Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Bull. World Health Organ. · Dec 2014
ReviewEffectiveness of travel restrictions in the rapid containment of human influenza: a systematic review.
To assess the effectiveness of internal and international travel restrictions in the rapid containment of influenza. ⋯ Extensive travel restrictions may delay the dissemination of influenza but cannot prevent it. The evidence does not support travel restrictions as an isolated intervention for the rapid containment of influenza. Travel restrictions would make an extremely limited contribution to any policy for rapid containment of influenza at source during the first emergence of a pandemic virus.
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Bull. World Health Organ. · Dec 2014
Review Comparative StudyPeri-operative pulse oximetry in low-income countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of pulse oximetry--compared with no peri-operative monitoring--during surgery in low-income countries. ⋯ Pulse oximetry is a cost-effective intervention for low-income settings.