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Dauda ID, Binhambali A, Jibril AH, Idris ZO, Akorede FR
…ecurity, detecting zoonotic diseases, and bolstering public health and economic stability in low-income countries.
Shedrawy J, Deogan C, Öhd JN, Hergens MP, Bruchfeld J, et al.
Introduction The majority of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Sweden occur among migrants from endemic countries through activation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Sweden has LTBI-screening policies for migrants that have not been previously evaluated. This study aimed to asse…
Panupong Upala, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Fartima Yeemard, Onn Laingeon, Manassawin Kumpun, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health challenge, especially for those who are living in economically disadvantaged families and have difficulty accessing health care services. The hill tribe and stateless people living in the border areas of northern Thailan…
GBD 2023 Disease and Injury and Risk Factor Collaborators
…sk Factors Study (GBD) has provided a framework to quantify health loss due to diseases, injuries, and associated risk factors. This paper presents GBD 2023 findings on disease and injury burden and risk-attributable health loss, offering a global audit of the state of world heal…
Lo NC, Andrejko K, Shukla P, Baker T, Sawin VI, et al.
… studies are frequently conducted to guide policy in global health. However, the contribution of mathematical modeling studies to World Health Organization (WHO) guideline recommendations, and the quality of evidence contributed by these studies remains unknown. We conducted a sy…
Soedarsono S, Mertaniasih NM, Kusmiati T, Permatasari A, Juliasih NN, et al.
…to their family and the wider community, as well as wasting health resources. Prevention and management of LTFU is crucial to reduce mortality, prevent further spread of DR-TB, and inhibit the development and transmission of more extensively drug-resistant strains of bacteria. A …
Tijs Van Iseghem, Laura Vroonen, Emilie Op de Beeck, Annick Meertens, Caroline Masquillier, et al.
**OBJECTIVES:** Global interest in community health worker (CHW) programs in primary health care (PHC) is rising because of their potential to advance universal health coverage and other global health goals. This systematic review examines the evidence on the cost-effectiveness o…
Kim JU, Ingiliz P, Shimakawa Y, Lemoine M
…navirus disease 2019 pandemic has worsened the economic and health conditions of migrants and contributed to hostility to ensuring their health rights. Moreover, the implementation of hostile laws in some host nations has increased the vulnerability of marginalized migrant subgro…
Dhingra GA, Kaur M, Singh M, Aggarwal G, Nagpal M
…ny kind of injury may lead to wound formation. As per World Health Organization Report, "more than 5 million people die each year due to injuries. This accounts for 9% of the world's population death, nearly 1.7 times the number of fatalities that result from HIV/AIDS, tuberculos…
Ahmed SAKS, Ajisola M, Azeem K, Bakibinga P, Chen YF, et al.
…s urgency for policymakers to understand and respond to the health needs of slum communities. Lockdowns for pandemic control have health, social and economic consequences. We consider access to healthcare before and during COVID-19 with those working and living in slum communitie…
Appa A, Miller AP, Fatch R, Kekibiina A, Beesiga B, et al.
Economic incentives to promote health behavior change are highly efficacious for substance use disorders as well as increased medication adherence. Knowledge about participants' experiences with and perceptions of incentives is needed to understand their mechanisms of action and …
Bloom DE, Kirby PN, Pugh S, Stawasz A
… pneumococcal disease exacts a substantial burden on global health, much of which is vaccine-preventable. Despite this considerable burden and the demonstrably high efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs), the overall level of PCV uptake remains concerningly low, espec…
Alene KA, Clements ACA, McBryde ES, Jaramillo E, Lonnroth K, et al.
…l, social and economic sequelae of MDR-TB and to assess the health-related quality of life in patients with MDR-TB. Methods and analysis We will perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies reporting sequelae of MDR-TB. We will search PubMed, SCOPUS, ProQues…
Padmasawitri TIA, Saragih SM, Frederix GW, Klungel O, Hövels AM
Background Limited evidence for the implementation of new health technologies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) may lead to uncertainties in economic evaluations and cause the evaluations to produce inaccurate information for decision making. We performed a systematic r…
Faraz Malek Bagali, Eslam Moradi-Asl, Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Farzad Khademi
… disease outbreaks, posing significant challenges to public health and economic sectors. This highlights the need for stringent food safety measures to protect public health. This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the frequency of major foodborne pathogens in…
Kesande M, Jere J, McCoy SI, Walekhwa AW, Nkosi-Mjadu BE, et al.
Despite the commendable progress made in addressing global health challenges and threats such as child mortality, HIV/AIDS, and Tuberculosis, many global health organizations still exhibit a Global North supremacy attitude, evidenced by their choice of leaders and executors of gl…
Cheng Q, Dang T, Nguyen TA, Velen K, Nguyen VN, et al.
…ART) trial is a randomised controlled trial of using mobile health (mHealth) technologies to improve adherence to medications and management of adverse events (AEs) in people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) undergoing treatment in Vietnam. This economic evaluation …
Chanda E
…ug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) is one of the main public health and economic problems facing the world today. DR-TB affects mostly those in economically productive years and prevents them from being part of the workforce needed for economic growth. The aim of this study was to…
Anaam MS, Alrasheedy AA, Alsahali S, Alfadly SO, Aldhubhani AH
Background: Tuberculosis is a major public health concern in Yemen. Recurrence of tuberculosis complicates the situation further, and has severe negative economic and health consequences. This study estimated the tuberculosis recurrence rate during a 5-year follow-up period, and …
Alene KA, Wangdi K, Clements ACA
… infections such as HIV, Ebola and Influenza have disrupted health care systems, including the prevention and control of endemic diseases. Such disruption has resulted in an increased burden of endemic diseases in post-pandemic periods. The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID…
Da'ar OB, Gele AA
… we calculated the cost based on the framework of the World Health Organization guide of identifying the economic consequences of disease and injury. Baseline loss is the product of years of life lost, non-health expenditure, and number of deaths. Adjusting for conflict and fragi…
Nymark LS, Miller A, Vassall A
…g quality of included studies according to the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) extraction guideline. Results We identified 177 vaccine cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) between 2009 and 2019 that met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 98 inclu…
Song YH, Li D, Zhou Y, Zhao B, Li JM, et al.
… issue in the world. Although the economic costs and public health safety risks associated with the disease are considerable, the overall epidemiology of the Chinese yak ( Bos grunniens ) bTB is unclear. To fully reveal the basic prevalence of yak bTB in different regions of Chin…
Malý M, Orlíková H, Kynčl J, Kříž B
Aim Homelessness is a social, societal, economic, and health problem. The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of hospitalized homeless persons in the Czech Republic in relation to their health status and to propose targeted measures for improvement. Material and …
Forse R, Nguyen TT, Dam T, Vo LNQ, Codlin AJ, et al.
…eve the Sustainable Development Goal's targets of universal health coverage (UHC) and poverty reduction, interventions are required that strengthen and harmonize both UHC and social protection. Vietnam is committed to achieving financial protection and over 90% of the general pop…