Global Trends in the Incidence and Primary Causes of Femoral Fractures, Excluding Femoral Neck Fractures: A Global Epidemiological Study by Fu F, Liu B, Pu H, Wang Y, Zhang P, Wei S, Gu H, Zhang Q, Ye H

“…In 2021, Slovenia (616.1 per 100,000), Croatia (568.51 per 100,000), and Czechia (434.77 per 100,000) reported the highest rates, while Malawi, Kiribati, and Liberia had the lowest (< 63 per 100,000). …”
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Burden of esophageal cancer in global, regional and national regions from 1990 to 2021 and its projection until 2050: results from the GBD study 2021 by Chengcheng Zhang, Linzhi Chen, Yuqi Xiu, Hongling Zhang, Yuejuan Zhang, Wenjuan Ying

“…Middle-SDI countries, such as Malawi and Lesotho, had disproportionately high burdens, while high-SDI countries, including Tunisia and Kuwait, had lower burdens. …”
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The Minimum Dietary Diversity For Women Indicator Can Be Extended To Children And Adolescents aged 4-15 Years As A Proxy Population Indicator For Good Micronutrient Adequacy Of Die... by Loty Diop, Aulo Gelli, Lieven Huybregts, Joanne E Arsenault, Lilia Bliznashka, Erick Boy, Megan Deitchler, Carl Lachat, Mourad Moursi, Angelica M Ochoa-Avilés, Deanna K Olney, Elodie Becquey

“…Methods: We conducted a secondary data analysis of 9 datasets of repeated 24-h recalls or weighed records including 11,524 children/adolescents aged 4–15 y, collected in 7 countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ecuador, India, Malawi, Uganda, and Zambia) between 2007 and 2022. …”
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Protocol for a phase IV double-blind randomised controlled trial to investigate the effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccha... by Tao Chen, Duolao Wang, Konstantinos Liatsikos, Stephen B Gordon, Hassan Burhan, Ben Morton, Tinashe K Nyazika, Bradford D Gessner, Helen Hill, Andrea Collins, Josh Hamilton, Kelly Davies, Fred Fyles, Phoebe Hazenberg, Elizabeth Begier, Angela Hyder-Wright, Sherin Pojar, Christopher Myerscough, Jesus Reine, Ryan E Robinson, Britta Urban, Elena Mitsi, Carla Solorzano, Angela Quinn, Kaijie Pan, Annaliesa S Anderson, Christian Theilacker, Daniela M Ferreira, Kelly Convey, James Court, Madlen Farrar, Lisa Hitchins, Ashleigh Howard, Lauren Kerruish, Samuel Latham, Annabel Murphy, Elissavet Nikolaou, Angelina Peterson

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Global, regional, and national burden of esophageal cancer: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Weiqiu Jin, Kaichen Huang, Ziyin Ding, Mengwei Zhang, Chongwu Li, Zheng Yuan, Ke Ma, Xiaodan Ye

“…The geographical pattern of EC was consistent: locations with the highest EC incidence and mortality rates were predominantly located in the Asian Esophageal Cancer Belt and African Esophageal Cancer Corridor, with East Asia, Southern Sub-Saharan Africa, and Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa as the GBD regions with the heaviest EC burdens, and Malawi, Eswatini, Mongolia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe with the most EC ASRs in 2021. …”
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