The Lancet Volume 5, Issue 10100972October 2024 Chagas Disease Serie 3
Cureus 16(2): e53933. DOI 10.7759/cureus.53933
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD009593. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009593.pub5.
From passive beneficiaries to active agents of change
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www.jaids.com J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Volume 78, Supplement 1, August 15, 2018
Data on asthma aetiology in Africa are scarce. We investigated the risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren (5–17 years) in urban Uganda. We conducted a case-control study, among 555 cases and 1115 controls. Asthma was diagnosed by study clinicians. The main risk factors for asthma were tertia...ry education for fathers (adjusted OR (95% CI); 2.32 (1.71–3.16)) and mothers (1.85 (1.38–2.48)); area of residence at birth, with children born in a small town or in the city having an increased asthma risk compared to schoolchildren born in rural areas (2.16 (1.60–2.92)) and (2.79 (1.79–4.35)), respectively; father’s and mother’s history of asthma; children’s own allergic conditions; atopy; and cooking on gas/electricity. In conclusion, asthma was associated with a strong rural-town-city risk gradient, higher parental socio-economic status and urbanicity. This work provides the basis for future studies to identify specific environmental/lifestyle factors responsible for increasing asthma risk among children in urban areas in LMICs.
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Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010; 50:291–322
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Chapter 7 from the book People's Movements in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193145 February 22, 2018 1 / 13
the Lancet : Published Online July 31, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61117-5
The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2013, 7, (Suppl 1: M6) 54-59
This report presents three scenarios on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa using economic growth forecasts, mortality and efforts to ameliorate impact through social grants. Likely effects are examined on per capita income, poverty and the attainment of selected Sustainable Development Goals targets. ...Africa’s development trajectory has suffered a severe setback, with extreme poverty rising in all the scenarios. The pandemic threatens Africa in several ways, and the report provides policy recommendations to reduce vulnerability and strengthen resilience.
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Gender-based Violence Area of Responsibility Working Group July 2010
PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133869 July 28, 2015, p.1-16
PLOS ONE 10(12): e0144040. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144040