In transit and trapped: Assessing the mental health status in forcibly displaced persons and migrants from SubSaharan Africa, A literature review with a focus on the Maghreb region in Northern Africa
The overall objective of this critical literature review is to analyze the mental health status and mental disorders, as well as protective factors and coping mechanisms adopted by forcibly displaced...

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(Healthy Stoves) in Nepal. The adoption of improved cookstoves in the districts of Kavrepalanchok and Dolakha
This study is to describe how Improved cookstoves ( ICS )are perceived and used, and to identify barriers for adoption. Interviews and observations on stove use were conducted at three study sites...

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Community mobilization and social determinants of health. A participatory action research project exploring the social determinants of health and ways of tackling them through community based activities in the slum (Villa 31) in Buenos Aires city, Argentina.
This study focuses on the strategies that are employed by a social movement (Movimiento Popular la Dignidad) (MPLD) in the slum (Villa 31) of Buenos Aires in order to tackle the social determinants...

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Results of Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Selected Areas of Northeast Thailand.
This cross sectional study aimed to assess the differences in the test results of the cervical cancer screening tests in selected areas of Northeast Thailand. Data collected for the period from 2010...

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Evaluation of a children´s palliative care outreach programme for Burkitt Lymphoma patients in a rural area in the Northwest Region of Cameroon: Does it meet their needs?
Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma (BL) is the most common childhood cancer in tropical Africa. Survival rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are below 40% due to a lack of resources. Palliative care (PC) is the...

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Analyse de la performance sur la base des mécanismes de financement pour améliorer l'état de santé maternelle et infantile et la prévention de la transmission mère du VIH (PTME) des enfants dans les milieux pauvres en ressources
Pour atteindre l'amélioration de la santé maternelle et infantile est l'un des éléments les plus cruciaux de Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement (OMD). Malgré le développement considérable...

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Identification of important factors for development of procurement and supply management plans for health projects financed by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and managed by the United Nations Development Programme
Globalization is changing the national and international health landscapes. The health initiatives emerged in the last decades brought to light pressing challenges connected with health systems...

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A Cross Sectional Study to evaluate and compare the Quality Indicators of Care of Type 2 Diabetic patients from two different clinics at the University Hospital Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico in 2012
In Mexico Diabetes is the leading cause of mortality, it is a serious problem of public health and causes a high economic burden for the society, diabetes, is the leading cause of amputations...

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Predicted implications of using percentage weight gain as single discharge criterion in management of acute malnutrition in rural southern Ethiopia
Community--‐based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM)uses mid--‐upper arm circumference (MUAC) to screen and admit children with non--‐edematous acute malnutrition. A weight...

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Prevalence and risk factors of malaria among children in southern highland Rwanda
Increased control has produced remarkable reductions of malaria in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Rwanda. In the southern highlands, near the district capital of Butare (altitude, 1,768...

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