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PLOS Glob Public Health
January 2025
Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
High-quality health systems are key to improving population health outcomes globally. In India, the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) is a certification policy adopted by the government to improve the quality of care in public health facilities. This policy aims to assess public health facilities through a set of comprehensive, pre-defined standards derived from global best practices.
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January 2025
Anses, Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, Malzéville, France.
Cystic and alveolar echinococcosis are severe zoonotic diseases characterized by long asymptomatic periods lasting months or years. Viable Echinococcus spp. eggs released into the environment through the feces of canids can infect humans through accidental ingestion via hand-to-mouth contact or consumption of contaminated food or water.
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November 2024
Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza 12622, Egypt.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to circulate worldwide, causing the deaths of millions of people. The continuous circulation of the virus, its genetic diversity, the emergence of new variants with increased transmissibility, and/or the capacity of the virus to escape from the immune system constitute a major public health concern. In our study, we aimed to characterize SARS-CoV-2 strains in Iraq from the first introduction until the end of 2023, and to identify their variants, lineages, clades, and mutation patterns.
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January 2025
Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain.
Background: COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has spread globally, presenting a significant public health challenge. Vaccination has played a critical role in reducing severe disease and deaths. However, the waning of immunity after vaccination and the emergence of immune-escape variants require the continuation of vaccination efforts, including booster doses, to maintain population immunity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRambam Maimonides Med J
December 2024
Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
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