Browsing by Subject "Developing countries"
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An Approach for Setting Evidence-based and Stakeholder-informed Research Priorities in Low-and Middle-income Countries
(World Health Organization, Marketing And Dissemination, Geneva 27, Switzerland, Ch-1211, 2016)To derive evidence-based and stakeholder-informed research priorities for implementation in African settings, the international research consortium Collaboration for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa ... -
Awareness and Need for Knowledge of Health and Safety Among Diary Farmers Interviewed in Uganda
(Frontiers in Public Health, 2016-06)Safe working conditions are essential for healthy living and for ensuring food security among farmers and farm communities in developing countries. There is limited research on this topic, and documentation is essential ... -
Development of HMIS in poor countries: Uganda as a case study
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2005-04)Planning, monitoring and evaluation of healthcare programmes provides a strong foundation for the realisation of quality health service delivery systems. This involves regular collection, analysis and interpretation of ... -
Estimating Pediatric Surgical Need in Developing Countries: A Household Survey in Rwanda
(W B Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc , 1600 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Ste 1800, Philadelphia, Usa, Pa, 19103-2899, 2014)Purpose Surgical services for children are often absent in resource-limited settings. Identifying the prevalence of surgical disease at the community level is important for developing evidence-based pediatric surgical ... -
Ethnobotanical survey of pesticidal plants used in South Uganda: Case study of Masaka district
(Academic Journals, 2010)Use of synthetic pesticides in developing countries is not only limited by their being expensive but also the small (uneconomic) fields whose limited production costs cannot offset costs of agricultural implements like ... -
Identifying patterns in urban housing density in developing countries using convolutional networks and satellite imagery
(Elsevier Ltd., 2020)The use of Deep Neural Networks for remote sensing scene image analysis is growing fast. Despite this, data sets on developing countries are conspicuously absent in the public domain for benchmarking machine learning ... -
Interventions to Reduce Pedestrian Road Traffic Injuries: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials, Interrupted Time-series, and Controlled Before-after Studies
(Public Library Science, 1160 Battery Street, Ste 100, San Francisco, Usa, Ca, 94111, 2022)Background Road traffic injuries are among the top ten causes of death globally, with the highest burden in low and middle-income countries, where over a third of deaths occur among pedestrians and cyclists. Several ... -
Prevalence of Breast Masses and Barriers to Care: Results From a Population‐based Survey in Rwanda and Sierra Leone
(Wiley , 111 River St, Hoboken, Usa, Nj, 07030-5774, 2014)Background and Objectives:Breast cancer incidence may be increasing in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMIC). This study estimates theprevalence of breast masses in Rwanda (RW) and Sierra Leone (SL) and identifies barriers ... -
Self-reported Determinants of Access to Surgical Care in 3 Developing Countries
(Amer Medical Assoc , 330 N Wabash Ave, Ste 39300, Chicago, Usa, Il, 60611-5885, 2016)IMPORTANCE Surgical care is recognized as a growing component of global public health. OBJECTIVE To assess self-reported barriers to access of surgical care in Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Nepal using the validated Surgeons ... -
Sterilized Mosquito Net Versus Commercial Mesh for Hernia Repair: An Experimental Study in Goats in Mbarara/Uganda
(KARGER , ALLSCHWILERSTRASSE 10, BASEL, SWITZERLAND, CH-4009, 2007-08)Background: In industrialized countries alloplastic meshes are routinely used for hernia repair. However, in developing countries they are rarely available or affordable. This study compares textile properties and tissue ...