International Development vol. 11. DOI 10.4073/csr.2015.15
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217693 June 7, 2019
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological StudiesISSN: (Online) 2072-8050, (Print) 0259-9422P
A feasibility study in five African sites
BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:352/1471-2334/12/352
The Open AIDS Journal, 2012, 6, 245-258
Asthma is the commonest chronic childhood disease and encompasses a spectrum of airway diseases with similar symptoms. Inaccurate diagnosis remains common, especially in younger children, with failure to characterize the different “asthmas.” Children worldwide repeatedly suffer symptoms which se...verely affect their everyday lives. Children die from asthma, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). In many countries, asthma prevalence is rising. Access to effective care and changing environments are hugely variable and may explain the higher morbidity in inner-city children, in LMICs, and in deprived populations in high-income countries. Despite the disease being eminently controllable, morbidity and mortality persist.
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Early-warning indicators to prevent stock-outs and overstocking of antiretroviral, antituberculosis and antimalaria medicines.
HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice No. 188
The occurrence of a high percentage of couterfeit medicines on the global medicines market is often attributed to a lack of effective regulation and a weak enforcement capacity. This review, while focusing on counterfeit medicines and medical devices in developing countries, will present information... on their impact and how these issues can be addressed by regulation and control of the supply chain using technology appropriate to the developing world.
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PLoS One. 2012; 7(4): e29656.
Published online 2012 Apr 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029656
Paper commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010, Reaching the marginalized
Time for recognition of lay counsellors
Accessed November 2017
Reflections from disability research using the ICF in Afghanistan and Cambodia | Working Paper Series: No. 11