May 26, 2020 · C reactive protein (CRP), a marker for the presence of an inflammatory process, is the most extensively studied marker for distinguishing bacterial from non-bacterial infections in febrile patients. A point-of-care test for bacterial infections would be of particular use in low-resource settings where other laboratory diagnostics are not always available, antimicrobial resistance rates are ...

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Advancing whose interests? Corporate strategy and risks to food systems transformation and public health nutrition through academic partnerships in Africa ...

Sep 6, 2022 · In a village in southern Senegal, Grandmother Tobo proudly states that ‘Culture is the most important thing for an individual. Culture is the foundation for life’. Culture’s far-reaching influence on human existance is also suggested by Airhihenbuwa, ‘Culture is a system of interrelated values active enough to influence and condition perception, judgement, communication and behavior in ...

Sep 6, 2024 · Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic triggered one of the largest global health and economic crises in recent history. COVID-19 vaccination (CV) has been the central tool for global health and macroeconomic recovery, yet estimates of CV’s global health and macroeconomic value remain scarce.Methods We used regression analyses to measure the impact of CV on gross domestic product (GDP ...

Dec 9, 2020 · Introduction Person-centred care has become internationally recognised as a critical attribute of high-quality healthcare. However, the concept has been criticised for being poorly theorised and operationalised. Serious illness is especially aligned with the need for person-centredness, usually necessitating involvement of significant others, management of clinical uncertainty, high-quality ...

2 WilsonfiSL WiysongefiC BMJ Global Health 225:e426 doi:11136bmgh22426 BMJ Global Health While there has been a great deal of work on the socio-economic determinants of vaccine hesitancy ranging from qualitative single- country work to large scale surveys

Dec 1, 2021 · Background The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems in both developed and developing nations alike. Africa has one of the weakest health systems globally, but there is limited evidence on how the region is prepared for, impacted by and responded to the pandemic.Methods We conducted a scoping review of PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL to search peer-reviewed articles and Google, Google ...

2 bittonfiA etfial BMJ Global Health 20194:e001551 doi:101136bmgh-2019-001551 BMJ Global Health organisations recognise that strong PHC systems will be essential to achieving UHC.2–7 Additionally, the global health community has just celebrated the 40th anniver- sary of the Alma-Ata Declaration with the issuance of the

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