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Infodemic: Challenges and solutions in topic discovery and data process
ConclusionsThis review found that Infodemic is a rapidly growing research area that attracts the interest of researchers from different disciplines. The number of studies in this field has increased significantly in recent years, with researchers from different countries, including the United States, India, and China. Infodemic topic discovery, data collection, and data preparation are not easy, and each step faces different challenges. While there is some research in this emerging field, there are still many challenges that need to be addressed. These findings highlight the need for more articles to address these issues and fill these gaps.
Source: Archives of Public Health - September 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The 'Product Environment' is an Important Driver of Health. It's Time to Measure It
Am J Health Promot. 2023 Aug 14:8901171231195368. doi: 10.1177/08901171231195368. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThrough their products and services, businesses have a meaningful impact on their customers' health. When markets reward products that induce unhealthy behaviors, like poor diet and limited physical activity, they fuel the chronic disease epidemic. For market mechanisms to reward positive, and to punish negative, influences on healthy behaviors, companies' influences will need to be measured. Inspired by the technique of health impact assessment, we propose an approach to measuring these influences, based on exam...
Source: American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP - August 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara Singer Stephen J Downs Source Type: research

Target product profile: < em > Trypanosoma brucei gambiense < /em > test for low-prevalence settings
Bull World Health Organ. 2023 Aug 1;101(8):541-545. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290176. Epub 2023 Jun 26.ABSTRACTHaving caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century, the incidence of life-threatening human African trypanosomiasis has fallen to historically low levels as a result of sustained and coordinated efforts over the past 20 years. Humans are the main reservoir of one of the two pathogenic trypanosome subspecies, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, found in western and central Africa. The expected advent of a safe and easy-to-use treatment to be given to seropositive but microscopically unconfirmed individuals would lead ...
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - August 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gerardo Priotto Jose R Franco Veerle Lejon Philippe B üscher Enock Matovu Joseph Ndung'u Sylvain Bi éler Dieudonn é Mumba Nick Van Reet Paul Verl é Vincent Jamonneau Pere P Simarro Augustin Kadima Ebeja Dieudonn é Sankara Daniel Argaw Dagne Source Type: research