Association of adult stature with diabetes and high blood pressure in middle-aged Mexican women
Evidence from industrialized countries, suggests that stature may be inversely associated with cardiometabolic risk factors and disease in women. However, etiology and applicability of this...

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Investigating the Health Information System Implementation Process in Senegal: Challenges & Opportunities
This thesis describes the Senegalese National Health Information System and lays out its implementation process. The main objectives of the research are: to investigate and analyse the specific...

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Is Ferroportin Q248H polymorphism protective against clinical manifestations of Malaria during pregnancy?
Malaria remains a global health problem with the main burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Pregnant women represent a particular risk group with increased susceptibility and clinical manifestation of the...

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Trauma related Mental Health Problems Among National Humanitarian Staff: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Working in humanitarian crisis situations is dangerous. National humanitarian staff in particular face the risk of primary and secondary trauma exposure, which can lead to mental disorder. Despite...

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Determining the Effectiveness of the Pneumonia Case Management using the IMCI classification among hospitalized Malawian children: a secondary data analysis
Pneumonia continues to claim the lives of children in the African region. Interventions that address this problem have been made to reduce mortalities from this disease. This study sought to find the...

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Essential information needed for a comprehensive prison health assessment
This thesis provides an analysis of prison health systems and gives a prospective methodology for prison health assessments. The thesis draws attention to the fact that prison populations worldwide...

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