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BMC Emerg Med
January 2025
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Background: Globally, healthcare institutions have seen a marked rise in workplace violence (WPV), especially since the Covid-19 pandemic began, affecting primarily acute care and emergency departments (EDs). At the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Canada, WPV incidents in EDs jumped 169% from 0.43 to 1.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Background: Around five billion people globally lack access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical facilities and care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Global initiatives have been launched, including efforts led by organizations. Also, regional efforts have shed light on the unique challenges faced by different areas within LMICs.
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January 2025
Internal Medicine Office, Medical Education Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK. Electronic address:
The IUPHAR Education Committee's Pharmacology Education Project (PEP; www.pharmacologyeducation.org) provides an open-access, peer-reviewed platform to support pharmacology education globally.
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January 2025
The Centre for Health Informatics, Computing, and Statistics (CHICAS), Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
Background: The Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) was launched in 2019 by the World Health Organization and African nations to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), including Soil-transmitted helminths (STH), which still affect over 1.5 billion people globally. In this study, we present a comprehensive geostatistical analysis of publicly available STH survey data from ESPEN to delineate inter-country disparities in STH prevalence and its environmental drivers while highlighting the strengths and limitations that arise from the use of the ESPEN data.
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January 2025
International Lymphoedema Framework, London, United Kingdom.
Background: The World Health Organization launched the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in 2000, which aimed at eradicating the disease by 2030. This goal depends on community mass drug administration and essential care. Despite these efforts, many rural communities still face untreated lymphatic filariasis and lack access to treatment and self-management.
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