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Pohnpei State Department of Health and Social Services, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8682, Japan. . komai@chiba-muse.or.jp.
Publications dans "Micronésie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Anatomy Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. . milal712@student.otago.ac.nz.
Publications dans "Micronésie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Marine Biodiversity and Evolution Laboratory, Division of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, Miag-ao, Iloilo, Philippines. . mdmalay@up.edu.ph.
Publications dans "Micronésie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Publications dans "Micronésie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Global Health, Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Sembaru, Japan.
Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research, Sembaru, Japan.
Publications dans "Micronésie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
School of Health, University of Guam, Mangilao, USA.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
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College of Micronesia-FSM, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
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College of Micronesia-FSM, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
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Palau Community College, Koror, Palau.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Global Health, Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Sembaru, Japan.
Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research, Sembaru, Japan.
Publications dans "Micronésie" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Kagman Community Health Center, Kagman, Saipan, MP.
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The Pacific Islands Geriatric Education Center, Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI (RF).
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Yap Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (PY).
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Yap State Department of Health Services, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (MR).
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Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center, Honolulu, HI (CW).
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University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (DL).
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Pain and Palliative Care, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI (LN).
Publications dans "Micronésie" :
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BIOMICs Research Group, Dpto. Z. y Biologia Celular A., Lascaray Research Centre, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Publications dans "Micronésie" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
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BIOMICs Research Group, Dpto. Z. y Biologia Celular A., Lascaray Research Centre, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Publications dans "Micronésie" :
Data collections are a hallmark of nineteenth-century administrative knowledge making, and they were by no means confined to Europe. All colonial empires transferred and translated these techniques of...
The small island nations, territories, and states dotting the Pacific are among the most disproportionately affected populations worldwide in the face of climate change. Sea level rise coupled with in...
We conducted molecular characterization, demonstrated the geographical distribution of Zika virus (ZIKV) circulating worldwide from 1947 to 2022 and explored the potential genetic recombination site i...
We constructed phylogenetic trees based on ZIKV coding sequences (CDS) and determined the geographical distribution of the representative viruses by genetic relationship and timeline. We determined ge...
The phylogenetic trees comprising 717 CDS showed two distinct African and Asian lineages. ZIKV in the African lineage formed two sublineages, and ZIKV in the Asian lineage diversified into the Asian a...
Five Thailand isolates discovered in 2006 were the second oldest ZIKV after the Malaysian prototype. Our result suggested two independent routes of ZIKV spread from Southeast Asia to Micronesia in 200...
Progress towards leprosy elimination is threatened by increasing incidence in 'hot-spot' areas where more effective control strategies are urgently required. In these areas, active case finding and le...
This implementation study will assess the feasibility and effectiveness of active leprosy case-finding and treatment, combined with MDA using either single-dose rifampicin or rifamycin-containing tube...
Approval has been obtained from the Kiribati Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS), the University of Otago (H22/111) and the University of Sydney (2021/127) Human Research Ethics Committees....
Salinity can influence microbial communities and related functional groups in lacustrine sediments, but few studies have examined temporal variability in salinity and associated changes in lacustrine ...
A questionnaire survey was conducted in the Marshall Islands among 308 citizens of Majuro in order to analyze the factors that led them to immigrate. Using the results from the questionnaire items tha...
Baseline mapping in the two major population centers of Kiribati showed that trachoma was a public health problem in need of programmatic interventions. After conducting two annual rounds of antibioti...
In January 2022, Kiribati experienced widespread community transmission of COVID-19, leading to high rates of infection among health-care workers (HCWs), which reduced essential HCWs during a period o...
Kiribati, a Pacific island country made up of a remote group of 33 low-lying atolls in the Pacific Ocean, experienced its first surge of COVID-19 cases beginning on 24 January 2022....
Reports of increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in South Tarawa prompted the Kiribati Ministry of Health and Medical Services to request assistance from the international community, including the Worl...
Strengthened knowledge about and processes for IPC among HCWs prevented health care-associated infections and reduced community disease transmission during the first surge of COVID-19 cases in Kiribat...
GOARN has the capacity and ability to rapidly deploy experts to support requests for assistance. Outbreak response activities can be enhanced and sustained by using GOARN's resources and collaborating...
Obesity is prevalent and increasing but understudied across Pacific Islanders. Tuvalu is a South Pacific country with a high obesity rate and faces multiple threats of food insecurity. Home garden ser...
We conducted a nationwide, cross-sectional study in Tuvalu during 2022. Structured questionnaires were administered during the in-person interviews, and trained interviewers measured the height and we...
The average body mass index was 34.87 kilogrammes (kg) / square metre (m...
Having a home garden is associated with lower odds of severe obesity in Tuvalu, and the association is stronger in Funafuti. Smokers are less likely to have home gardens, and increased age is positive...
Striking health disparities exist in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The RMI has one of the highest age-adjusted type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rates in the world (23.0%) compared to glob...
Screenings were conducted at 20 churches on Majuro Atoll. Participants completed questionnaires and biometric data collection assessing glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood pressure, and body mass index...
Screenings included 528 participants and showed a high prevalence of T2DM, obesity, and hypertension. One-third of participants were referred to the non-communicable disease clinic. The percent of adu...
Results highlight the need for non-communicable disease-related programs in the RMI....