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The association between psychotic experiences and disability: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
(Wiley, 2017)
Objective: While psychotic experiences (PEs) are known to be associated with a range of mental and general medical disorders, little is known about the association between PEs and measures of disability. We aimed to ...
WHO guidelines for HIV/STI prevention and care among MSM and transgender people: Implications for policy and practice
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)
Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in men who have sex with men (MSM) peaked in the late 1980s in the developed world and then declined and resurged in the late 1990s…
Private sector contributions and their effect on physician emigration in the developing world
(World Health Organization, 2013)
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of care provided by mid-level health workers. Methods: Experimental and observational studies comparing mid-level health workers and higher level health workers were identified by a ...
Profesionales de la salud para el nuevo siglo: transformando la educación para fortalecer los sistemas de salud en un mundo interdependiente
(Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2011)
Descripción del Problema: Hace 100 años, una serie de estudios sobre la educación de los profesionales de la salud, liderado por el informe Flexner de 1910, introdujeron reformas innovadoras. Mediante la integración de la ...
HTLV-1 Is Also a Sexually Transmitted Infection
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
HTLV-1 is a retrovirus which causes diverse diseases in 10% of its infected population, significantly worsening their quality of life and mortality rate. Even though it is globally distributed and is endemic in many countries ...
Assessment of Rehabilitation Infrastructure in Peru
(Elsevier, 2018)
Objective: To assess rehabilitation infrastructure in Peru in terms of the World Health Organization (WHO) health systems building blocks. Design: Anonymous quantitative survey; questions were based on the WHO's Guidelines ...
Comorbidity of common mental disorders with cancer and their treatment gap: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys
(Wiley, 2014)
Objective: This study aimed to study the comorbidity of common mental disorders (CMDs) and cancer, and the mental health treatment gap among community residents with active cancer, cancer survivors and cancer-free respondents ...
A new era for global tuberculosis control
(Elsevier, 2011)
A Lancet Editorial emphasised the need “to move away from the over medicalisation of tuberculosis and recognise its intersection with other sectors” and argued for the role of WHO in this “new era for global tuberculosis ...
Pulse oximetry is an essential tool that saves lives: A call for standardisation
(European Respiratory Society, 2021)
Pneumonia is a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly amongst adults aged >70 years and children. Annual deaths due to pneumonia in these groups was estimated at more than one million and 672 000 ...
Patterns of care and dropout rates from outpatient mental healthcare in low-, middle- And high-income countries from the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)
Background There is a substantial proportion of patients who drop out of treatment before they receive minimally adequate care. They tend to have worse health outcomes than those who complete treatment. Our main goal is ...