The Lancet. Global health
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The Lancet. Global health · Oct 2015
Deaths from acute abdominal conditions and geographical access to surgical care in India: a nationally representative spatial analysis.
Few population-based studies quantify mortality from surgical conditions and relate mortality to access to surgical care in low-income and middle-income countries. ⋯ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Canadian Institute of Health Research.
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The Lancet. Global health · Oct 2015
Mortality risks in children aged 5-14 years in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic empirical analysis.
Health priorities since the UN Millennium Declaration have focused strongly on children younger than 5 years. The health of older children (age 5-9 years) and younger adolescents (age 10-14 years) has been neglected until recently, especially in low-income and middle-income countries, and mortality measures for these age groups have often been derived from overly flexible models. We report global and regional empirical mortality estimates for children aged 5-14 years in low-income and middle-income countries, and compare them with ones from existing models. ⋯ The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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The Lancet. Global health · Oct 2015
Comparison of community-wide, integrated mass drug administration strategies for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: a cost-effectiveness modelling study.
More than 1·5 billion people are affected by schistosomiasis or soil-transmitted helminthiasis. WHO's recommendations for mass drug administration (MDA) against these parasitic infections emphasise treatment of school-aged children, using separate treatment guidelines for these two helminthiases groups. We aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of expanding integrated MDA to the entire community in four settings in Côte d'Ivoire. ⋯ Stanford University Medical Scholars Programme, Mount Sinai Hospital-University Health Network AMO Innovation Fund.