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View article: Within-country heterogeneity in patterns of social contact relevant for tuberculosis infection transmission, prevention, and care
Within-country heterogeneity in patterns of social contact relevant for tuberculosis infection transmission, prevention, and care Open
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) transmission is driven by variable social, environmental, and biological factors, including the number and duration of indoor contacts. Social contact data can provide information on potential transmissio…
View article: A systematic methodology to capture the global pattern of rheumatic heart disease: the Rheumatic Heart Disease Endemicity Index (RHDEI)
A systematic methodology to capture the global pattern of rheumatic heart disease: the Rheumatic Heart Disease Endemicity Index (RHDEI) Open
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) disproportionally affects young populations in socio-economically disadvantaged settings, resulting in a skewed distribution towards low- and middle-income countries. There is currently no consisten…
View article: Validation of a Novel Method to Evaluate Community-Based Interventions That Improve Access to Fruits and Vegetables
Validation of a Novel Method to Evaluate Community-Based Interventions That Improve Access to Fruits and Vegetables Open
Background: Current evaluation tools are inadequate for assessing the impact of small-scale interventions, such as farmer’s markets or community meal programs, on fruit and vegetable consumption. This study analyzes the pilot data of a nov…
View article: Within-country heterogeneity in patterns of social contact relevant for tuberculosis infection transmission, prevention, and care
Within-country heterogeneity in patterns of social contact relevant for tuberculosis infection transmission, prevention, and care Open
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) transmission is driven by variable social, environmental, and biological factors, including the number and duration of indoor contacts. Social contact data can provide information on potential transmissio…
View article: Assessing COVID-19 pandemic policies and behaviours and their economic and educational trade-offs across US states from Jan 1, 2020, to July 31, 2022: an observational analysis
Assessing COVID-19 pandemic policies and behaviours and their economic and educational trade-offs across US states from Jan 1, 2020, to July 31, 2022: an observational analysis Open
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, J Stanton, T Gillespie, J and E Nordstrom, and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
View article: Effects of elevated systolic blood pressure on ischemic heart disease: a Burden of Proof study
Effects of elevated systolic blood pressure on ischemic heart disease: a Burden of Proof study Open
High systolic blood pressure (SBP) is a major risk factor for ischemic heart disease (IHD), the leading cause of death worldwide. Using data from published observational studies and controlled trials, we estimated the mean SBP–IHD dose–res…
View article: The Burden of Proof studies: assessing the evidence of risk
The Burden of Proof studies: assessing the evidence of risk Open
Exposure to risks throughout life results in a wide variety of outcomes. Objectively judging the relative impact of these risks on personal and population health is fundamental to individual survival and societal prosperity. Existing mecha…
View article: Estimating global, regional, and national daily and cumulative infections with SARS-CoV-2 through Nov 14, 2021: a statistical analysis
Estimating global, regional, and national daily and cumulative infections with SARS-CoV-2 through Nov 14, 2021: a statistical analysis Open
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, J Stanton, T Gillespie, and J and E Nordstrom.
View article: Finding gaps in routine TB surveillance activities in Bangladesh
Finding gaps in routine TB surveillance activities in Bangladesh Open
BACKGROUND: TB was the leading cause of death from a single infectious pathogen globally between 2014 and 2019. Fine-scale estimates of TB prevalence and case notifications can be combined to guide priority-setting for strengthening routin…
View article: TB Hackathon: Development and Comparison of Five Models to Predict Subnational Tuberculosis Prevalence in Pakistan
TB Hackathon: Development and Comparison of Five Models to Predict Subnational Tuberculosis Prevalence in Pakistan Open
Pakistan’s national tuberculosis control programme (NTP) is among the many programmes worldwide that value the importance of subnational tuberculosis (TB) burden estimates to support disease control efforts, but do not have reliable estima…
View article: Public health utility of cause of death data: applying empirical algorithms to improve data quality
Public health utility of cause of death data: applying empirical algorithms to improve data quality Open
Background Accurate, comprehensive, cause-specific mortality estimates are crucial for informing public health decision making worldwide. Incorrectly or vaguely assigned deaths, defined as garbage-coded deaths, mask the true cause distribu…
View article: Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States
Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States Open
We use COVID-19 case and mortality data from 1 February 2020 to 21 September 2020 and a deterministic SEIR (susceptible, exposed, infectious and recovered) compartmental framework to model possible trajectories of severe acute respiratory …
View article: Global projections of lives saved from COVID-19 with universal mask use
Global projections of lives saved from COVID-19 with universal mask use Open
BACKGROUND Social distancing mandates (SDM) have reduced health impacts from COVID-19 but also resulted in economic downturns that have led many nations to relax SDM. Until deployment of an efficacious and equitable vaccine, intervention o…
View article: Estimating global injuries morbidity and mortality: methods and data used in the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study
Estimating global injuries morbidity and mortality: methods and data used in the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study Open
Background While there is a long history of measuring death and disability from injuries, modern research methods must account for the wide spectrum of disability that can occur in an injury, and must provide estimates with sufficient demo…
View article: Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 Open
Background Past research in population health trends has shown that injuries form a substantial burden of population health loss. Regular updates to injury burden assessments are critical. We report Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 Stud…
View article: Additional file 2 of Oral rehydration therapies in Senegal, Mali, and Sierra Leone: a spatial analysis of changes over time and implications for policy
Additional file 2 of Oral rehydration therapies in Senegal, Mali, and Sierra Leone: a spatial analysis of changes over time and implications for policy Open
Additional file 2. Supplementary estimates for second administrative level-units. Spreadsheet containing all estimates of any ORS, only RHF, and any ORT coverage by district from 2000 to 2017 in Sierra Leone, by cercle from 2001 to 2018 in…