Estimates of the global burden of Congenital Rubella Syndrome, 1996-2019 by Emilia Vynnycky, Jennifer K. Knapp, Timos Papadopoulos, Felicity T. Cutts, Masahiko Hachiya, Shinsuke Miyano, Susan E. Reef

“…Objectives: Many countries introduced rubella-containing vaccination (RCV) after 2011, following changes in recommended World Health Organization (WHO) vaccination strategies and external support. …”
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Continental Origins of Insular Proslavery: George Dawson Flinter in Curaçao, Venezuela, Britain, and Puerto Rico, 1810s-1830s by Christopher Schmidt-Nowara

“…Abstract This article traces the career and migrations of George Dawson Flinter, a naturalized Spanish subject of Irish origin, who became a prominent apologist for slavery and Spanish colonial rule in the Caribbean in the 1820s and 1830s. …”
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Multisectoral action towards sustainable development goal 3.d and building health systems resilience during and beyond COVID-19: Findings from an INTOSAI development initiative and... by Siri Hellevik, Saqif Mustafa, Yu Zhang, Archana Shirsat, Sohel Saikat

“…As SAIs provide independent external oversight and contribute to follow up and review of national targets linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their respective countries, they can play an important role in national recovery efforts. WHO and INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) have been collaborating in facilitating SAIs’ audits of strong and resilient national public health systems linked to the national target of SDG 3.d in 40 countries across Africa, Americas, Asia and Oceania between 2021 and 2022. …”
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Speech Perception Changes in the Acoustically Aided, Nonimplanted Ear after Cochlear Implantation: A Multicenter Study by Mario A. Svirsky, Arlene C. Neuman, Jonathan D. Neukam, Annette Lavender, Margaret K. Miller, Ksenia A. Aaron, Piotr H. Skarzynski, Katarzyna B. Cywka, Henryk Skarzynski, Eric Truy, Fabien Seldran, Ruben Hermann, Paul Govaerts, Geert De Ceulaer, Francois Bergeron, Matthieu Hotton, Michelle Moran, Richard C. Dowell, Maria Valeria Schmidt Goffi-Gomez, Ana Tereza de Matos Magalhães, Rosamaria Santarelli, Pietro Scimemi

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Youth violence intervention programme for vulnerable young people attending emergency departments in London: a rapid evaluation by Appleby John, Georghiou Theo, Ledger Jean, Rolewicz Lucina, Sherlaw-Johnson Chris, Tomini Sonila M, Frerich Jason M, Ng Pei Li

“…•For Redthread and acute hospital partners to consider mechanisms by which information from the service, as to who chooses to engage, and who chooses not to engage, can be linked to the routine data for analysis purposes. …”
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The impact of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination on antibiotic use: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Lotte van Heuvel, John Paget, Michel Dückers, Saverio Caini

“…Results Most studies are performed in the WHO European Region and the Region of the Americas in high-income countries. …”
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Quantifying the number of pregnancies at risk of malaria in 2007: a demographic study. by Dellicour, S, Tatem, A, Guerra, C, Snow, R, ter Kuile, F

“…This included 77.4, 30.3, 13.1, and 4.3 million pregnancies in the countries falling under the World Health Organization (WHO) regional offices for South-East-Asia (SEARO) and the Western-Pacific (WPRO) combined, Africa (AFRO), Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean (EURO/EMRO), and the Americas (AMRO), respectively. …”

COVID-19 Attitudes and Vaccine Hesitancy among an Agricultural Community in Southwest Guatemala: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Neudy Rojop, Diva M. Calvimontes, Edgar Barrios, Molly M. Lamb, Alejandra Paniagua-Avila, Jose Monzon, Lindsey M. Duca, Chelsea Iwamoto, Anna N. Chard, Melissa Gomez, Kareen Arias, Yannik Roell, Guillermo Antonio Bolanos, Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Maria Renee Lopez, Celia Cordon-Rosales, Edwin J. Asturias, Daniel Olson

“…Despite offering free-of-charge COVID-19 vaccines starting July 2021, Guatemala has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Latin America. From 28 September 2021 to 11 April 2022, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of community members, adapting a CDC questionnaire to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine access and hesitancy. …”
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Co-developing a health promotion programme for indigenous youths in Brazil: A concept mapping report. by Paulo T C Jardim, Josiliane M Dias, Antonio J Grande, André B Veras, Érika K Ferri, Fatima A A Quadros, Clayton Peixoto, Francielle C S Botelho, Maria I M G Oliveira, Ieda M A V Dias, Majella O'Keeffe, Christelle Elia, Paola Dazzan, Ingrid Wolfe, Seeromanie Harding

“…<h4>Background</h4>Latin America and the Caribbean Region are home to about 42 million Indigenous people, with about 900,000 living in Brazil. …”
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High expression level of miR-1260 family in the peripheral blood of patients with ovarian carcinoma by Arash Adamnejad Ghafour, Demet Akdeniz Odemis, Seref Bugra Tuncer, Busra Kurt, Mukaddes Avsar Saral, Seda Kilic Erciyas, Ozge Sukruoglu Erdogan, Betul Celik, Pinar Saip, Hulya Yazici

“…A mean of 14.270 individuals were detected to have been diagnosed with gynecologic cancers each year in the United States of America (USA). Ovarian cancer treatment is generally composed of chemotherapy, and surgery. …”
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Development of a COVID-19–Related Anti-Asian Tweet Data Set: Quantitative Study by Maryam Mokhberi, Ahana Biswas, Zarif Masud, Roula Kteily-Hawa, Abby Goldstein, Joseph Roy Gillis, Shebuti Rayana, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed

“… BackgroundSince the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals of Asian descent (colloquial usage prevalent in North America, where “Asian” is used to refer to people from East Asia, particularly China) have been the subject of stigma and hate speech in both offline and online communities. …”
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Impact of Spatially Heterogeneous Trop-2 Expression on Prognosis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Ramona Erber, Steffen Spoerl, Andreas Mamilos, Rosemarie Krupar, Arndt Hartmann, Matthias Ruebner, Juergen Taxis, Mareike Wittenberg, Torsten E. Reichert, Gerrit Spanier, Silvia Spoerl

“…Recently, a Trop-2 antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) has been approved in the United States of America for the treatment of advanced triple-negative breast cancer. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study in Caracas, Venezuela by David A. Forero-Peña, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, José L. Forero-Peña, Natasha A. Camejo-Ávila, Daniela L. Mendoza-Millán, Óscar D. Omaña-Ávila, Andrea L. Maricuto, Viledy L. Velásquez, Mario D. Mejía-Bernard, Carlis M. Rodriguez-Saavedra, María V. Marcano-Rojas, Yoesmir Contreras, Luis J. Guerra, María F. Alvarado, Martín Carballo, Jocays Caldera, Rafael N. Guevara, María C. Redondo, María E. Landaeta

“…While there are limited studies assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Latin America, there are none, to our knowledge, in Venezuela. …”
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COVID-19 and mental health in 8 low- and middle-income countries: A prospective cohort study. by Nursena Aksunger, Corey Vernot, Rebecca Littman, Maarten Voors, Niccolò F Meriggi, Amanuel Abajobir, Bernd Beber, Katherine Dai, Dennis Egger, Asad Islam, Jocelyn Kelly, Arjun Kharel, Amani Matabaro, Andrés Moya, Pheliciah Mwachofi, Carolyn Nekesa, Eric Ochieng, Tabassum Rahman, Alexandra Scacco, Yvonne van Dalen, Michael Walker, Wendy Janssens, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We conducted a prospective cohort study to examine the correlation between the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health in 10 populations from 8 LMICs in Asia, Africa, and South America. The analysis included 21,162 individuals (mean age 38.01 years, 64% female) who were interviewed at least once pre- as well as post-pandemic. …”
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Factors associated with isoniazid preventive treatment interruption and completion among PLHIV in Gombe Hospital, Uganda, 2017–2019 by Emmanuel Ssendikwanawa, Edirisa Juniour Nsubuga, Seungwon Lee, Jane Frances Zalwango, Rokani Joan Bayowa, Amuntuhaire Judith Ssemasaazi, Kivumbi Ronald Muganga, Cherop Adolphus, Rebecca Akunzirwe, Rachel Nante Wangi, Mutebi Ronald Kasoma, Joan N. Kalyango, Charles Karamagi, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire

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Dietary Diversity and Micronutrients Adequacy in Women of Childbearing Age: Results from ELANS Study by Georgina Gómez, Ágatha Nogueira Previdelli, Regina Mara Fisberg, Irina Kovalskys, Mauro Fisberg, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Lilia Yadira Cortés Sanabria, Martha Cecilia Yépez García, Attilio Rigotti, María Reyna Liria-Domínguez, Viviana Guajardo, Dayana Quesada, Ana Gabriela Murillo, Juan Carlos Brenes

“…MDD-W is an appropriate tool to evaluate micronutrients adequacy in WCA from Latin America, showing that women who achieved the MDD-W reported higher adequacy ratios for most micronutrients and an overall healthier diet.…”
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Integration of HIV care into maternal and child health services in the global IeDEA consortium by John Humphrey, Elizabeth Nagel, James G. Carlucci, Andrew Edmonds, Aarti Kinikar, Kim Anderson, Valériane Leroy, Daisy Machado, Dwight E. Yin, Marco Tulio Luque, Madeleine Amorissani-Folquet, Safari Mbewe, Tulathip Suwanlerk, Athanase Munyaneza, Rena C. Patel, Beverly Musick, Lisa Abuogi, Kara Wools-Kaloustian

“…The WHO recommends the integration of routine HIV services within maternal and child health (MCH) services to reduce the fragmentation of and to promote retention in care for pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (WWH) and their infants and children exposed to HIV (ICEH). …”
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William Shakespeare and Slovene dramatists (III): (1930-2010) by Mirko Jurak

“…This is also reflected in a very large number of new Slovene playwrights who have written in this time, in their international orientation in dramatic art as well as in the constantly growing number of permanent (and ad hoc) theatre companies. …”
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Physiological Fitness and the Pathophysiology of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) by Andrea Sitlinger, Michael A. Deal, Erwin Garcia, Dana K. Thompson, Tiffany Stewart, Grace A. MacDonald, Nicolas Devos, David Corcoran, Janet S. Staats, Jennifer Enzor, Kent J. Weinhold, Danielle M. Brander, J. Brice Weinberg, David B. Bartlett

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Trends of Infective Endocarditis at Two Teaching Hospitals: A 12-Year Retrospective Cohort Study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Paulo Vieira Damasco, Victor Edgar Fiestas Solórzano, Natália Rodrigues Querido Fortes, Daniel Xavier de Brito Setta, Aloysio Guimaraes da Fonseca, Mario Castro Alvarez Perez, João Carlos Jazbick, Jonathan Gonçalves-Oliveira, Marco Aurélio Pereira Horta, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Claudio Querido Fortes

“…Studies on the risk factors for mortality in endocarditis in Latin America are scarce. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 240 patients diagnosed with IE according to the modified Duke criteria who were admitted to two university hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from January 2009 to June 2021. …”
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