• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to essential health services in Kenya: a retrospective time-series analysis
Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Sep;10(9):e1257-e1267. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00285-6.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Public health emergencies can disrupt the provision of and access to essential health-care services, exacerbating health crises. We aimed to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential health-care services in Kenya.METHODS: Using county-level data routinely collected from the health information system from health facilities across the country, we used a robust mixed-effect model to examine changes in 17 indicators of essential health services across four periods: the pre-pandemic period (from January, 2018 to ...
Source: Cancer Control - August 12, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Helen Kiarie Marleen Temmerman Mutono Nyamai Nzisa Liku Wangari Thuo Violet Oramisi Lilly Nyaga Janette Karimi Phidelis Wamalwa Gladwell Gatheca Valerian Mwenda Loice Achieng Ombajo S M Thumbi Essential Health Services Data Monitoring and Evaluation sub-w Source Type: research

Non-specific effects of BCG and DTP vaccination on infant mortality: An analysis of birth cohorts in Ghana and Tanzania
CONCLUSION: We demonstrated that BCG and DTP vaccination were associated with decreased risk of infant mortality in Ghana and Tanzania with no evidence of interaction between DTP or BCG vaccination, NVAS, and infant sex. Our study supports global recommendations on BCG and DTP vaccination and programmatic efforts to ensure all children have access to timely vaccination.CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: Ghana (Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR): ACTRN12610000582055) and Tanzania (ANZCTR: ACTRN12610000636055).PMID:35618557 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.082
Source: Vaccine - May 26, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: M K Quinn Karen M Edmond Wafaie W Fawzi Lisa Hurt Betty R Kirkwood Honorati Masanja Alfa J Muhihi Sam Newton Ramadhani A Noor Paige L Williams Christopher R Sudfeld Emily R Smith Source Type: research

Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 24th 2020
We report that electrical stimulation (ES) stimulation of post-stroke aged rats led to an improved functional recovery of spatial long-term memory (T-maze), but not on the rotating pole or the inclined plane, both tests requiring complex sensorimotor skills. Surprisingly, ES had a detrimental effect on the asymmetric sensorimotor deficit. Histologically, there was a robust increase in the number of doublecortin-positive cells in the dentate gyrus and SVZ of the infarcted hemisphere and the presence of a considerable number of neurons expressing tubulin beta III in the infarcted area. Among the genes that were unique...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 23, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Does the Humanitarian Sector Use Evidence-informed Standards? A Review of the 2011 Sphere Indicators for Wash, Food Security and Nutrition, and Health Action
Conclusion The Sphere Handbook was conceived in 1997 by a group of non-governmental organisations, in part to respond to the overall lack of accountability experienced during, and in the aftermath of, the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The Sphere Project developed from a recognition amongst humanitarian actors of the need for greater accountability and effectiveness in humanitarian response. Twenty years later, these concepts that underpin the Sphere Handbook remain as relevant as ever, in a time when humanitarian actors require up-to-date guidance to assist in their response to established and emerging issues, such as the mana...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - October 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: jamessmith Source Type: research