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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Acute Respiratory Infection"”.
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Assessment of biomas fuel use and its association with acute respiratory infections among under-five children in Zambia
… and render them more susceptible to developing acute respiratory infection (ARI). ARI have been said to cause 15% of all deaths in children under the age of five and over half of these deaths occur in developing countries including Zambia. According to the 2013/14 Zambia demographic and health …
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Symptom Experience and Influenza-Like Illness in a Military Population
… the psychometric properties of the Canadian Acute Respiratory Illness and Flu Scale (CARIFS).</p> <p>BACKGROUND: ILI outbreaks have been a significant source of non-battle injury among military personnel. Many different viruses cause ILI, and it is difficult to determine which virus is …
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Handwashing behavior and habit formation in the household: evidence from the pilot randomized evaluation of HOPE SOAP© in South Africa
… of communicable diseases, such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infection, which are major causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. However, rates of handwashing remain low throughout the world, and interventions which attempt to improve handwashing behaviors have largely been …
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A Molecular Epidemiological Study of Human Parainfluenza 4 in the Western Cape, South Africa
… 4 (HPIV 4) is a recognised cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI). However, there is no published data on the epidemiology of this virus in South Africa. This thesis describes the molecular epidemiology of HPIV 4 over a 4-year period (2014-2017). Respiratory samples from infants, …
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Investigating the need for a home-based health care programme in support of the parents/ caregivers of children diagnosed with heart disease in the rural areas of Namibia
… compared to the proportion of diarrheal (3%) and acute respiratory infection (3%). Congenital heart diseases account for 9% of neonatal deaths in Namibia (WHO 2006; WHO 2009). Clearly, the situation in Namibia is grave as regard to profile of heart diseases among children. The majority of children …
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¿Cómo maximizar la utilización de recursos en el proyecto salud para el buen vivir (869) en pro de la disminución de la mortalidad infantil, por causas asociadas a EDA, IRA y Neumonía? Análisis descriptivo del proyecto salud para el buen vivir 869
Éste estudio describe la dinámica del sistema complejo emergente de la salud pública ambiental y su aplicación en el distrito capital, mediante la medición, ajuste, análisis y comparación de actividades y resultados en salud, obtenidos por el componente territorios ambientalmente saludables, en el …