Immunizations are scientifically proven, effective global health interventions that prevent infectious diseases and save lives. Yet, in Mozambique at the national level, less than 65% of children are fully immunized, i.e., received all the basic/routine vaccinations. The overall…
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This thesis spans the first half of the 20th Century, charting the progress and challenges of the voluntary hospital system in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. The voluntary hospitals were the key sites of acute medical care for the working-classes from their foundations in the l…
Background: The genetic mechanisms associated with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) are often used to study biological models of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Data are limited, however, on the rates and characteristics of ASD in PWS, particularly so for adults. Previous estimates (…
People who inject drugs (PWID) is a heterogeneous and hard-to-reach group due to legal implications, stigma and discrimination. PWID are vulnerable to various poor health outcomes including HIV and hepatitis due to ongoing injection and sexual risk behaviours, various forms of a…
The Somatology industry as a discipline involves close body contact, where the risk exists between the client and the therapist, as well as between clients. It is expected that in these personal treatments a good standard of hygiene and cleanliness of surfaces, implements, as we…
Background: Despite the potential to increase risk for acquisition of HIV and other sexually transmitted pathogens, the frequency with which men experience asymptomatic urethral inflammation is unknown. To better understand the full spectrum of perturbations to the male urethra,…
I aimed to provide Ontario’s public healthcare payers with an economic evaluation of fracture prevention strategies for HIV-positive men who take antiretroviral therapy (ART). When developing microsimulations models for this purpose, calibration is critical and computationally e…
Through human history, infectious diseases are among the top of the unintentional causes of human death worldwide. In the near several centuries, massive efforts have been done to control and prevent the spreading of infectious diseases. However, infectious disease is still one …
A parvovirose canina é uma doença infecciosa que afeta os canídeos domésticos. Está associada a um quadro de doença gastrointestinal com vómitos e diarreia sanguinolenta. Em neonatos pode provocar doença cardíaca com morte aparentemente súbita. Nos casos mais graves, a quebra da…
This dissertation investigates the ecology and distribution of amphibians, parasites, and their interactions within aquatic ecosystems. Throughout my dissertation, I use quantitative tools and field observations to examine the factors limiting distributions of amphibians and the…
Prostitucijom se prevashodno bave žene zbog čega se često naziva i „ženskom profesijom”. U Republici Srbiji zastupljen je prohibicionistički model regulisanja prostitucije. Prema odredbi čl. 16. st. 1. Zakona o javnom redu i miru Republike Srbije, lica koja se odaju prostituciji…
The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by examining the policy’s objectives, values, outcomes, and implications, as well as a brief historical background of public health reform and its policy developme…
Global pandemics have become one of the major health crises that happen to society from time to time. Past occurrences, including disasters and pandemics, are events that we learn from and draw upon to better understand current happenings. One way by which we build and understan…
In regard to human history, it isn’t that long since forecasting transitioned from the spiritual and mythical components into the scientific domain. In recent years, forecasting has become an integral part of the mathematical analysis. It has a wide range of significance in vari…
Reproductive age women and children face injuries, higher rates of infectious diseases, and limited health seeking behavior in times of armed conflict – all of which can contribute to adverse health outcomes. This cross-sectional study evaluated the burden (prevalence) of 16 dis…
Epidemiologic investigations have consistently shown higher incidences of laboratory-confirmed Salmonella infections (salmonellosis) in children compared to adults. Our recent work investigating associations between demographic attributes and salmonellosis based on data from the…
Background . Human immune-deficiency virus (HIV) infection is a major public health problem, with sub-Saharan African being the hardest of the regions of the world. Malawi's adult HIV prevalence is estimated at about 12%. Despite the fact that religion is central in the social l…
The countries with the largest infectious diseases burden tend to also be the least resourceful. Consequently, public health authorities in those countries need adequate predictive approaches, i.e. early warning-systems, to reduce the burden of infectious diseases whilst minimiz…