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PDFlockHypertension / PublicationPractice Change Needed for the Identification of Pediatric Hypertension in Marginalized Populations: An Example From South Africa
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PDFlockPopulation Health / PublicationA new whole-of-city strategy for addressing cardiovascular population health
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PDFlockPublicationFostering cardiovascular health at work – case study from Senegal
A case study on fostering cardiovascular health at work from Senegal
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DocumentlockPublicationHypertension among South African children
Hypertension among South African children in disadvantaged areas and associations with physical activity, fitness, and cardiovascular risk markers: A cross-sectional study about Hypertension among South African children in disadvantaged areas
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PDFlockDigital Health / PublicationPursuing AI maturity in health
This case study describes how, when faced with an emerging crisis, government officials convened diverse partners to swiftly develop and deploy life-saving AI solutions. The process they undertook provides lessons for developing AI solutions for challenges beyond COVID-19. This initiative operationalized the recommendations from the 2020 Roadmap to AI Maturity from the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development.
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DocumentlockDigital Health / InfographicThe Promise of Digital Health: Addressing Non-communicable Diseases to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage in LMICs - Infographic
Digital health solutions promise to change the way healthcare is provided, driving progress toward universal health coverage and transforming outcomes for patients with NCDs.
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DocumentlockDigital Health / InfographicReimagining Global Health through Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap to AI Maturity - Infographic
This infographic addresses global challenges and details the potential of Artificial Intelligence, the top 5 use cases for AI in health, and the roadmap for AI maturity in health.
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DocumentlockLeprosy / PublicationLeprosy Post-exposure Prophylaxis with Single-dose Rifampicin (LPEP): An International Feasibility Programme
LPEP explored the feasibility of combining three key interventions against leprosy: tracing contacts newly diagnosed patients with leprosy; screening the traced contacts for leprosy; and administering SDR to eligible contacts.
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DocumentlockHypertension / PublicationAssociation Between Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Clustered Cardiovascular Risk in South African Children from Disadvantaged Communities: Results from a Cross-sectional Study
Physical inactivity (PIA) is a growing global health problem and evidence suggests that PIA is a key driver for hypertension, cardiovascular and chronic diseases.
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DocumentlockMalaria / PublicationEvaluating the Feasibility of Reactive Targeted Parasite Elimination vs. Reactive Case Detection, With and Without Reactive Vector Control, As a Community Level Intervention in Response to Confirmed, Passively Identified Index Cases in Zambezi Region
As a result of successful malaria control efforts, Namibia, like many countries in southern Africa, is aiming for elimination by 2020.
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DocumentlockLeprosy / PublicationLeprosy Diagnostic Test Development As a Prerequisite Towards Elimination: Requirements from the User’s Perspective
The article concludes that a diagnostic test to confirm leprosy disease at an early stage among symptomatic patients would be an acceptable and certainly useful shorter-term compromise.
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DocumentlockHealth System Strengthening / PublicationStrengthening Local Health Systems for Hypertension Prevention and Control: The Communities for Healthy Hearts Program in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This study evaluated a 3-year implementation of this CVD program (2016–2019) on the strengthening of local health system and its capacity to better prevent and manage hypertension.