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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/1352
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African Studies Center [184]
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Cancer Center [3]
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Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground [114]
Push your boundaries. Deepen your understanding. Try on a new perspective. Come alive with us. At the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, our goal is to create community through conversation and shared experiences. -
Photonics Center [12]
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Pulmonary Center [21]
Recently Added
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Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal
(2018-10-11)This poster outlines the international research collaboration between Boston University, the West African Research Center, and local experts in Senegal during a 15 month project --funded by the British Library’s Endangered ... -
Using InSAR coherence for investigating the interplay of fluvial and aeolian features in arid lands: implications for groundwater potential in Egypt
(MDPI AG, 2018-05-25)Despite the fact that the Sahara is considered the most arid region on Earth, it has witnessed prolonged fluvial and aeolian depositional history, and might harbor substantial fresh groundwater resources. Its ancient fluvial ... -
Improving spatial prediction of Schistosoma haematobium prevalence in southern Ghana through new remote sensors and local water access profiles
(PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2018-06-01)BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a water-related neglected tropical disease. In many endemic low- and middle-income countries, insufficient surveillance and reporting lead to poor characterization of the demographic and ... -
Baseline assessment of WHO’s target for both availability and affordability of essential medicines to treat non-communicable diseases.
(PLoS One, 2017-02)BACKGROUND: WHO has set a voluntary target of 80% availability of affordable essential medicines, including generics, to treat major non-communicable diseases (NCDs), in the public and private sectors of countries by 2025. ... -
Imputing HIV treatment start dates from routine laboratory data in South Africa: a validation study.
(BMC Health Serv Res., 2017-02)BACKGROUND: Poor clinical record keeping hinders health systems monitoring and patient care in many low resource settings. We develop and validate a novel method to impute dates of antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation ... -
Systematic differences between Cochrane and non-Cochrane meta-analyses on the same topic: a matched pair analysis
(PLoS One., 2017-01)BACKGROUND: Meta-analyses conducted via the Cochrane Collaboration adhere to strict methodological and reporting standards aiming to minimize bias, maximize transparency/reproducibility, and improve the accuracy of summarized ... -
Timing of pregnancy, postpartum risk of virologic failure and loss to follow-up among HIV-positive women.
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc, 2017-06)BACKGROUND: We assessed the association between the timing of pregnancy with the risk of postpartum virologic failure and loss from HIV care in South Africa. METHODS: The incidence of virologic failure (two consecutive ... -
Burden, timing and causes of maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Protocol for a prospective cohort study
(Journal of Global Health, 2016-9)OBJECTIVES: The AMANHI mortality study aims to use harmonized methods, across eleven sites in eight countries in South Asia and sub–Saharan Africa, to estimate the burden, timing and causes of maternal, fetal and neonatal ... -
Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of travelers’ diarrhea: a graded expert panel report
(Journal of Travel Medicine, 2017-04)BACKGROUND: Travelers' diarrhea causes significant morbidity including some sequelae, lost travel time and opportunity cost to both travelers and countries receiving travelers. Effective prevention and treatment are needed ... -
The disease of corruption: views on how to fight corruption to advance 21st century global health goals
(BMC Medicine, 2016-9)Corruption has been described as a disease. When corruption infiltrates global health, it can be particularly devastating, threatening hard gained improvements in human and economic development, international security, and ...
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