Publications by authors named "K N Muse"
Introduction: This consensus statement recommends eight high-level trackable policy actions most likely to significantly improve health and wellbeing for children and young people by 2030. These policy actions include an overarching policy action and span seven interconnected domains that need to be adequately resourced for every young person to thrive: Material basics; Valued, loved and safe; Positive sense of identity and culture; Learning and employment pathways; Healthy; Participating; and Environments and sustainable futures.
Main Recommendations: Provide financial support to invest in families with young children and address poverty and material deprivation in the first 2000 days of life.
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with Salmonella and Shigella infections in children under five years old in Jigjiga, Ethiopia, finding an overall prevalence of 6.3% during August to November 2022.
- - Key risk factors for these infections included unimproved water sources, open field defecation, rural living conditions, poor handwashing practices, and consumption of raw meat.
- - Antimicrobial resistance was notable, with all Salmonella and Shigella isolates resistant to Ampicillin; however, Salmonella was found to be completely sensitive to Norfloxacin.
Background: Engaging people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment is critical to achieving HCV elimination.
Objective: To describe HCV treatment outcomes, including factors associated with retention through the treatment cascade, for a cohort of individuals treated in a homeless health center in Boston.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.