Agbozo, Faith Jahn, Albrecht
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Reproductive Health
We provide a situational update on COVID-19 in Ghana, the seventh African country reporting the most cases. Some modifications occurring within the health system to curtail the outbreak and its potential impact on the delivery of antenatal care services are also highlighted. With the discovery of the Delta variant in Ghana, the current attention is...
Nnaji, Chukwudi A Kuodi, Paul Walter, Fiona M Moodley, Jennifer
Introduction
Breast and cervical cancer are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in women globally, with disproportionately high burdens in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). While the incidence of both cancers increases across LMICs, many cases continue to go undiagnosed or diagnosed late. The aim of this review is to comprehensiv...
Ngenzi, Joseph Lune Scott, Richard E. Mars, Maurice
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BMC Medical Education
BackgroundAccess to high quality continuing professional development (CPD) is necessary for healthcare professionals to retain competency within the ever-evolving worlds of medicine and health. Most low- and middle-income countries, including Rwanda, have a critical shortage of healthcare professionals and limited access to CPD opportunities. This ...
Bhattacharya, Prosun Kumar, Manish Islam, Md. Tahmidul Haque, Rehnuma Chakraborty, Sudip Ahmad, Arslan Niazi, Nabeel Khan Cetecioglu, Zeynep Nilsson, David Ijumulana, Julian
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Published in
Current Pollution Reports
The episodic outbreak of COVID-19 due to SARS-CoV-2 is severely affecting the economy, and the global count of infected patients is increasing. The actual number of patients had been underestimated due to limited facilities for testing as well as asymptomatic nature of the expression of COVID-19 on individual basis. Tragically, for emerging economi...
Kotwani, Anita Joshi, Jyoti Lamkang, Anjana S. Sharma, Ayushi Kaloni., Deeksha
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Pharmacy Practice
Background: In Low-and Middle-Income Countries, including India, consumers often purchase antibiotics over-the-counter (OTC) from retail pharmacies. This practice leads to the inappropriate use of antibiotics in the community which is an important driver for the development of antimicrobial resistance. A better understanding of consumers’ views tow...
Egger, Dennis Miguel, Edward Warren, Shana S Shenoy, Ashish Collins, Elliott Karlan, Dean Parkerson, Doug Mobarak, A Mushfiq Fink, Günther Udry, Christopher
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Despite numerous journalistic accounts, systematic quantitative evidence on economic conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remains scarce for most low- and middle-income countries, partly due to limitations of official economic statistics in environments with large informal sectors and subsistence agriculture. We assemble evidence from ov...
Li, Xiang Mukandavire, Christinah Cucunubá, Zulma M Echeverria Londono, Susy Abbas, Kaja Clapham, Hannah E Jit, Mark Johnson, Hope L Papadopoulos, Timos Vynnycky, Emilia
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Bhattacharya, Prosun Kumar, Manish Islam, Md Tahmidul Haque, Rehnuma Chakraborty, Sudip Ahmad, Arslan Niazi, Nabeel Khan Cetecioglu, Zeynep Nilsson, David Ijumulana, Julian
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The episodic outbreak of COVID-19 due to SARS-CoV-2 is severely affecting the economy, and the global count of infected patients is increasing. The actual number of patients had been underestimated due to limited facilities for testing as well as asymptomatic nature of the expression of COVID-19 on individual basis. Tragically, for emerging economi...
Li, X Mukandavire, C Cucunuba, ZM Londono, SE Abbas, K Clapham, HE Jit, M Johnson, HL Papadopoulos, T Vynnycky, E
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Background The past two decades have seen expansion of childhood vaccination programmes in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We quantify the health impact of these programmes by estimating the deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) averted by vaccination against ten pathogens in 98 LMICs between 2000 and 2030. Methods 16 in...
Kotwani, Anita Joshi, Jyoti Lamkang, Anjana S. Sharma, Ayushi Kaloni, Deeksha
Background: In Low-and Middle-Income Countries, including India, consumers often purchase antibiotics over-the-counter (OTC) from retail pharmacies. This practice leads to the inappropriate use of antibiotics in the community which is an important driver for the development of antimicrobial resistance. A better understanding of consumers’ views tow...
