Scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment for HIV: lessons from a key populations program in Nigeria by Abdulsamad Salihu, Ibrahim Jahun, David Olusegun Oyedeji, Wole Fajemisin, Omokhudu Idogho, Samira Shehu, Aminu Yakubu, Jennifer Anyanti

“…However, the country still faces challenges such as high HIV transmission among key populations (KP) who account for 11% of new HIV infections. Over the years, the government and development partners involved in HIV response efforts in Nigeria have been establishing and scaling up access to services to help address the needs of KPs. …”
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Posthospital Discharge Medical Care Costs and Family Burden Associated with Osteoporotic Fracture Patients in China from 2011 to 2013 by Zhao Xie, Russel Burge, Yicheng Yang, Fen Du, Tie Lu, Qiang Huang, Wenyu Ye, Weihua Xu

“…Data were collected using a patient questionnaire from osteoporosis-related fracture patients (N = 123) who aged 50 years and older who were discharged between January 2011 and January 2013 from 3 large hospitals in China. …”
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Sleeplessness and incident diabetes above the Arctic circle: a secondary analysis of cohort data from the Tromsø Study by Charlotte Warren-Gash, Sarah Cook, Olena Iakunchykova, Nick Chindanai Uthaikhaifar

“…The study cohort consists of adults who attended both the fourth (Tromsø4) and seventh (Tromsø7) surveys conducted in 1995 and 2016, respectively. …”
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Das Ende der kolonialen Epoche im Himalaya by Anna Okopińska

“…The crème de la crème of this community consists of high-altitude guides who have become independent climbers increasingly active in their own and foreign mountains. …”
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Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Renal Transplantation Patient: A Rare Combination of Disease and Treatment by Giovanni Malaty, Kerilyn Godbe, Mehdi Elmouchtari, Gurjot Malhi, Justin White, Azziza Bankole, Tracey Criss

“…Here, we explore the case of a patient with a recent renal transplant secondary to diabetes-related end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who underwent a successful course of ECT treatment. …”
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Internet Addiction Effect on Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Farzaneh Noroozi, Soheil Hassanipour, Fatemeh Eftekharian, Kumars Eisapareh, Mohammad Hossein Kaveh

“…Surveys indicated that people who had a high Internet addiction received lower scores of quality of life than those who were normal Internet users (OR = 2.45, 95% CI; 2.31–2.61, p<0.001; I2 = 85.23%, p<0.001). …”
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Transapical Approach for Mitral Valve Repair during Insertion of a Left Ventricular Assist Device by Mark J. Russo, Aurelie Merlo, Elizabeth M. Johnson, Shahab Akhter, Sean McCarney, Jennifer Steiman, Allen Anderson, Valluvan Jeevanandam

“…Severe mitral regurgitation (MR) is common in patients who are undergoing insertion of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). …”
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Are we offering palliative care and employing shared decision making in the neonatal intensive care unit? A 10-year retrospective chart review by Sawyer Karabelas-Pittman, Helen Coo, Hannah Lee, Christine C. Moon, Gillian MacLean

“…Objective: Perinatal palliative care (PPC) supports families with a fetal diagnosis of a life-limiting condition or who are facing preterm labour at the limits of viability. …”
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Quality of Life among Obstetric Fistula Patients at Kitovu Mission Hospital: A Health Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Masaka District, Uganda by Samuel Kakembo, Christine Atuhairwe, Ivan Mugisha Taremwa

“…Multivariate analysis showed increased odds of good QoL increased among women with self-confidence (OR = 32.320; CI = 2.019–517.467), formal education (OR = 9.9497; CI = 1.075–92.048), women who did not experience difficulties in mobility (OR = 19.144; CI = 0.149–2456.770), and women who were satisfied with their personal relationships (OR = 5.785; CI = 0.447–74.824). …”
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Outcome of post‐prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence surgery in men with preoperative idiopathic detrusor overactivity by Nikita R. Bhatt, Simona Ippoliti, Arjun Nambiar, Cristian Ilie, Ruth Doherty, Lee Smith

“…Overall 69% patients had a successful outcome after SUI surgery while 26% (132/499) failed while 34% (32/95) patients who had proven DO preoperatively failed SUI surgery. …”
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The Relationship Between Children's Health Status and Stunting in Toddlers at Mamboro Health Center, Palu by Ketut Suarayasa, Miranti Miranti, Bertin Ayu Wandira

“…Children who have experienced infectious diseases have a 1.9 times higher risk of becoming stunted (OR = 1.944). …”
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Access to employee assistance programs and employee wellbeing: a cross-sectional study of employees in Southeast Asia by Amani Fadzlina Abdul Aziz, Tiffanie Ong

“…This study therefore aims to investigate the prevalence of employees in the Southeast Asian region who have access to EAPs and understand the relationship between EAP access and employee wellbeing. …”
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The Association of Autoantibodies in Hyperthyroid Heart Disease Combined with Pulmonary Hypertension by Xiujuan Zhang, Lin Chen, Jianping Sheng, Chaoying Li, Yong He, WenXia Han

“…Hyperthyroid heart disease may be associated with pulmonary hypertension in patients who have overt hyperthyroidism. To investigate the association of pulmonary hypertension induced by hyperthyroid heart disease and autoantibody, one hundred and one cases with hyperthyroid heart disease who were consecutively admitted to the inpatient department of endocrinology and metabolism of the Shandong Provincial Hospital between November 2014 and April 2018 were collected and analyzed statistically. …”
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THE EFFECT OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (OHS) MANAGEMENT ON SAFETY BEHAVIOR OF WORKERS AT CONSTRUCTION SERVICE COMPANY IN SURABAYA by Lailatul Badriyah, Noeroel Widajati, Dani Nasirul Haqi, Meirina Ernawati

“…The regulation of OSH procedures must be communicated, promoted to workers, and supervision of workers can be increased as a form of good commitment and given support by providing rewards for workers who have implemented safe behavior properly and providing punishment for workers who conduct unsafe behavior.…”
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Are men's gender equality beliefs associated with self-reported intimate partner violence perpetration? A state-level analysis of California men. by Kalysha Closson, Nicole E Johns, Anita Raj

“…We assessed IPV perpetration in the last year by asking a) whether men committed any form of violence in the last year (physical violence, use or threat of violence with a weapon, sexual violence) and b) among those who reported committing violence, who they committed violence against. …”
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Taking stock of vaccine hesitancy among migrants: a scoping review protocol by Charles S Wiysonge, Sten H Vermund, Akhenaten Siankam Tankwanchi, Anelisa Jaca, Heidi J Larson

“…Introduction At the 72nd World Health Assembly of May 2019, WHO member states prioritised a global action plan to promote migrant and refugee health. …”
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Area Studies at the Modern University: Experience in Studying International Communication Strategies by O. A. Nesterova, O. L. Solodkova

“…We examine the work of the Russian Indologist, scholar, journalist, publicist and professor Leonid Mitrokhin (1934-2002), winner of the Nehru Award (1985), who worked for over a decade in India and devoted his entire life to studying South and Central Asia. …”
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Exploring University Students’ Attitudes towards Primary Care: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study by Gianluca Voglino, Giuseppina Lo Moro, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Fabrizio Bert, Roberta Siliquini

“…Participants were 388 and those who knew HD were 45.36%. Among those who moved to Turin (44.85%), 77.67% knew HD but did not move the GP anyway. …”
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Screening Retinopathy of Prematurity in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in China and the Need for Earlier Screening Times by Jianxun Wang, Feng Chen, Shiping He, Daoman Xiang

“…The mean PMA of onset of ROP in infants who developed mild ROP was 37 weeks compared with 34 weeks for infants who developed severe ROP. …”
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First Report of Two Cases of Acute Gastric Ischemia after Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy by Nikolaos Grivas, Alexander D. Horsch, Esther Wit, Annemarie Bruining, Johanna van Sandick, Henk G. van der Poel

“…The second case was a 73-year-old male who developed abdominal pain and fever 5 days after robotic cystectomy and Bricker. …”
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