Center for Vaccines and Immunity, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
Center for Perinatal Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH; Center for Perinatal Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH. Electronic address: Daniel.Malleske@nationwidechildrens.org.
Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, 1-chome-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 330-8503, Japan. Electronic address: m02055yt@jichi.ac.jp.
Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, 1-chome-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 330-8503, Japan. Electronic address: msaito@jichi.ac.jp.
Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, 1-chome-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 330-8503, Japan. Electronic address: sarusuke_papu22@yahoo.co.jp.
Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, 1-chome-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 330-8503, Japan. Electronic address: yutamuto@jichi.ac.jp.
Department of Pathology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, 1-chome-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 330-8503, Japan. Electronic address: atanaka@jichi.ac.jp.
Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, 1-chome-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 330-8503, Japan. Electronic address: trikiyama@jichi.ac.jp.
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For over 25 years, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) has advanced principles of environmental justice by funding nonp...
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There are variations in mediators' perspectives based on gender, occupation, and work experience. Our nationwide mediation training workshop can be utilized to cultivate capabilities of mediators for ...
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National-level datasets such as National Family and Health Surveys (NFHS-3 (2005-06); NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5(2019-21); Health Management Information System (HMIS), 2019-20; Sample Registrar Syste...
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This study aimed to assess the capacities and governance of Lebanon's health system throughout the response to the COVID-19 pandemic until August 2020....
A qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews....
Lebanon, February-August 2020....
Selected participants were directly or indirectly involved in the national or organisational response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon....
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