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The who start study suicidal behaviors across different areas of the world
(2013-05-17)
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) study entitled Suicide Trends in At-Risk Territories (START) is an international multisite initiative that aims to stimulate suicide research and prevention across different ...
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 ...
Construction of ethics in clinical research - Clinical trials registration
(2007-12-01)
Scientific development that has been achieved through decades finds in clinical research a great possibility of translating findings to human health application. Evidence given by clinical trials allows everyone to have ...
Construction of ethics in clinical research - Clinical trials registration
(2007-12-01)
Scientific development that has been achieved through decades finds in clinical research a great possibility of translating findings to human health application. Evidence given by clinical trials allows everyone to have ...
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 ...
Functioning of the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2021)
When the International Health Regulations (IHR) came into force in 2007, WHO announced that “the global community has a new legal framework to better manage its collective defences to detect disease events and to respond ...
Sodium and salt consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic-review and meta-analysis of population-based studies and surveys
(MDPI, 2020)
Sodium/salt consumption is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Although global targets to reduce salt intake have been established, current levels and trends of sodium consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean ...
Monitoring of HIV treatment in seven countries in the WHO region of the Americas
(World Health Organization, 2015)
Objective: To determine the prevalence of adequate monitoring and the costs of measuring CD4+ T-lymphocytes (CD4+ cell) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral load in people receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in ...