. An important aspect to determining the efficacy of EDI ... -
Drivers of the reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality 1980-2015 and interventions to eliminate preventable diarrhea deaths by 2030.
(Journal of global health, 2019-12)<h4>Background</h4>Childhood diarrhea deaths have declined more than 80% from 1980 to 2015, in spite of an increase in the number of children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Possible drivers of this remarkable ... -
Evolution of the World Health Organization's programmatic actions to control diarrheal diseases.
(Journal of global health, 2019-12)The Program for the Control of Diarrheal Diseases (CDD) of the World Health Organization (WHO) was created in 1978, the year the Health for All Strategy was launched at the Alma Ata International Conference on Primary Health ... -
Funding allocation to surgery in low and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis of contributions from the USA.
(BMJ open, 2015-11-09)OBJECTIVE:The funds available for global surgical delivery, capacity building and research are unknown and presumed to be low. Meanwhile, conditions amenable to surgery are estimated to account for nearly 30% of the global ... -
Gaps in Hypertension Guidelines in Low- and Middle-Income Versus High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
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Global value chains and agrifood standards: challenges and possibilities for smallholders in developing countries.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2012-07-31)The rise of private food standards has brought forth an ongoing debate about whether they work as a barrier for smallholders and hinder poverty reduction in developing countries. This paper uses a global value chain approach ... -
Guidelines for international service learning programs.
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Leave no one behind: response to new evidence and guidelines for the management of cryptococcal meningitis in low-income and middle-income countries.
(The Lancet. Infectious Diseases, 2019-04)In 2018, WHO issued guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of HIV-related cryptococcal disease. Two strategies are recommended to reduce the high mortality associated with HIV-related cryptococcal meningitis ... -
Lopinavir/Ritonavir Monotherapy as Second-line Antiretroviral Treatment in Resource-Limited Settings: Week 104 Analysis of AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5230.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2015-05-15)BACKGROUND: The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5230 study evaluated lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) monotherapy following virologic failure (VF) on first-line human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) regimens in Africa and Asia. ... -
Mapping disparities in education across low- and middle-income countries.
(Nature, 2020-01)Educational attainment is an important social determinant of maternal, newborn, and child health1-3. As a tool for promoting gender equity, it has gained increasing traction in popular media, international aid strategies, ... -
Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2018.
(Nature human behaviour, 2021-08)Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF)-giving infants only breast-milk for the first 6 months of life-is a component of optimal breastfeeding practices effective in preventing child morbidity and mortality. EBF practices are known ... -
Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017.
(Nature medicine, 2020-05)A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children ...
