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Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancers, and other non-communicable diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries, and The Lancet Taskforce recently made the case for investing in non-...communicable disease prevention. Now, in The Lancet Planetary Health, Benjamin Bowe and colleagues report that exposure to PM2·5 air pollution is indeed a risk factor for diabetes.
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The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth. Presentation
The Lancet Volume 5, Issue 10100972October 2024 Chagas Disease Serie 3
PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133869 July 28, 2015, p.1-16
This brief provides key considerations for engaging communities on COVID-19 and tips for how to engage where there are movement restrictions and physical distancing measures in place, particularly in low-resource settings.
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Drake AL et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2019, 22:e25271 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.25271/full | https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25271
This document aims to present an algorithm for deciding whom to test and provide guidance on the laboratory tests for Zika virus infection diagnosis in order to support clinical diagnostic and case reporting through surveillance among EU Member States. The algorithm is not intended for clinical man...agement of patients with suspected Zika virus infection.
The information is provisional and subject to revision when new information becomes available.
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Glob Heart . 2020 Oct 13;15(1):69. doi: 10.5334/gh.891.
Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 19, No. 9, September 2013
BMC Medicine201614:112 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0660-0