How should childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia relapses in low‐income and middle‐income countries be managed: The AHOPCA‐ALL study group experience
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DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34572
Abstract: Children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in low‐income and middle‐income countries rarely survive. The Pediatric Hematology‐Oncology Association of Central America (AHOPCA) developed the AHOPCA‐ALL REC 2014 protocol to improve outcomes in resource‐constrained settings without… read more here.
Keywords: low income; income middle; lymphoblastic leukemia; acute lymphoblastic ... See more keywords
Coprevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis in low‐income and middle‐income countries: A systematic review
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DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.3066
Abstract: Increasing coprevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) in low‐income and middle‐income countries (LMICs) indicates a rising threat to the decades of progress made against TB and requires global attention. This systematic review provides… read more here.
Keywords: middle income; income; coprevalence; low income ... See more keywords
Does Social Spending Improve Welfare in Low‐income and Middle‐income Countries?
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.3326
Abstract: Over the past two decades, there has been unprecedented attention to the promotion of human development via government spending in the social sectors as a conditio sine qua non for economic growth and improved aggregate… read more here.
Keywords: middle income; income; low income; development ... See more keywords
How prices, income, and weather shape household electricity demand in high-income and middle-income countries
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104995
Abstract: Abstract This analysis provides an international perspective geared towards understanding the future demands being placed on the world's electricity system. It focuses upon the household or residential demand for electricity in a number of high-income… read more here.
Keywords: high income; middle income; income; electricity ... See more keywords
Laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries: progress and challenges
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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30308-8
Abstract: Laboratory medicine is essential for disease detection, surveillance, control, and management.1 However, access to quality-assured laboratory diagnosis has been a challenge in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) resulting in delayed or inaccurate diagnosis and ineffective… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; middle income; income; laboratory medicine ... See more keywords
Improving pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries: roadmap to solutions
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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30459-8
Abstract: Insufficient awareness of the centrality of pathology and laboratory medicine (PALM) to a functioning health-care system at policy and governmental level, with the resultant inadequate investment, has meant that efforts to enhance PALM in low-income… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; middle income; pathology; low income ... See more keywords
Burden of respiratory problems in low-income and middle-income countries
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DOI: 10.1097/spc.0000000000000615
Abstract: Purpose of review Chronic respiratory diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aim to review prevalence of respiratory diseases and related symptoms, which contribute significantly to… read more here.
Keywords: respiratory problems; low income; income middle; respiratory ... See more keywords
Rethinking health systems in the context of urbanisation: challenges from four rapidly urbanising low-income and middle-income countries
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001501
Abstract: The world is now predominantly urban; rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation continues across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Health systems are struggling to respond to the challenges that urbanisation brings. While better-off urbanites can reap the… read more here.
Keywords: middle income; income; health systems; low income ... See more keywords
Achieving affordable critical care in low-income and middle-income countries
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001675
Abstract: ### Summary box In 2016, an estimated 8.6 million premature deaths occurred in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) from causes that ‘should not occur in the presence of timely and effective healthcare’. Improving the quality… read more here.
Keywords: middle income; low income; care; income middle ... See more keywords
Towards better diagnostic tools for liver injury in low-income and middle-income countries
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001704
Abstract: Liver disease is a significant public health burden in both high-income and low-income countries, accounting for over 2 million annual, global deaths. Despite the significant mortality burden, liver diseases are historically a neglected problem due to… read more here.
Keywords: liver injury; middle income; income; low income ... See more keywords
Protecting hard-won gains for mothers and newborns in low-income and middle-income countries in the face of COVID-19: call for a service safety net
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002754
Abstract: ### Summary box There are an estimated 5. 4 million largely preventable maternal and perinatal deaths each year.1–3 Improving the survival and well-being of mothers and newborns is indisputably a global priority. This is as true… read more here.
Keywords: mothers newborns; middle income; income; low income ... See more keywords