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Jul 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-21-3897
Pamela NanaCorresponding author
Interstate center in public health in Central Africa (CIESPAC)
Background Water-related diseases are water-related disorders of the body. They are a public health problem as they are responsible for 60% of infant mortality in our developing countries. There are few studies in South Cameroon on the subject. Overall Objective of this work was to study the explana…
Jul 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2835-2165.jfsh-20-3579
Shumi BedadaCorresponding author
Introduction Foodborne diseases are a major public health problem which predominantly affects infants and young children. Appropriate complementary food hygiene practice is very important to reduce the prevalence of foodborne illnesses. However, the information regarding this practice is not availab…
Jun 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-21-3626
Igor KlepikovCorresponding author
A perspective situates SARS-CoV-2 within longstanding public health challenges, emphasizing preparedness, surveillance, and the recurrent lessons of outbreak management with examples for practice.
Jun 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-21-3861
Ivan Dieb MiziaraCorresponding author
Based on two fictitious cases of disregard for the rules to prevent the spread of Sars-Cov-2 in which individuals claim that their autonomy has been disrespected, in Brazil, the authors ask to what extent individual autonomy must be strictly respected and propose a new approach to the bioethics prin…
May 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-4721.ijcm-21-3835
Milagrosa MontesCorresponding author
Objective Real-time surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) is of essential public health importance. Rapid Antigen Detection Tests (RAgDT) have become first-line COVID-19 diagnostic methods in many regions, but this strategy can hamper the surveillance of the virus variants due to thei…
May 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-21-3632
Placide MUTABAZICorresponding author
Save the Children International, Nkumba University, School of postgraduate and research, P.O. Box 237 Entebbe-Uganda
Introduction Reporting of suspected or confirmed communicable diseases is paramount. Although physicians have primary responsibility for reporting, school nurses, laboratory directors, infection control practitioners, daycare center directors, health care facilities, state institutions and any other…
Feb 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-21-3725
Ralph J JohnsonCorresponding author
This brief report article is a retrospective, descriptive, first-person account of following-up on a difficult-to-find client of an HIV/AIDS community-based pre-post intervention and disease prevention Research and Demonstration project in Houston, TX. Through the story about the personal journey of…
Jan 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3383
Bin ZhaoCorresponding author
With the spread of the new coronavirus around the world, governments of various countries have begun to use the mathematical modeling method to construct some virus transmission models assessing the risks of spatial spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19, while carrying out epidemic prevention work,…
Dec 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3682
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Background to the Issue Many older adults, including those already suffering from chronically painful disabling osteoarthritis of one or more joints remain more susceptible than healthy age and gender matched adults to the COVID-19 corona virus. Aims This report sought to examine what has been publi…
Dec 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3662
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Background Most current Corona virus or COVID-19 pandemic deaths have been found to occur among populations older than 65 years of age, who often suffer from the presence of an array of chronic diseases that may be related to a co-occurring vitamin D deficiency. Another factor affecting older adults…
Nov 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3620
Obioma AzuonwuCorresponding author
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Bacteriology / Virology / Parasitology Unit, Rivers State University, Nkpolu – Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
COVID-19 remains a global public health emergency till date. It is eminent that the transmission of the disease is subjective to people’s readiness to implement public health preventative strategies and these are often related to knowledge. Proper public knowledge about COVID-19 plus its predisposin…
Nov 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3621
Manfred StapffCorresponding author
Context In the face of further waves of the COVID-19 pandemic it becomes essential to find a balance between protective actions to guard public health and restrictive measures which can collapse our economy. Background As a basis for public health decisions, officials still rely on metrics which wer…
Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-20-3517
Camille S.U. DOSSOUCorresponding author
Background of the Study African countries are facing frequent blackout. Thus in sub Saharan region, due to frequent power cut, the laboratory professionals find sometimes difficulty to carry out earlier diverse diagnostic tests. Objective The aim of this work is to evaluate the feasibility of enzy…
Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3587
Raúl IseaCorresponding author
The work analyzes the dynamics of transmission of infections by the new coronavirus in twelve European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, and Portugal, whose data from contagion were obtained by Johns Hopkins University…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3541
Steven R. DuffinCorresponding author
Untreated dental caries in children is one of the most common diseases and largest public health problems in the world. A novel caries management program, using 50% silver nitrate, 38% silver diamine fluoride, and 5% sodium fluoride varnish, was developed at Shoreview Dental, LLC, a private dental p…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2328-0182.japst-20-3526
Anbessa BekeleCorresponding author
Background Self-medication (SM) can be defined as the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms, or the intermittent or continued use of a prescribed drug for chronic or recurrent disease or symptoms. A number of individuals in developing countries do not attend physicians for their…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-20-3545
Ezinna E EnwerejiCorresponding author
Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
Public health professionals working in rural communities are aware of the health disparities which result from lack of physicians, limited services, and income during the pandemic. Also they are aware that some populations are more vulnerable than others. People in the rural areas are experiencing p…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-2283.jsem-20-3539
Awoke TibebuCorresponding author
The following document provides important information that everybody know about physical exercise as a means of managing COVID-19. It addresses the health benefits of physical exercise on our body’s immune system, and stress reduction. Already today in the entire world, coronavirus is now the leadin…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-1201.jsn-20-3554
Mitiku Getachew KumaraCorresponding author
Background Traumatic brain injury is an expanding major public health problem and the leading cause of death of the young and productive part of the world’s population. Research is mainly done in high-income countries where only a small proportion of the worldwide fatalities occur. Only few studies…
Jun 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3442
Cameron Y. S. LeeCorresponding author
The Covid-19 pandemic has swept rapidly from Wuhan, China to the entire globe in less than six months, infecting over 7 million people and claiming the lives of over 500,000. In the United States, greater than 2 million individuals have become infected and over 110,000 people killed. With no evidenc…