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- publication . Article . 2014Open Access EnglishAuthors:Ziad A. Memish; Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq; Saber Yezli;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: Oxford University Press
- publication . Article . 2012Open Access EnglishAuthors:Katherine Gass; Madsen Beau De Rochars; Daniel A. Boakye; Mark Bradley; Peter Fischer; John O. Gyapong; Makoto Itoh; Nese Ituaso-Conway; Hayley Joseph; Dominique Kyelem; ...Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Successful mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns have brought several countries near the point of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) elimination. A diagnostic tool is needed to determine when the prevalence levels have decreased to a point that MDA campaigns can be discontinu...
- publication . Article . Other literature type . 2018Open Access EnglishAuthors:Leyvraz, Magali; Mizéhoun-Adissoda, Carmelle; Houinato, Dismand; Moussa Baldé, Naby; Damasceno, Albertino; Viswanathan, Bharathi; Amyunzu-Nyamongo, Mary; Owuor, Jared; Chiolero, Arnaud; Bovet, Pascal;Persistent Identifiers
International audience; High salt intake is a major risk factor of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Improving knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to salt intake in the general population is a key component of salt reduction strategies. The objectiv...
- publication . Article . 2020Open Access EnglishAuthors:Mickey Chopra; Zulfiqar A Bhutta; Diana Chang Blanc; Francesco Checchi; Abhishek Gupta; Ephrem Tekle Lemango; Orin S. Levine; Dafrossa Lyimo; Robin Nandy; Katherine L. O’Brien; ...Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: WHO Press
A key focus of the health-related sustainable development goal (SDG) 3 is universal health coverage (UHC), including access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and\ud vaccines. However, the challenges to achieving UHC are substantial, especia...
- publication . Article . 2014Open Access Spanish; CastilianAuthors:Dargent Bocanegra, Eduardo;Publisher: Universidad del Pacífico
The capacity of state agencies varies greatly among Latin American states, but this significant variation remains largely understudied in political science. The few studies that do analyze this phenomenon primarily concentrate on domestic causes as explanations for the ...
- publication . Article . 2019Open Access EnglishAuthors:Shoemaker, Erica A.; Dale, Kelly; Cohn, Daniel A.; Kelly, Maureen P.; Zoerhoff, Kathryn L.; Batcho, Wilfrid E.; Bougouma, Clarisse; Nko’Ayissi, Georges B.; Meite, Aboulaye; Marfo, Benjamin; ...Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: Public Library of Science
BackgroundDelivery of preventive chemotherapy (PC) through mass drug administration (MDA) is used to control or eliminate five of the most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The success of an MDA campaign relies on the ability of drug distributors and their supe...
- publication . Article . 2007Open Access EnglishAuthors:Bovet, P.; Auguste, R.; Burdette, H.;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: BioMed Central
Abstract Background Studies examining the relationship between physical fitness and obesity in children have had mixed results despite their interrelationship making intuitive sense. We examined the relationship between physical fitness and overweight and obesity in a l...
- publication . Article . 2015Open AccessAuthors:Fu-Chieh Chang; Ying-shih Su;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: Elsevier BV
- publication . Article . 2011Closed AccessAuthors:Edward J. Brooks; Katherine A. Sloman; Stephanie A. Liss; Laila Hassan-Hassanein; Andy J. Danylchuk; Steven J. Cooke; John W. Mandelman; Gregory B. Skomal; David W. Sims; Cory D. Suski;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: Elsevier BV
Tonic immobility (TI) is a reversible coma-like stasis inherent to a variety of terrestrial and aquatic taxa, including elasmobranchs, yet virtually nothing is known about its underlying neurological and physiological processes in any taxa. The purpose of this research ...
- publication . Article . 2011Open AccessAuthors:Isabelle Rossi; Valentin Rousson; Bharathi Viswanathan; Pascal Bovet;Persistent IdentifiersPublisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLCProject: SNSF | Programme de recherche en... (3233-038792)
Abstract Background The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and socioeconomic status (SES) tends to change over time and across populations. In this study, we examined, separately in men and women, whether the association between BMI and SES changed over success...