scholarly journals Global Health Preventive Medicine Overture: Select Probiotic Use in the Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and the Treatment of C. Difficile and Distinct Tropical Diseases

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Nicholas A Kerna
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Preventive Medicine ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea

scholarly journals Seventy years’ achievements of international cooperation by the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru-Bo Wang ◽  
Yi-Ting Hong ◽  
Xiao-Nong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Parasitic Diseases ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Global Health Governance ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Disease Elimination ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
National Control

Abstract Background With the promotion of national control programs on parasitic and tropical diseases in China, the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has gained significant experience in the global health arena through international cooperation over the last seven decades allowing a multilateral impact in the elimination of major endemic diseases. Methods The achievements of NIPD since 1950 has been analyzed with emphasis on the various stages that started with research and control of the endemic parasitic and other tropical diseases at the national level and progressed via international cooperation into a global presence. Results The major achievements contributed by NIPD consist of (i) improving technical capability; (ii) promoting control and elimination of parasitic and tropical diseases; (iii) participating in global health governance and cooperation; and (iv) developing a cooperation model for technical assistance and global public health development. It is expected that NIPD’s experience of international cooperation will be essential for the dissemination of China's successful experience in global health governance, emergency response and development, with focus on malaria and neglected tropical diseases such as schistosomiasis, soil-borne and food-borne helminthiases and echinococcosis. Conclusions NIPD’s new tasks will not only continue to promote national control of endemic parasitic infections and disease elimination programs in China, but also play a leading role in global health and disease elimination programs in the future.

The Latin America and the Caribbean search strategy proposal

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eloy F. Ruiz ◽  
Alvaro Proaño ◽  
Diego Proaño ◽  
Junior Smith Torres-Román ◽  
J. Jaime Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Important Public Health ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Public Health Literature

Latin America and the Caribbean’s public health literature is not widely recognized. Science in this region has even been compared to a night sky with just a few specks of light. To make those lights as reachable as possible, we developed the Latin America and the Caribbean Search Strategy (LACSS). This is a new method to utilize our region’s health promotion results within MEDLINE/PubMed. In contrast to a typical MeSH query, LACSS retrieves up to six times more publication results regarding non-communicable diseases, neglected tropical diseases, injuries and other important public health relevant topics in the region. We believe that global health promotion will be improved in this region by improving its visibility, and this search strategy will contribute to this.

Platelet Alteration in Plasmodium vivax Malaria Patients in Thailand

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Mohammand Sami Hayat ◽  
Polrat Wilairatana ◽  
Noppadon Tangpukdee ◽  
Srivicha Krudsood ◽  
Nalinrat Wilairat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Plasmodium Vivax ◽  
Vivax Malaria ◽  
Platelet Transfusion ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Plasmodium Vivax Malaria ◽  
Global Health Problem

Introduction: Malaria remains a global health problem. Malaria is often linked to thrombocytopenia as well as other hematological variations. Objective: The aim of this study is to find the platelet changes in Plasmodium vivax malaria patients. This retrospective cross-sectional study included 204 malaria patients admitted to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok, Thailand. Results: Thrombocytopenia (<150x103/µl) was seen in 170(83.3%) patients with a mean (SD) of 101x103/µl (56.5). Mild (150x103/µl-50x103/µl), moderate (50x103/µl-20x103/µl) and severe (<20x103/µl) thrombocytopenia were seen in 141 (69.1%), 25 (12.2%) and 4 (2%) patients respectively. None of these patients with thrombocytopenia showed any sign of bleeding or required platelet transfusion. Conclusion: This study showed thrombocytopenia as a classic feature of vivax malaria presenting more than 80% of cases. In patients with profoundly low thrombocyte counts there was no manifestation of bleeding nor was any platelet transfusion required.

scholarly journals China’s Development Assistance for Health on Key Tropical Diseases: A SWOT Analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Mei Li ◽  
Wei Ding ◽  
Lu-Lu Huang ◽  
Xue-Jiao Ma ◽  
Ying-Jun Qian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Development Assistance For Health ◽  
Countermeasures And Suggestions

AbstractBackgroundWHO focused and gave priority on ten serious tropical diseases, while China has made remarkable achievements on tropical diseases control. In addition, China has a history of more than 60 years in the health assistance, however, its assistance for tropical diseases started late.MethodsA qualitative questionnaire was distributed to inquiry the opinions of professionals on China’s health assistance on tropical diseases and published articles were searched to collect those data. SWOT analysis, as a tool of qualitative analysis, was used to classify and evaluate the current strengths, the weakness, the opportunities, and the threats of health assistance on tropical diseases in China.ResultsBased on SWOT analysis, the internal factors and external environments are obtained. The strengths are focused on China’s achievements on tropical diseases control, surveillance response system of tropical diseases, and human resources of public health; the weakness laid on sustainability of aid projects and funding, applicability of Chinese experience, and lack of composite talents; the opportunities are mainly in the global need of tropical diseases control, China’s health cooperation in Belt & Road and Africa, and the actively participating of international organizations in health assistance; as well as the threats are reflected in the complex international situation, domestic needs of tropical diseases control, and the significant gaps between China and developed countries.ConclusionThe internal strengths and weaknesses of development assistance for health on tropical diseases are clearly presented in the SWOT framework, as well as the external opportunities and threats and corresponding coping strategies. In the era of global health, China should strengthen and improve the health assistance for tropical diseases.Author summaryTropical diseases are serious infections in tropical and sub-tropical regions, with billions of persons infected and millions of deaths every year, especially in Africa. WHO also called for global efforts to control and eliminate tropical diseases. In the era of global health, development assistance on tropical diseases is important to demonstrate the soft power of national diplomacy, and China has started its health assistance in 1963. In this paper, a qualitative questionnaire and published articles were combined to collect data, and then SWOT analysis was used to analyze the internal factors and external environment, that is the current strengths, the weakness, the opportunities, and the threats of the China’s Health Assistance on key tropical diseases. Based on those results, we put forward the countermeasures and suggestions for the future cooperation of tropical diseases. At the end of this paper, we call on Chinese professionals should make use of their own advantages and actively improve the global tropical diseases control.

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