Risk assessment of four toxic heavy metals in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems around BSCIC tannery industrial estate of Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
This study revealed that average concentrations of cadmium and chromium in soil exceeded the maximum permissible limit of World Health Organization (1996) and average concentrations of lead, cadmium, and chromium in water exceeded the maximum permissible limit of World Health Organization (2011) and Environmental Conservation Rules (1997). The average concentrations of lead, cadmium, and chromium in the roots and shoots of both Eichhornia crassipes and Cynodon dactylon exceeded the maximum permissible limit of Food and Agriculture Organization/ World Health Organization (2016). Ecological risk assessment using indices mode...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - May 2, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Intehum Taufique Aurnab Md Jashim Uddin Alamgir Kabir Source Type: research
Association between Physical Activity Amount and Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Sleep Quality, and Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Long COVID: A Cross-Sectional Study
CONCLUSIONS: Gender differences were found in CRF among patients with long COVID. Greater self-reported VPA or total PA was associated with better CRF, while greater total PA and MPA were associated with better sleep quality and HRQoL, respectively, in patients with long COVID. Further research is needed to explore these associations in longitudinal studies.PMID:38697594 | DOI:10.1016/j.apmr.2024.04.010 (Source: Health Physics)
Source: Health Physics - May 2, 2024 Category: Physics Authors: Ta-Chung Chao Shang-Lin Chiang Chia-Ying Lai Chien-Yao Huang Meei-Shyuan Lee Chueh-Ho Lin Cheng-Chiang Chang Chia-Huei Lin Source Type: research
Drug Prescription Indicators in Outpatient Services in Social Security Organization Facilities in Iran
CONCLUSIONS: In this study, all drug prescription criteria exceeded the recommended limits set by the World Health Organization. To improve the current prescription patterns throughout the country, it would be beneficial to provide providers with monthly and annual reports and to consider implementing some prescription policies for physicians.PMID:38697915 | DOI:10.3961/jpmph.23.424 (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Afsoon Aeenparast Ali Asghar Haeri Mehrizi Farzaneh Maftoon Faranak Farzadi Source Type: research
Effectiveness, cost, and safety of four regimens recommended by WHO for RR/MDR-TB treatment: a cohort study in Eastern China
CONCLUSIONS: For RR/MDR-TB patients in China who meet the criteria for short-term regimens, the short-term regimens were proven to be the most cost-effective of the four regimens recommended by WHO. For RR/MDR-TB patients in China who don't meet the criteria for short-term regimens, the new long-term injectable regimens are more cost-effective than the remaining two regimens.PMID:38697138 | DOI:10.1080/07853890.2024.2344821 (Source: Annals of Medicine)
Source: Annals of Medicine - May 2, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Pengcheng Gu Peng Lu Hui Ding Qiao Liu Xiaoyan Ding Yongfa Chen Limei Zhu Source Type: research
Safety of surgery: quality assessment of meta-analyses on the WHO checklist
CONCLUSIONS: The meta-analysis coincides with obtaining lower complications and mortality rates with the WHO surgical safety checklist. However, the studies included in the meta-analyses were mostly observational, with potential biases, and according to the AMSTAR 2 tool, the overall confidence in the results of the evaluated studies was critically low.PMID:38694363 | PMC:PMC11060208 | DOI:10.1097/MS9.0000000000002006 (Source: Annals of Medicine)
Source: Annals of Medicine - May 2, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Mario Arturo Gonz ález Mariño Source Type: research
Measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID-19 pandemic
CONCLUSIONS: A range of measures can have a beneficial effect on transmission-related outcomes, healthcare utilization and school attendance. We rated the current findings at a higher level of certainty than the original review. Further high-quality research into school measures to control SARS-CoV-2 in a wider variety of contexts is needed to develop a more evidence-based understanding of how to keep schools open safely during COVID-19 or a similar public health emergency.PMID:38695826 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD015029.pub2 (Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - May 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hannah Littlecott Shari Krishnaratne Jacob Burns Eva Rehfuess Kerstin Sell Carmen Klinger Brigitte Strahwald Ani Movsisyan Maria-Inti Metzendorf Petra Schoenweger Stephan Voss Michaela Coenen Roxana M üller-Eberstein Lisa M Pfadenhauer Source Type: research
Perinatal mortality, severe maternal morbidity and maternal near miss: protocol of a study integrated with the Birth in Brazil II survey
This study will include 155 public, mixed and private maternities, accounting for more than 2,750 births per year, participating in the Birth in Brazil II survey. We will collect retrospective data from maternal and neonatal records of all hospitalizations within a 30-day period in these maternities, applying a screening form to identify cases of maternal morbidity and perinatal deaths. Medical record data of all identified cases will be collected after hospital discharge, using a standardized instrument. Cases of severe maternal morbidity and maternal near miss will be classified based on the definition adopted by the Wor...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rosa Maria Soares Madeira Domingues Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias Marcos Nakamura-Pereira Rodolfo de Carvalho Pacagnella S ônia Lansky Silvana Granado Nogueira da Gama Ana Paula Esteves-Pereira S ônia Azevedo Bittencourt Mariza Miranda Theme Filha Barbara Source Type: research
Asymmetries between national articulation and the autonomy of state governments in implementing health technologies to fight COVID-19 in Argentina
This study sought to analyze how articulation vs. cooperation and autonomy vs. division of powers between entities occurred in Argentina, exploring asymmetries between several entities in implementing public policies related to health technologies during the pandemic and the influences of other actors. For this, a documentary research was carried out related to 2020-2021 (technical reports published by the World Health Organization, national agencies and scientific societies, laws, court decisions, press, and research and in-depth interviews with members of the Argentine Ministries of Health). The processes and results of ...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Santiago Hasdeu Anabel Beliera Jorgelina Alvarez Julian Sanchez-Viamonte Source Type: research
Building an economy for health and well-being
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):298-298A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.291719.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38693947 | PMC:PMC11046155 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.24.291719 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Petteri Orpo Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Source Type: research
Funding emergency response
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):303-304. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.020524.ABSTRACTProtracted humanitarian emergencies are forcing donors and agencies to rethink their approaches to response. Gary Humphreys reports.PMID:38693946 | PMC:PMC11046146 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.24.020524 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A health financing policy agenda for climate mitigation and adaptation
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):363-365. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.291253.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38693945 | PMC:PMC11046162 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.291253 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maarten Oranje Inke Mathauer Source Type: research
Continuing a scientific dialogue between sectors on health and economics
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):299-299A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.291722.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38693944 | PMC:PMC11046151 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.24.291722 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ritu Sadana Rajat Khosla Rachel Gisselquist Kunal Sen Source Type: research
Public health round-up
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):301-302. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.010524.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38693943 | PMC:PMC11046158 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.24.010524 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Reframing the relationship between the economy and health
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):300-300A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.291710.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38693942 | PMC:PMC11046145 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.24.291710 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ritu Sadana Serife Genc Illeri Maksym Obrizan Alberto Huitron Devika Dutt Roberto Duran-Fernandez Source Type: research
Corrigendum
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):372. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.100524.ABSTRACT[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2471/BLT.23.290129.].PMID:38693941 | PMC:PMC11046163 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.24.100524 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
