Environmental, Occupational, and Demographic Risk Factors for Clinical Scrub Typhus, Bhutan
This study has informed public health policies and awareness programs for healthcare workers through development of National Guidelines for Prevention, Treatment and Control of Scrub Typhus in Bhutan.PMID:37081000 | DOI:10.3201/eid2905.221430 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - April 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tandin Zangpo Yoenten Phuentshok Kezang Dorji Chencho Dorjee Sithar Dorjee Peter Jolly Roger Morris Nelly Marquetoux Joanna McKenzie Source Type: research
Environmental, Occupational, and Demographic Risk Factors for Clinical Scrub Typhus, Bhutan
This study has informed public health policies and awareness programs for healthcare workers through development of National Guidelines for Prevention, Treatment and Control of Scrub Typhus in Bhutan.PMID:37081000 | DOI:10.3201/eid2905.221430 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - April 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tandin Zangpo Yoenten Phuentshok Kezang Dorji Chencho Dorjee Sithar Dorjee Peter Jolly Roger Morris Nelly Marquetoux Joanna McKenzie Source Type: research
Environmental, Occupational, and Demographic Risk Factors for Clinical Scrub Typhus, Bhutan
This study has informed public health policies and awareness programs for healthcare workers through development of National Guidelines for Prevention, Treatment and Control of Scrub Typhus in Bhutan.PMID:37081000 | DOI:10.3201/eid2905.221430 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - April 22, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tandin Zangpo Yoenten Phuentshok Kezang Dorji Chencho Dorjee Sithar Dorjee Peter Jolly Roger Morris Nelly Marquetoux Joanna McKenzie Source Type: research
Prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy at first presentation to vitreoretinal services in Bhutan: a 3-year national study
ConclusionThe prevalence of DR, including CSME, was high. Although a national DR screening program is established in Bhutan, there is a need to accelerate health education, community screening, and referral systems to reduce the prevalence of DR and CSME. (Source: Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology - April 18, 2023 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 5381: Refugee Family Health Brokers & rsquo; (FHBs & rsquo;) Experiences with Health Care Providers: A Thematic Analysis
Conclusions. FHBs primarily conveyed problems, struggles, and dilemmas they experienced more so than rewarding aspects of being an FHB. Suggestions are provided on how to avert these negative experiences from occurring and becoming barriers to developing allyship with FHBs in the context of existing structural inequalities. (Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - April 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Bibhuti K. Sar Tags: Article Source Type: research
Human papillomavirus testing on self ‐collected samples to detect high‐grade cervical lesions in rural Bhutan: The REACH‐Bhutan study
ConclusionsThe final REACH-Bhutan results show that screening for cervical cancer with self-collection of samples and HR-HPV testing, in addition to our previous report of achieving high participation, can also perform well to detect women with hHSIL+. (Source: Cancer Medicine)
Source: Cancer Medicine - March 31, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Gary M. Clifford,
Iacopo Baussano,
Dani ëlle A. M. Heideman,
Sangay Tshering,
Tashi Choden,
Fulvio Lazzarato,
Vanessa Tenet,
Silvia Franceschi,
Teresa M. Darragh,
Tashi Tobgay,
Ugyen Tshomo Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Environmental, Occupational, and Demographic Risk Factors for Clinical Scrub Typhus, Bhutan
T. Zangpo et al. (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - March 27, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Epidemiological landscape of esophageal cancer in Asia: Results from GLOBOCAN 2020
ConclusionsAsia has an increasing number of EC cases and deaths. Strategies for targeting in high-incidence areas, the elderly, and survival should be prioritized to reduce the global EC burden, especially in low- and middle-income countries in Asia. (Source: Thoracic Cancer)
Source: Thoracic Cancer - March 15, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Hongcheng Zhu,
Zezhou Wang,
Bingbin Deng,
Miao Mo,
Honggang Wang,
Ke Chen,
Haoxuan Wu,
Ting Ye,
Boyan Wang,
Dashan Ai,
Shennan Hao,
Ihsuan Tseng,
Kuaile Zhao Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Third parties are supportive of social movement’s use of violence when it previously used nonviolence (but failed to achieve change).
Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Vol 29(4), Nov 2023, 409-419; doi:10.1037/pac0000654Across four experimental studies (NStudy 1 = 466, a hypothetical movement in Bhutan, NStudy 2 = 447, a hypothetical movement in the United Kingdom, NStudy 3 = 463, a hypothetical movement in Bhutan, NStudy 4 = 460, a real movement in the United States) and an integrated data analysis, we examined when third parties (i.e., those who are not actively engaged in the movement) will support a social movement that permits the use of violence. In Studies 1–3, third parties were more willing to support violence when it was framed...
Source: Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology - March 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Prevalence and associated factors of abdominal obesity in the South Asian population: findings from nationally representative surveys
ConclusionsThe high burden of abdominal obesity is a public health problem in South Asian countries. Health promotion programs should target high risk groups (i.e., the elderly population, female gender, and overweight/obese) in order to prevent and control the rising burden of abdominal obesity. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - February 17, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Pattern changes of ecological product trade in countries along the Belt and Road
This study uses net primary productivity (NPP) as a unified measure of ecological products, and explores the pattern changes of ecological product trade in countries along the B&R, from 2013 to 2019 (from the BRI proposal to the outbreak of COVID-19). The purpose of the study is to reveal the impact of the BRI on the trade of ecological products. The results show that (1) the trade scale of ecological products in the B&R region has changed significantly. The total volume of traded ecological products increased from 2071.74 to 2631.00 TgC. This represented an increase of about 26.99%, or 7.41% higher than the global...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - February 10, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Wenpeng Du Huimin Yan Yanzhao Yang Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 2942: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards COVID-19 among Patients Attending Phuentsholing Hospital, Bhutan: A Cross-Sectional Study
This study aimed to investigate knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) and their associated covariates among patients attending Phuentsholing Hospital, Bhutan. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was conducted among patients attending Phuentsholing Hospital in Bhutan between March 17 and April 9, 2021, using an interview-administered questionnaire. The multivariable logistic regression was used to identify statistically significant covariates of good KAP. Further, the association between levels of KAP scores was assessed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Of the 441 participants, 54.6% (241) were female...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 8, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Kinley Gyeltshen Sangay Phuntsho Kinley Wangdi Tags: Article Source Type: research
Trends in mortality related to unintentional poisoning in the South Asian region from 1990 to 2019: analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study
Conclusion
This study showed reduction in death and DALYs due to unintentional poisoning in South Asia except YLDs which is showing an increasing trend. Public health systems should continue efforts to minimise and prevent disabilities arising from unintentional poisoning in South Asia. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - February 8, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Khan, N. U., Khan, U., Khudadad, U., Ali, A., Raheem, A., Waheed, S., Razzak, J. A. Tags: Open access, Public health Source Type: research
Seasonal Hyperacute Panuveitis (SHAPU) in Bhutan
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: The time of presentation and early treatment intervention are crucial in achieving good visual prognosis in SHAPU.PMID:36701769 | DOI:10.1080/09273948.2022.2164512 (Source: Ocular Immunology and Inflammation)
Source: Ocular Immunology and Inflammation - January 26, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Sandip Tamang Sushma Jayanna Sonam Choden Tshering Ugyen Zangmo Adwitya Powdyel Phuntsho Dorji Dechen Kezang Kunti Devi Gurung Mendu Dukpa Lhacha Wangdi Karma Yeshey Wangmo Dechen Wangmo None Deki Nor Tshering Lepcha Kunzang Getshen Taraprasad Das Source Type: research
