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Mashup Score: 11AMR Awareness Week: Tackling antimicrobial resistance is a critical global function - 6 month(s) ago
There are many advantages to using a global functions framework rather than just the narrow public goods framework
Source: www.downtoearth.org.inCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 7
Experts speculate mycoplasma bacterium to be behind outbreak; more information needed for confirmation
Source: www.downtoearth.org.inCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
In this piece I’m quoted about a cluster of pediatric pneumonia cases in China. It appears it might be due to mycoplasma — a common bacterial cause of pneumonia — coupled with other seasonal causes. https://t.co/rNpzthaP5A
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Mashup Score: 0Kenya: Ruto proposes insurance reforms for universal health coverage; evokes mixed responses - 10 month(s) ago
The proposal will replace the current contribution system with a flat rate of 2.75 per cent of contributors’ gross salary
Source: www.downtoearth.org.inCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Good to see Kenya's #UHC reforms becoming more progressive but one feels that informal sector contributions are still too high https://t.co/l9cpPupTJi
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Mashup Score: 2
Live bats don’t cause harm as they’re immune to viruses, but their carcass coming in contact with domestic animals may increase the probability of zoonotic diseases
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Bats dying of heat stroke in IND: Experts fear mass popltn collapse, zoonotic diseases. Live bats r immune 2 viruses, but their carcass coming in contact w/ domestic animals may ⬆️ risk of zoonotic diseases https://t.co/BWclyCIAzf via @himanshujourno @d_s_thakur @grumpeoldman
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Mashup Score: 0Non-communicable diseases rising in Pakistan, finds Lancet - 1 year(s) ago
Ischaemic heart disease, stroke, congenital defects, cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease among the 10 leading causes of deaths in 2019
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Non communicable diseases rising in pakistan finds lancet https://t.co/bCdipRQjxb
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Mashup Score: 7AMR ticking timebomb: Drug-resistant gonorrhea outbreak in Kenya major fertility threat, researchers warn - 1 year(s) ago
Gonorrhoea is the second-most common disease to be sexually transmitted across the world
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“We tested the isolated bacterium against over 13 antimicrobials, which comprise the mainstay antibiotics for the disease in Kenya and East Africa. The result showed complete resistance to all the antimicrobials.” https://t.co/FmKGS0mFO5
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Mashup Score: 2India’s persistently high out-of-pocket health expenditure continues to push people into poverty - 2 year(s) ago
High expenditure on health is impoverishing 55 million Indians annually, says WHO
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India’s persistently high out of pocket health expenditure continues to push people into poverty https://t.co/fL70aEfI1G
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Mashup Score: 0India’s health expenditure down to 3.2% of GDP in 2018-19 - 2 year(s) ago
National Health Accounts report shows out-of-pocket expenses down, but still significantly higher than global average
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How on earth has India's TOTAL health expenditure as a share of GDP gone down? Not sure I can believe these figures https://t.co/3un0vVcRDe
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Mashup Score: 0Delhi, Kolkata first, second globally in PM2.5 pollution: Report - 2 year(s) ago
Exposure to PM2.5 pollution tends to be higher in cities located in low- and middle-income countries, according to the report
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Delhi & Kolkata, India, first & second globally in pm 2.5 pollution, says @HEIresearch report 'Air Quality and Health in Cities' https://t.co/X6l6NjCo2O via @down2earthindia @d_s_thakur @GorwayGlobal @deralteGaukler @grumpeoldman
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Mashup Score: 2AI helps scientists keep up in COVID-19 mutation race - 2 year(s) ago
Artificial intelligence can help predict mutations in COVID-19. Some have achieved a perfect strike rate.
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#Ai helps scientists keep up in #covid19 mutation race https://t.co/0HhBHqSGCX
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🦠For @CSEINDIA's Down to Earth magazine, I argue that tackling antimicrobial resistance is a critical international collective action priority https://t.co/9QcrY3SqFq https://t.co/csE89ap2x9