Female Genital Mutilation (weibliche Genitalverstümmelung, FGM) ist ein globales Problem. Weltweit sind mehr als 200 Millionen Frauen und Mädchen betroffen. Davon lebten im Jahr 2020 ca. 75.000 in Deutschland. Viele der Betroffenen leiden unter FGM-bedingten Beschwerden
und benötigen medizinisch...e Hilfe. Leider gibt es in Deutschland bisher nur wenige medizinische Anlaufstellen, die qualitativ hochwertige und evidenzbasierte Versorgung für die Betroffenen gewährleisten. In Bayern leben schätzungsweise 13.000 Frauen mit Genitalverstümmelung. Im
Münchner Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar gibt es bayernweit die erste medizinische Sprechstunde für von FGM betroffene Frauen und Mädchen.
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The highly complex and largely neglected Chagas disease (CD) has become a global health problem due to population movements between Latin America and non-endemic countries, as well as non-vectorial transmission routes. Data on CD testing and treatment from routine patient care in Germany of almost t...wo decades was collected and analysed.
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• provide scientific information on the safety, efficacy, and quality control/ quality assurance of widely used medicinal plants, in order to facilitate their appropriate use in Member States;
• provide models to assist Member States in developing their own mono- graphs or formularies for these... or other herbal medicines; and
• facilitate information exchange among Member States.
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Up-to-date Literature review current through: Jan 2015. | This topic last updated: Jan 29, 2015.
8 March 2022
A very large number of people from Ukraine are fleeing the country and entering the European Union (EU) countries bordering Ukraine (Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia) and the EU-neighbourhood country of the Republic of Moldova. Those fleeing Ukraine - mainly women and children - are ...currently dispersing into communities, but as more people congregate at border crossings it is likely that they will also need to be housed in reception centres.
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https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/334254
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiy435, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy435.
Many outbreaks reported high proportions of infected HWs. Similar HW infection rates and exposure risk factors in both past and recent EVD and MVD outbreaks emphasize the need to improve the implementation of approp...riate infection control measures consistently across all healthcare settings.
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