A practical guide on point-of-care testing for health professionals working in community-based primary care settings. Point-of-care testing (POCT) refers to pathology testing performed in a clinical setting at the time of patient consultation, generating a rapid test result that enables informed...
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CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia
Citation
A practical guide to global point-of-care testing, 2016, pp 488 pp.
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) have re-emerged worldwide due to urbanisation, increase in travel and climate change, becoming a major and serious threat to global public health. In Qatar, the concern has recently risen because of the attribution of the soccer 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™, which...
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Schaffner, F.; Bansal, D.; Mardini, K.; Al-Marri, S. A.; Al-Thani, M. H. J.; Al-Romaihi, H.; Sultan, A. A.; Al-Hajri, M.; Farag, E. A. B. A.
Publisher
Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation
Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, 2021, 39, 3-13, pp 3-13
Background: Humanitarian disaster environments put relief workers at risk, both physically and mentally. Research looking at the growing humanitarian workforce's health and working conditions is lacking. Methods: A questionnaire was presented to ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)...
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Guisolan, S. C.; Ambrogi, M.; Meeussen, A.; Althaus, F.; Eperon, G.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022, 46,
The next FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil in June-July 2014. Around 600,000 international visitors and participants (as well over 3 million domestic travelers) are expected. This event will take place in twelve cities. This event poses specific challenges, given its size and the diversity of...
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Gallego, V.; Berberian, G.; Lloveras, S.; Verbanaz, S.; Chaves, T. S. S.; Orduna, T.; Rodriguez-Morales, A. J.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2014, 12, 3, pp 208-218
The articles in this special issue cover important topics in travel and adventure medicine, with the aim to help health providers care for travel patients as well as help prepare health care workers for their own travels and adventures. More traditional travel medicine concerns, such as malaria...
Author(s)
Pottinger, P. S.; Sanford, C. A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Medical Clinics of North America, 2016, 100, 2, pp 237-434
Background. Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, events that are expected to attract hundreds of thousands of international travelers. Travelers to Brazil will encounter locally endemic infections as well as mass event-specific risks. Methods. We...
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Wilson, M. E.; Chen, L. H.; Han, P. V.; Keystone, J. S.; Cramer, J. P.; Segurado, A.; Hale, D.; Jensenius, M.; Schwartz, E.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Leder, K.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Citation
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2014, 58, 10, pp 1347-1356
Disease prevention in highly vulnerable African communities depends largely on educational work, commonly carried out in school settings. This research aims to verify if the development of self-efficacy and learning of health concepts related to HIV-AIDS, malaria, and basic health and hygiene,...
Publisher
Ramón Cantó Alcaraz, Madrid, Spain
Citation
RICYDE: Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte, 2020, 16, 61, pp 298-317
The next Pan American Games will be held in Peru in the period July-August 2019. Around 6680 participants from 41 countries are expected to take part in the event. There will be a total of 62 sport disciplines. This event poses specific challenges, given its size and the diversity of attendees....
Author(s)
Gallego, V.; Berberian, G.; Siu, H.; Verbanaz, S.; Rodríguez-Morales, A. J.; Gautret, P.; Schlagenhauf, P.; Lloveras, S.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019, 30, pp 19-24
Service learning is increasingly popular in schools, colleges, and universities. Service learning is a form of experiential learning and is an ideal pedagogical strategy to teach students about sport management. Students engaged in service learning typically become involved in specific...
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Mumford, V.; Inumgu, J. N.; Johnson, J. A.; Smith, S. J.
Publisher
United States Sports Academy, Alabama, USA
Citation
The Sport Journal, 2008, 11, 2, pp unpaginated
The impact of asymptomatic malaria and its implication to sports was done in school children entering Junior Secondary School 1(JSS1) in International Secondary School, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria in the course of thier medical examinations. The children...
Author(s)
Ifeanyi, O. E.; Ndubuisi, O. T.; Braxton, N. A. Q.; Odogbu, O. E.; Okechukwu, O. R.; Uche, A. L.
Publisher
University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon
Citation
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2013, 2, 6, pp 3178-3187