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Mashup Score: 10Almost all countries around the world criminalize abortion in some circumstances, finds global review - 1 year(s) ago
Almost all countries around the globe criminalize abortion in some circumstances, despite the public health risks and impact on human rights, finds a review of the scope of penalties for the procedure in 182 nations, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.
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The time it takes a cancer patient to see a doctor, receive a diagnosis and begin treatment can vary greatly depending on the patient’s location and the type of cancer, with individuals in lower-income countries taking up to four times longer to initiate care. Dafina Petrova of the Biomedical Research Institute ibs.GRANADA and CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health in Spain and colleagues report…
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Mashup Score: 2Which countries need COVID-19 vaccines the most? Development of a prioritisation tool - BMC Public Health - 2 year(s) ago
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and associated non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have affected all countries. With a scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines there has been a need to prioritize populations, but assessing relative needs has been challenging. The COVAX Facility allocates vaccines to cover 20% of each national population, followed by a needs assessment that considers five quantitative…
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Epidemiological approach to ending tuberculosis in high-burden countries
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We invited the Fellow Sports & Exercise Chiropractor Luke Nelson to share his perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) in his home country, Australia. […] Read More… We invited Dr Eloise Matthews to share her perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) in her home country, New Zealand. […] Read More… We invited…
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Mashup Score: 1Pressure to feel good associated with poorer individual wellbeing in happier countries: study - 2 year(s) ago
In countries with higher national happiness, citizens who perceive societal pressure to be happy report poorer wellbeing than those in countries with lower national happiness, finds a study published in Scientific Reports.
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Mashup Score: 0Quantifying population levels of physical activity in Africa using wearable sensors: implications for global physical activity surveillance - 2 year(s) ago
We are all Africans. Local availability of food likely caused the first Homo sapiens to migrate out of Africa some 50 000–70 000 years ago and populate the rest of the world. Throughout human history, our behaviour has been governed by our planet’s rotation and revolution around the sun, particularly from the time of the agricultural revolution about 12 000 years ago when the first calendars…
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Background Autism presents with similar prevalence and core impairments in diverse populations. We conducted a scoping review of reviews to determine key barriers and innovative strategies which can…
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