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BMC Surg
January 2025
Global Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Climate change is an emerging global health crisis, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where health outcomes are increasingly compromised by environmental stressors such as pollution, natural disasters, and human migration. With a focus on promoting health equity, Global Surgery advocates for expanding access to surgical care and enhancing health outcomes, particularly in resource-limited and disaster-affected areas like LMICs. The healthcare industry-and more specifically, surgical care-significantly contributes to the global carbon footprint, primarily through resource-intensive settings, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Immunother Cancer
December 2024
Center for Regenerative Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face a significant burden of cancer prevalence and incidence. However, the survival rates for patients with cancer in these regions are notably lower than those in high-income countries, primarily due to late diagnosis and limited access to advanced treatments. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has demonstrated promising outcomes in certain terminally ill patients with cancer, yet access to this treatment remains limited in LMICs, including Nepal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWorld J Emerg Surg
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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChiropr Man Therap
January 2025
Karolinska Institutet Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nobels v. 13, 177 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
Objectives: To describe the structure and development of a new international, chiropractic, practice-based research network (PBRN), the Chiropractic International Research Collaborative (CIRCuit), as well as the demographic, practice, and clinical management characteristics of its clinician participants. An electronic survey was used to collect information on their demographics, practice, and clinical management characteristics from clinicians from 17 October through 28 November 2022. Descriptive statistics were used to report the results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Monit Assess
January 2025
EKOPOL, Research Group On Ecological Economics and Political Ecology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena S/N, 48940, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain.
This article presents Amalur EIS ( https://www.amalur-eis.eus/ ), an Environmental Information System that estimates environmental impacts using data sourced from the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register database (E-PRTR).
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