What determines violence among female sex workers in an intimate partner relationship? Findings from North Karnataka, south India by Prakash Javalkar, Lucy Platt, Ravi Prakash, Tara Beattie, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Raghavendra Thalinja, Kavitha D. L., Chaitanya AIDS Tadegattuva Mahila Sangha, Satyanarayana Ramanaik, Martine Collumbien, Calum Davey, Stephen Moses, Rachel Jewkes, Shajy Isac, Lori Heise

“…We measured the prevalence and determinants of IPV on FSWs in the context of north Karnataka, India, characterized by high HIV-prevalence and extreme poverty. Methods Overall 620 FSWs with an IP participated in a baseline survey conducted for an on-going cluster-randomised controlled trial aiming to evaluate the impact of a multi-level intervention on IPV reduction. …”
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Migration as an indicator of people’s social and psychological stability (as exemplified in the Pskov Region). by Kostromina S.N., Tsvetkova L.A.

“…For example, in the Plyussa settlement, which is “depressed” and remote from the region’s center, migrants seek to escape their extreme poverty and unemployment; they can be called “survival migrants.” …”
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Structural factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional survey. by Mariam O Fofana, Nivison Nery, Juan P Aguilar Ticona, Emilia M M de Andrade Belitardo, Renato Victoriano, Rôsangela O Anjos, Moyra M Portilho, Mayara C de Santana, Laiara L Dos Santos, Daiana de Oliveira, Jaqueline S Cruz, M Catherine Muenker, Ricardo Khouri, Elsio A Wunder, Matt D T Hitchings, Olatunji Johnson, Mitermayer G Reis, Guilherme S Ribeiro, Derek A T Cummings, Federico Costa, Albert I Ko

“…In contrast to observations from industrialized countries, SARS-CoV-2 incidence was highest among children, as well as women living in extreme poverty. These findings emphasize the need for targeted interventions that provide safe environments for children and mitigate the structural risks posed by crowding and poverty for the most vulnerable residents of urban slum communities.…”
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Epidemiological transitions in maternal and child health in Peru: 1990–2013 by C Watson, BS, G Kang, MPH, K Redican, PhD, K Abbas, PhD

“…Furthermore, economic growth, diminishment of extreme poverty, focus on health initiatives, and political and social support have contributed to improvement of child health and achievement of the MDG 4 target. …”
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Tungiasis in the Sanumás Amerindians in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil: Prevalence, Intensity and Morbidity by Yago Ranniere Teixeira Santana, Lucas Felipe Carvalho Oliveira, Gabriela Mafra Lima, Renata Velôzo Timbó, Eliane Mateus Pires, Amanda Ramos de Brito, Ana Carolina Tardin Martins, Vivyanne Santiago Magalhães, Ana Carolina Mota de Faria, Ada Amalia Ayala Urdapilleta, Isabelle Roger, Rafael Rocha de Andrade, Luciana Pereira Freire Martins, Marcos Pellegrini, Fabiola Christian Almeida de Carvalho, David Dias Araújo, Daniel Holanda Barroso, Carina Nogueira Garcia, Hermann Feldmeier, Ciro Martins Gomes

“…Background: Tungiasis is a disease associated with extreme poverty. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of tungiasis in six different settlements of the Sanumás indigenous community in a remote area in the Auaris region, Yanomami territory, Brazil. …”
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Factors associated with early childhood development in municipalities of Ceará, Brazil: a hierarchical model of contexts, environments, and nurturing care domains in a cross-sectio... by Sonia Isoyama Venancio, PhD, Juliana Araujo Teixeira, PhD, Maritsa Carla de Bortoli, PhD, Regina Tomie Ivata Bernal, PhD

“…Children aged 36–59 months were less likely to meet developmental milestones if they watched TV or used tablets/smartphones for more than two hours per day (0·61; 0·44–0·84), played with household objects (0·62; 0·41–0·92), participated in governmental early childhood programmes aimed at vulnerable families (0·62; 0·45–0·86), had families that participated in income transfer programmes (0·68; 0·47–0·99) (families living in poverty or extreme poverty), and their caregivers considered slapping (0·67; 0·48–0·94) a necessary disciplinary method. …”
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Gestão do Bolsa Família como prática social promotora de processos educativos by Mariana Machitte de Freitas, Aida Victoria Garcia Montrone

“…“Bolsa Família” management as a social practice that promotes educative processes Abstract The “Bolsa Família” Program (PBF) is an income transfer policy that aims to reduce poverty rates by transferring a monthly monetary value to families living in poverty and extreme poverty. The introduction of a regular monetary income, managed by women, into everyday life of the beneficiary families inserts new elements at the core of the social relations experienced within the family and between them and the local community. …”
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Consumo de suplementos con multimicronutrientes Chispitas® y anemia en niños de 6 a 35 meses: estudio transversal en el contexto de una intervención poblacional en Apurímac, Perú C... by Lucio Huamán-Espino, Juan Pablo Aparco, Eloisa Nuñez-Robles, Elena Gonzáles, Jenny Pillaca, Percy Mayta-Tristán

“…Results. 714 participants were included, 25.3% of which lived in poor houses and 59.2% in extreme poverty; 52.6% lived at over 3000 m of altitude. …”
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Children and the Millennium Development Goals: fragile gains and deep inequalities by Dornan, P

“…As the UN Secretary General described: "They are the world’s quantified, time-bound targets for addressing extreme poverty, hunger and disease, and for promoting gender equality, education and environmental sustainability. …”

Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular disease in Ugandan adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV: a cross-sectional study by Sophia Toe, Matthew Nagy, Zainab Albar, PhD, Rashida Nazzinda, MMED, Abdus Sattar, PhD, Victor Musiime, MsC, Samuel Etajak, Felix Walyawula, Grace A McComsey, MD, Lynn Atuyambe, PhD, Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, DO

“…Median age was 12·7 years (IQR 11·4–14·2) years, 55% were female and 63% lived below the extreme poverty line (living with <US$1·90 a day). Median CD4+ cell count was 962 cells/μL (643–1313), 82% had viral load <20 copies/mL and median ART duration was 12·1 years (9·7–13·3) years. …”
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Parafunciones y caries dentales en preescolares de comunidades pehuenches Parafunctions and decay in preschool children from pehuenches communities by Ricardo Cartes-Velásquez, Nancy Araya Navarrete, Alejandra Avilés Melgarejo

“…Conclusions: Decay presence in these preschool children is very high, whereas the prevalence of oral parafunctions is similar to that of other populations, affecting more children in extreme poverty setting and pehuenches. All this is possibly related to the social vulnerability of the commune. …”
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2324 A community-academic partnership to understand the correlates of successful aging in place (year 2) by Kimberly Vasquez, Dozene Guishard, William Dionne, Alexandra Jurenko, Caroline Jiang, Cameron Coffran, Andrea Ronning, Glenis George-Alexander, Cynthia Mofunanya, Onassis C. Ceballo, Lisa Tsatsas, Barry S. Coller, Jonathan N. Tobin, Rhonda G. Kost

“…DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Here we report progress in developing a sustainable community-academic partnership, infrastructure and research capacity with the CBN senior services organization, and characterizing this at-risk population, of whom 71% have a high school education or less, 93% live in extreme poverty, and 84% are overweight or obese. A simple validated frailty measure in seniors will enable the acceleration of community-based translational research addressing senior health, and examine changes in this measure in relationship to the utilization of senior services.…”
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Migración y ruralización del SIDA: relatos de vulnerabilidad en comunidades indígenas de México Migração e ruralização da Aids: relatos de vulnerabilidade de comunidades indígenas... by Daniel Hernández-Rosete, Olivia Maya García, Enrique Bernal, Xóchitl Castañeda, George Lemp

“…These rural communities are characterized by high migration rates, extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS cases. An in-depth interview was applied to transient migrants (24), indigenous women (33), local authorities (20) and health providers (14). …”
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Bolivia, la otra que quiero y que empezaba a desconocer. Reflexiones en torno al Informe de Desarrollo Humano en Bolivia 2000 by Luis VERDESOTO

“…In the social field, extreme poverty must be overcome: there is a huge inability to arrive to a national agreement against poverty, since political agreements do not have supporting social agreements.…”
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Bolivia, la otra que quiero y que empezaba a desconocer. Reflexiones en torno al Informe de Desarrollo Humano en Bolivia 2000 by Luis VERDESOTO

“…In the social field, extreme poverty must be overcome: there is a huge inability to arrive to a national agreement against poverty, since political agreements do not have supporting social agreements.…”
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An Assessment Of Participatory Integrated Watershed Management In The Hilkot Watershed, Mansehra,Pakistan by Shah, Hakim

“…Due to ever increasing population, overgrazing, illicit cutting of forests for timber and fuel wood, lack of fuel wood alternatives, unawareness and extreme poverty, the natural resources are under tremendous pressure. …”
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Understanding and exploring the diversity of soil microorganisms in tea (Camellia sinensis) gardens: toward sustainable tea production by Motunrayo Y. Jibola-Shittu, Zhiang Heng, Nemat O. Keyhani, Yuxiao Dang, Ruiya Chen, Sen Liu, Yongsheng Lin, Pengyu Lai, Jinhui Chen, Chenjie Yang, Weibin Zhang, Huajun Lv, Ziyi Wu, Shuaishuai Huang, Pengxi Cao, Lin Tian, Zhenxing Qiu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xiayu Guan, Junzhi Qiu

“…Tea cultivation is economically important, and its sustainable production can have significant consequences in providing agricultural opportunities and lowering extreme poverty. Soil parameters are well known to affect the quality of the resultant leaves and consequently, the understanding of the diversity and functions of soil microorganisms in tea gardens will provide insight to harnessing soil microbial communities to improve tea yield and quality. …”
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A higher number of SARS-COV-2 infections in quilombola communities than in the local population in Brazil by Aline Fagundes Martins, Daniela Raguer Valadão de Souza, José Melquiades de Rezende Neto, Aryanne Araujo Santos, Grazielly Bispo da Invenção, Igor Leonardo Santos Matos, Kezia Alves dos Santos, Pamela Chaves de Jesus, Francilene Amaral da Silva, Fernando Henrique Oliveira de Almeida, Fernando Yuri Nery do Vale, Dennyson Leandro M. Fonseca, Lena F. Schimke, Saulo Santos Matos, Brenda Morais Oliveira, Cyntia Silva Ferreira, Bruna de Paula Dias, Samara Mayra Soares Alves dos Santos, Camila Cavadas Barbosa, Ikaro Daniel de Carvalho Barreto, Ana Karolina Mendes Moreno, Ricardo Lemes Gonçalves, Breno de Mello Silva, Otavio Cabral-Marques, Otavio Cabral-Marques, Otavio Cabral-Marques, Otavio Cabral-Marques, Otavio Cabral-Marques, Otavio Cabral-Marques, Lysandro Pinto Borges

“…More than 70% of studied families live in rural areas and they have an extreme poverty social status. Although we found a higher number of SARS-COV-2 infections in quilombola communities than in the local population, their SARS-CoV-2 reactivity and IgM and IgG positivity varied across the communities investigated. …”
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Salud y trabajo: minería artesanal del carbón en Paipa, Colombia Health and work: Artisanal coal mining in Paipa (Province of Boyacá), Colombia Saúde e trabalho: mineração artesana... by Guío GARZÓN JOSÉ Alfredo, Manrique Abril Fred Gustavo, Ospina Díaz Juan Manuel

“….&#13; Results: average age 30 years; 16,3% under age; socio-demographic characteristics compatible with extreme poverty; 34,7% not affiliated to SGSS (basic health insurance); hardly 1% affiliated to the social security system and 0,5% covered by ARP (Occupational Risks Insurance); average income per month $280.000 (approx. …”
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Salud y trabajo: minería artesanal del carbón en Paipa, Colombia Saúde e trabalho: mineração artesanal do carvão em Paipa, Colômbia Health and work: Artisanal coal mining in Paipa... by JUAN MANUEL OSPINA DÍAZ, FRED GUSTAVO MANRIQUE ABRIL, JOSÉ ALFREDO GUÍO GARZÓN

“…Results: average age 30 years; 16,3% under age; socio-demographic characteristics compatible with extreme poverty; 34,7% not affiliated to SGSS (basic health insurance); hardly 1% affiliated to the social security system and 0,5% covered by ARP (Occupational Risks Insurance); average income per month $280.000 (approx. …”
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