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Health literacy and infectious diseases: why does it matter

WebThe planetary scale of the threat presented by infectious diseases to human health and society has been well described.1 An intricate arrangement of clinical, …

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Health literacy: a concept with potential to greatly impact the

WebThis edition of the International Journal of Infectious Diseases presents a comprehensive narrative review of health literacy research by Castro-Sánchez et al. that …

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One health education for future physicians in the pan-epidemic …

WebWe propose the term “pan-epidemic Anthropocene” to refer to multifocal infectious disease epidemics related to human-caused (anthropogenic) forces such as …

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Acute COVID-19 treatment is not associated with health problems …

WebCOVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has resulted in a worldwide pandemic, requiring hospitalization for respiratory insufficiency in numerous patients. Many of these …

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Taking forward a ‘One Health’ approach for turning the tide …

WebThe appearance, disappearance, and re-emergence of novel pathogens of humans with both epidemic potential and high mortality rates have threatened global health security …

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Hand hygiene in low- and middle-income countries

WebHealthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent a significant threat to patient safety, affecting hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide (Allegranzi et al., …

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Field Epidemiology Training Programs to accelerate public health

WebIn 1980, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Thailand Ministry of Public …

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The voice of nurses in hospital epidemiology and infection control: …

WebUnsurprisingly, over the last 200 years, the accumulation of research and technologies considerably improved nursing sciences. Despite this ever-changing landscape, there …

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The WHO Global Tuberculosis 2021 Report

WebOn March 24, 2022, the world will commemorate the World TB Day in remembrance of the day in 1882, when the German scientist, Robert Koch, gave his famous lecture in which …

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Prevalence of infections and antimicrobial use in the acute-care

WebInfections, both community-acquired and healthcare-associated, are a major public health problem around the world (Anon, 2020). Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) are …

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Mental health crisis under COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, China

WebWe analyzed repeated cross-sectional data from the Hong Kong Family and Health Information Trend Survey (FHInTS) in 2016 (N = 4036) and 2017 (N = 4051) and …

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‘Clean Care is Safer Care’: the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005

WebPatient safety is a critical component needed to improve the quality of healthcare worldwide. Confronted with this important issue, in 2002 the 55th World Health Assembly adopted a …

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The social determinants of health contextualized for the Zika virus

WebThe social determinants of health are commonly understood as the milieu in which humans are born, live, work, reproduce, worship, and age that profoundly affect …

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Tuberculosis stigma as a social determinant of health: a systematic

WebTuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem affecting lower and middle income countries.1,2 TB continues to present a significant challenge in 33 low …

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The role of IGRA in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection

WebThe World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that in 2020 around 10 million individuals had active tuberculosis (TB) including 1.1 million children leading to …

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Environmental cleaning and disinfection of patient areas

WebThe healthcare setting is predisposed to harbor potential pathogens, which in turn can pose a great risk to patients. Routine cleaning of the patient environment is …

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Prevalence and factors associated with hospital acquired infections …

WebBackground: Globally about 2 million people annually suffer Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs), mainly patients hospitalized for other conditions leading to prolonged …

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Health-related quality of life as a predictor of tuberculosis …

WebThe evaluation of therapeutic interventions is no longer limited to clinical outcomes such as curing diseases, reducing associated morbidity or symptoms, …

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Healthcare-associated outbreaks of bacterial infections in Africa, …

WebNosocomial, or healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), are a major health concern worldwide (Allegranzi et al., 2011; Nejad et al., 2011). HAIs are defined as “an infection …

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