Low-middle income countries
Avoidable Deaths from Smoking: A Global Perspective
... 25-year period from 2000-2025, there would be about 150 million tobacco deaths or about six million deaths per year on average; from 2025-2050, there would be about 300 million tobacco deaths, or about 12 million deaths ...
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Affordability issues of biotech drugs in low- and middle-income countries
... in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Stevens and Huys, 2017; Faruqui et ...even low-cost generic medicines ranges from 30 to 55% across 36 LMICs (Lexchin, ...105 middle ...
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A Platform for Gastric Cancer Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
... Capsule endoscopes could provide a sanitary method for upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract cancer screening due to their disposability [9]. Where issues arise for the use of capsule endoscopes in upper GI procedures, is ...
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The Challenge of Reducing Neonatal Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
... dustrialized countries where deaths related to prematurity and congenital abnormalities predominate, the former mainly occurring in extremely pre- mature infants, many of whom would not be regarded as viable (and ...
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A Guide for Monitoring Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
... The findings of the reliability study (study 2) were limited to medical students in a research setting. This study has provided evidence that medical students who have minimal clinical experience can be rapidly trained ...
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Next-generation community genetics for low- and middle-income countries
... Newborn screening is indicated for the subset of testable diseases that benefit from early treatment, such as phenylketonurea, galactosemia and cystic fibrosis [22]. In the USA, approximately 4 million neonates are ...
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Genetic tests for low- and middle-income countries: a literature review.
... There are three types of SMA (I, II, and III) that depend on the copy number of survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) gene, which ranges from zero to five in the population; the higher the number of SMN2, the greater is the ...
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ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CHARACTERISTICS IN NIGERIA:A SIX YEARS REVIEW
... in low-income and middle-income countries (FRSC, 2012; WHO, ...high-income countries, most of those killed or injured in road traffic crashes are drivers and passengers of ...
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Randomised trials relevant to mental health conducted in low and middle income countries: a survey
... ics covered by the trials were compared, by region, with the WHO revised 2002 burden of disease estimates [11]. Global burden of disease estimates for mortality and YLD (years lost to disability) are available for both ...
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Poverty, Inequality and Trade Facilitation in Low and Middle Income Countries
... developing countries is abundant, trade liberalization will result in an increase in export sectors that are unskilled labor intensive, thereby increasing employment for the unskilled labor and reducing ...America ...
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Circular economy and environmental health in low- and middle-income countries
... As countries de- velop this understanding, it is imperative that the environ- mental health implications be considered, and, where necessary, policies and actions be put in place to mitigate the potential negative ...
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Hospital accreditation: lessons from low- and middle-income countries
... One interesting manifestation of this virtuous cycles between accreditation, healthcare financing and provider systems that is emerging in developing countries is within the use of social franchises. KMET is an ...
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Socioeconomic status and COPD among low- and middle-income countries
... household income, and a lower composite SES index were all associated with higher odds of having COPD and a lower pre-bronchodilator FEV 1 /FVC ...monthly income may be underestimated in study populations, ...
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Mapping disparities in education across low and middle income countries
... regions. Countries such as South Africa, Peru, and Colombia have seen tremendous improvement since 2000 in the proportion of the young adult population who have completed secondary ...
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Pneumonia in low and middle income countries: progress and challenges
... Appropriate initial management of pneumonia relies on an accurate assessment of disease severity. To support clinical assessment, which is poorly predictive of disease outcome, several severity-scoring indices have been ...
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Institutional maternal and perinatal deaths: a review of 40 low and middle income countries
... More countries are adopting a 100% institutional delivery policy and institutional delivery rates are ...In low and middle income countries facility-based maternal and perinatal ...
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Improving pregnancy outcomes in low- and middle-income countries
... that there is no single intervention that will have a great impact on these outcomes. Instead, a combination of in- terventions applied at various times during the pregnancy, and especially during labor and delivery, the ...
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Do countries “graduate” from crises? Some historical perspective
... • The process of “graduation,” defined as the emergence from recurrent crisis bouts, is a long drawn-out process. False starts are common and recurrent. These false starts are routinely (mis)interpreted by financial ...
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension Among Middle-Aged Adults in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria
... high- income countries, the prevalence of CVD risk factors is dramatically increasing in low- and middle-income African countries, particularly in urban areas [6] ...in ...
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Chronic Pediatric Pain in Low and Middle Income Countries
... high income countries [HICs], pediatric chronic pain is treated by specialists in pain clinics or by other physicians whose training has included management of pain, such as anesthesiologists and ...In ...
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