Taking aim at cholera
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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30543-9
Abstract: In 1854, John Snow’s work on cholera in London immortalised the power of mapping as a tool for disease prevention and control. Over 160 years later, a more ambitious effort to map cholera has been… read more here.
Keywords: incidence; cholera incidence; million people; cri million ... See more keywords
UN High-Level Meeting to end tuberculosis disappointing
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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32458-9
Abstract: www.thelancet.com Vol 392 October 6, 2018 1183 Tuberculosis experts have labelled the first ever UN High-Level Meeting on the world’s biggest infectious disease killer a “disappointment”. On Sept 26, heads of state and political leaders… read more here.
Keywords: level meeting; high level; end tuberculosis; million people ... See more keywords
Housing, sanitation and living conditions affecting SARS-CoV-2 prevention interventions in 54 African countries
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DOI: 10.1017/s0950268821001734
Abstract: Abstract The feasibility of non-pharmacological public health interventions (NPIs) such as physical distancing or isolation at home to prevent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission in low-resource countries is unknown. Household survey data… read more here.
Keywords: home; median percentage; african countries; sars cov ... See more keywords
Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits
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DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0205-x
Abstract: High blood pressure is a highly heritable and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We report the largest genetic association study of blood pressure traits (systolic, diastolic and pulse pressure) to date in over 1… read more here.
Keywords: loci; blood pressure; pressure traits; million people ... See more keywords
Mapping interventional cardiology in Europe: the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) Atlas Project.
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DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa475
Abstract: AIMS The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) Atlas of Interventional Cardiology has been developed to map interventional practice across European Society of Cardiology (ESC) member countries. Here we present the main findings of… read more here.
Keywords: interventional cardiology; cardiology; procedure; million people ... See more keywords
Nearly 400 million people are at higher risk of schistosomiasis because dams block the migration of snail-eating river prawns
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0127
Abstract: Dams have long been associated with elevated burdens of human schistosomiasis, but how dams increase disease is not always clear, in part because dams have many ecological and socio-economic effects. A recent hypothesis argues that… read more here.
Keywords: schistosomiasis; dams block; river prawns; river ... See more keywords
Pills are not the answer to unhealthy lifestyles
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k3046
Abstract: More than half of adults aged over 45 will be labelled as hypertensive if new US guidelines are adopted, concludes a study in The BMJ this week (doi:10.1136/bmj.k2357). This equates to 70 million people in… read more here.
Keywords: answer unhealthy; million people; unhealthy lifestyles; pills answer ... See more keywords
Fighting TB stigma: we need to apply lessons learnt from HIV activism
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000515
Abstract: ### Summary box In 2015, 10.4 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB)1 and 2.1 million people tested positive for HIV.2 Over two-thirds of new TB and HIV infections are in lower income and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan… read more here.
Keywords: apply lessons; lessons learnt; fighting stigma; million people ... See more keywords
A vulnerability index for COVID-19: spatial analysis at the subnational level in Kenya
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003014
Abstract: Background Response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic calls for precision public health reflecting our improved understanding of who is the most vulnerable and their geographical location. We created three vulnerability indices to identify… read more here.
Keywords: vulnerability index; kenya; subcounties million; vulnerability ... See more keywords
Editorial: The Effects of Physical Activity and Exercise on Immune Responses to Infection
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DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.842568
Abstract: Protection against infectious disease is provided by innate and adaptive immunity and the magnitude and effectiveness of immune defenses is strongly influenced by a range of hostfactors. Since the 1980s and 1990s, there has been… read more here.
Keywords: million people; physical activity; immunology; exercise ... See more keywords