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Paludisme
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Expert en Médecine, Optimisation des Parcours de Soins et Révision Médicale
Validation scientifique effectuée le 13/03/2025
Contenu vérifié selon les dernières recommandations médicales
5 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease in Belize: A Population-based Survey.
Lancet regional health. Americas
2021-07-17
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2024-04-12
Novel species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) identified in a case of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in northern Belize.
Scientific reports
2024-01-16
Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021.
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Dengue Virus Infections Detected through Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance, Belize 2020.
Viruses
2022-04-07
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Ministry of Health and Wellness, East Block Building, National Assembly, Bliss Parade, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2024-04-12
Novel species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) identified in a case of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in northern Belize.
Scientific reports
2024-01-16
Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021.
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Dengue Virus Infections Detected through Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance, Belize 2020.
Viruses
2022-04-07
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, 1102 Bates Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2024-04-12
Novel species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) identified in a case of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in northern Belize.
Scientific reports
2024-01-16
Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021.
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Dengue Virus Infections Detected through Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance, Belize 2020.
Viruses
2022-04-07
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Eck Institute of Global Health, University of Notre Dame, 120 Brown Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Eck Institute of Global Health, University of Notre Dame, 120 Brown Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Pharmacy Program, Department of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Belize, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Data Analytics Planning and Monitoring, Data and Analytics Section, UNICEF, New York, New York; Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: lcarvajal@unicef.org.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Henry J.N. Taub Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Houston TX.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0W3, Canada.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. Sm22@bcm.edu.
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. Sm22@bcm.edu.
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Sm22@bcm.edu.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Vector and Ecology Center, Orange Walk Town, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Vector and Ecology Center, Orange Walk Town, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Medical Oncology, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Salud Mesoamerica Initiative, Inter-American Development Bank, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Inter-American Development Bank, Dominican Republic.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Multimorbidity (two or more coexisting conditions in an individual) is a growing global challenge with substantial effects on individuals, carers and society. Multimorbidity occurs a decade earlier in...
To investigate the prevalence of multimorbidity and complex multimorbidity and their association with sociodemographic and health variables in individuals with severe obesity. This is a baseline data ...
Multimorbidity is an emerging priority in healthcare due to associations with the ageing population, frailty, polypharmacy, health and social care demands. It affects 60-70% of adults and 80% of child...
The optimal multimorbidity measures for predicting disability trajectories are not universally agreed upon. We developed a multimorbidity index among middle-aged and older community-dwelling Chinese a...
This study included 17,649 participants aged ≥50 years from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey 2011-2018. Two disability trajectory groups were estimated using the total disability sc...
In the newly developed multimorbidity index, the weights of the chronic conditions varied from 1.04 to 2.55. The multimorbidity index had a higher predictive performance than the condition count. The ...
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The multimorbidity index may be considered an ideal measurement in predicting disability trajectories among middle-aged and older community-dwelling Chinese adults. The condition count is also suggest...
Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more comorbidities, is common in patients with heart failure (HF) and worsens clinical outcomes. In Asia, multimorbidity has become the norm rather than the exce...
Asian patients with HF are almost a decade younger than Western Europe and North American patients. However, over two in three patients have multimorbidity. Comorbidities usually cluster due to the cl...
The influence of comorbidities on COVID-19 outcomes has been recognized since the earliest days of the pandemic. But establishing causality and determining underlying mechanisms and clinical implicati...
Evidence is still limited on the prevalence of multimorbidity and complex multimorbidity in Japan, as well as their associated factors. Additionally, no studies regarding multimorbidity and complex mu...
We conducted a cross-sectional study at Tarama Clinic on Tarama Island, a remote island in Okinawa, Japan. Among patients who visited Tarama Clinic from April 1 to June 30, 2018, those who were ≥ 20 y...
We included 355 study participants. Descriptive analysis showed multimorbidity prevalence measured using the 17 chronic health conditions in this area was 30.0% (age ≥ 20 years) and 57.5% (age ≥ 65 ye...
The population-based prevalence of multimorbidity and its upward trend with increasing age on a remote island in Japan was consistent with previous reports in the country. Multimorbidity was associate...
Multimorbidity, the coexistence of multiple health conditions, is associated with functional decline, disability, and mortality. We aimed to investigate the effects of multimorbidity on hypertension t...
Patients with multimorbidity increasingly impact healthcare systems, both in primary care and in hospitals. This is particularly true in Internal Medicine. This population associates with higher morta...
Complex multimorbidity refers to the co-occurrence of three or more chronic illnesses across >2 body systems, which may identify persons in need of additional medical support and treatment. There is a...