Oxytocin, clinical outcomes, and patient choice, in resource constrained settings
There’s an inherent tension between creating quality standards that are very clinically focussed, and standards which are very patient centred - especially in settings where clinical outcomes can be compromised by basic lack of resources.
The use of oxytocin to prevent bleeding after birth is an example of this - WHO quality guidelines clearly measure and incentivise use of the drug, but in more wealthy healthcare systems, adherence patient preference is the key measure.
How can we ensure that less wealthy healthcare systems are also patient centred?
Our guests for this discussion;
Nana Twum-Danso, senior vice pr...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 925: First kisses and second doses
TWiV discusses monkeypox virus, poliovirus in NY, Marburg virus in Ghana, ancient herpes simplex virus type 1 genomes, and immunogenicity of different combinations of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode How monkeypox virus spreads (CDC) Vaccination against monkeypox virus (CDC) Monkeypox case trends (CDC) Polio in New York State (NY Dept of Health) Poliovirus in NY wastewater (NBC New York) Marburg disease in Ghana (WHO) Ancient herpesvi...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 7, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 905: COVID-19 clinical update #117 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #117, Dr. Griffin discusses duration of virus shedding, association between pre-exposure to steroids and infection outcome, post-infection subtypes, rehabilitation for post-acute infection, Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab for infection prevention, antibody prophylaxis and vaccination in kidney transplant recipients, remdesivir and bebtelovimab fact sheets for providers, the updated guidelines on treatment with Famotidine, Paxlovid rebound symptom characterizations, antigen test positivity duration, viral dynamics of variants and isolation, association of inflammation in CS fluid, and transmission dynami...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 4, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 862: COVID-19 clinical update #100 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #100, Daniel Griffin, from Accra, Ghana, reviews the challenges in evaluating Omicron severity, over 800 deaths in children, Pfizer vaccine EUA application for under 5 year olds, false positives from soft drinks, Novavax vaccine EUA application, childhood experiences and vaccine hesitancy, fourth vaccine dose in Israel, effects of antivirals and monoclonals against Omicron, and multiple factors associated with PASC. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Omicron severity challenges (NEJM) Children and COVID data (AAP) ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 5, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Mysteriously male crocodiles, the future of negotiating AIs, and atomic bonding between the United States and China
This week we hear stories on involving more AIs in negotiations, tiny algae that might be responsible for killing some (not all) dinosaurs, and a chemical intended to make farm fish grow faster that may be also be causing one area ’s crocodile population to skew male—with Online News Editor David Grimm.
Sarah Crespi talks to Rich Stone about being on the scene for a joint U.S.-China mission to remove bomb-grade fuel from a nuclear reactor in Ghana.
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[Image:Chad Sparkes; Music: Jef frey Cook] (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - August 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Mysteriously male crocodiles, the future of negotiating AIs, and atomic bonding between the United States and China
This week we hear stories on involving more AIs in negotiations, tiny algae that might be responsible for killing some (not all) dinosaurs, and a chemical intended to make farm fish grow faster that may be also be causing one area ’s crocodile population to skew male—with Online News Editor David Grimm. Sarah Crespi talks to Rich Stone about being on the scene for a joint U.S.-China mission to remove bomb-grade fuel from a nuclear reactor in Ghana. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image:Chad Sparkes; Music: Jeffre y Cook] (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - August 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Mysteriously male crocodiles, the future of negotiating AIs, and atomic bonding between the United States and China
This week we hear stories on involving more AIs in negotiations, tiny algae that might be responsible for killing some (not all) dinosaurs, and a chemical intended to make farm fish grow faster that may be also be causing one area ’s crocodile population to skew male—with Online News Editor David Grimm.
Sarah Crespi talks to Rich Stone about being on the scene for a joint U.S.-China mission to remove bomb-grade fuel from a nuclear reactor in Ghana.
Listen to previous podcasts.
[Image:Chad Sparkes; Music: Jef frey Cook] (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - August 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Mysteriously male crocodiles, the future of negotiating AIs, and atomic bonding between the United States and China
This week we hear stories on involving more AIs in negotiations, tiny algae that might be responsible for killing some (not all) dinosaurs, and a chemical intended to make farm fish grow faster that may be also be causing one area’s crocodile population to skew male—with Online News Editor David Grimm.
Sarah Crespi talks to Rich Stone about being on the scene for a joint U.S.-China mission to remove bomb-grade fuel from a nuclear reactor in Ghana.
Listen to previous podcasts.
[Image:Chad Sparkes; Music: Jeffrey Cook] (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - August 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Global Health and TB
Last week BMJ Group held an inaugural global health conference http://globalhealth.bmj.com/ in London, looking at policies for sustainable and effective healthcare. David Heymann, chair of the UK Health Protection Agency, and Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Director of Pharmaceuticals at the Ministry of Health, Ghana, discuss how vertical aid programmes... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 28, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Global Health and TB
Last week BMJ Group held an inaugural global health conference http://globalhealth.bmj.com/ in London, looking at policies for sustainable and effective healthcare. David Heymann, chair of the UK Health Protection Agency, and Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Director of Pharmaceuticals at the Ministry of Health, Ghana, discuss how vertical aid programmes can lead to systemic improvements in lower income countries. And, Kalipso Chalkidou, Director of NICE International, explains a bit more about its work.
Also, smoking is known to increase TB mortality. A modelling study this week suggests that the number of excess deaths from TB, ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 28, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
GAVI in Ghana
BMJ features editor Rebecca Coombes finds out more about a new pneumococcal vaccine being rolled out in Ghana. And David Payne meets Kenneth Kizer, the US doctor who transformed the failing Veteran ’s Health Administration and took on the tobacco industry in California. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
GAVI in Ghana
BMJ features editor Rebecca Coombes finds out more about a new pneumococcal vaccine being rolled out in Ghana. And David Payne meets Kenneth Kizer, the US doctor who transformed the failing Veteran’s Health Administration and took on the tobacco industry in California. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
