Gender equality and quality of life must be central to the design and delivery of sanitation by Sera L Young, Oliver Cumming, Ian Ross, Richard Johnston, Blessing Mberu, Sheela S Sinharoy, Bethany A Caruso, Kelly T Alexander, Tom Slaymaker, Sheillah Simiyu, Claire Chase, Jenala Chipungu, Phylis Busienei, Isha Ray, Akanksha A Marphatia, Meriel Flint O'Kane, Ana Carolina Argolo Nascimento de Castro, Ginette Azcona, Patience Esi Boni-Morkla, Salome A Bukachi, Anju Dwivedi, Indira Khurana, Antoinette Kome, Wanjiku Kuria, James Labadia, Fungai Makoni, Sujoy Mojumdar, Janet Mule, Lydia Namatende Sakwa, Naomi Njeri, Fernanda Abreu Oliveira de Souza, Lauren Pandolfelli, Petunia Ramunenyiwa, Malini Reddy, Pritum Kumar Saha, Utkarsh Sinha, Emmanuel Uguru, Kara Uhl

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Assessment of Some Physicochemical Parameters and Heavy Metals in Hand-Dug Well Water Samples of Kafta Humera Woreda, Tigray, Ethiopia by Kiros Gebremichail Gebresilasie, Goitom Gebreyohannes Berhe, Amanual Hadera Tesfay, Samuel Estifanos Gebre

“…Generally, the concentrations of most physicochemical parameters of the hand-dug well water samples of Kafta Humera Woreda were within the permissible limit of World Health Organization and Ethiopian Standard Agency guideline for drinking water. …”
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Can Ethiopia eliminate malaria? Malaria burden: insights from the pre-elimination era, current challenges and perspectives by Dagmawi Woldesenbet, Yalewayker Tegegne, Abdulhakim Mussema, Elias Tamene, Kemal Mohamed, Wagaw Abebe, Melese Mekuria, Kasahun Bogale, Habtamu Geremew, Mufta Muzemil Shifa, Mulugeta Aemero Tegegne

“…The focus was on challenges of malaria elimination in Ethiopia, such as drug resistance, vectors’ insecticide resistance and the loss of the diagnostic potential of rapid diagnostic kits.Main textRecent trend analyses and World Health Organization reports indicate resurgence in malaria cases in Ethiopia. …”
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Global Use, Adaptation, and Sharing of Massive Open Online Courses for Emergency Health on the OpenWHO Platform: Survey Study by Jamie Sewan Johnston, Nadine Ann Skinner, Anna Tokar, Elham Arabi, Ngouille Yabsa Ndiaye, Matthew Charles Strehlow, Heini Utunen

“…ObjectiveThe World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Programme Learning and Capacity Development Unit and the Stanford Center for Health Education collaborated to survey learners from 4 emergency health MOOCs on the OpenWHO platform to examine differences in course use by World Bank country income classification across three dimensions: (1) how health education MOOCs are used and shared, (2) how health workers adapt MOOC content to meet local training and information needs, and (3) how content adaptations help frontline health workers overcome barriers to using MOOCs. …”
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Healthcare performance of leprosy management in peripheral health facilities of Dhanusa and Mahottari, Nepal by Ram Kumar Mahato, Uttam Ghimire, Bijay Bajracharya, Binod K. C., Deepak Bam, Deepak Ghimire, Uttam Raj Pyakurel, David T. S. Hayman, Basu Dev Pandey, Chuman Lal Das, Krishna Prasad Paudel

“…Abstract Background The global elimination of leprosy transmission by 2030 is a World Health Organization (WHO) target. Nepal’s leprosy elimination program depends on early case diagnosis and the performance of health workers and facilities. …”
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Glioma Image-Level and Slide-Level Gene Predictor (GLISP) for Molecular Diagnosis and Predicting Genetic Events of Adult Diffuse Glioma by Minh-Khang Le, Masataka Kawai, Kenta Masui, Takashi Komori, Takakazu Kawamata, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Tomohiro Inoue, Ippei Tahara, Kazunari Kasai, Tetsuo Kondo

“…The latest World Health Organization (WHO) classification of central nervous system tumors (WHO2021/5th) has incorporated molecular information into the diagnosis of each brain tumor type including diffuse glioma. …”
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Estimating Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk for the EXPOSE (Explaining Population Trends in Cardiovascular Risk: A Comparative Analysis of Health Transitions in South Africa a... by Shaun Scholes, Jennifer S Mindell, Mari Toomse-Smith, Annibale Cois, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo

“…Laboratory- and non–laboratory-based World Health Organization (WHO) and Globorisk algorithms were used to calculate the predicted 10-year total (fatal and nonfatal) CVD risk. …”
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The Epidemiological Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Halabja Province/Kurdistan –Iraq by Osama Hamid Shareef, Othman Abdulrahman Mohammed, Dashty Aziz Ghafor, Ari Shareef Ali, Hardi Rafat Baqi, Ali Aziz Ali, Aryan Mahmood Faraj, Syamand Ahmed Qadir, Ali Muhi Aldeen Omar Aljabary

“…The new highly transmitted pathogenic viral infection started from Wuhan, China at the end of 2019. The World Health Organization publicized that it is phylogenetically belonging to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), introduced as COVID-19 pandemic disease, and spread around the world. …”
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Human health risk assessment of drinking water using heavy metal pollution index: a GIS-based investigation in mega city by Maria Latif, Iqra Nasim, Mubeen Ahmad, Rab Nawaz, Arifa Tahir, Muhammad Atif Irshad, Aamal A. Al-Mutairi, Ali Irfan, Sami A. Al-Hussain, Magdi E. A. Zaki

“…Results revealed that almost all the physicochemical attributes were close to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The water quality assessment revealed that pH levels ranged from 7.4 to 9.0, electrical conductivity (EC) between 150 µS/cm and 800 µS/cm, and average turbidity of 12 ± 3.29 NTU, total hardness varied from 200 to 1000 mg/L. …”
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Associated Factors of Mpox Among Healthcare Professionals at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2024: A Cros... by Teklehaimanot Kiros, Mulat Erkihun, Mitikie Wondmagegn, Andargachew Almaw, Ayenew Assefa, Ayenew Berhan, Dessie Tegegne, Alemie Fentie, Tegenaw Tiruneh, Birhanemaskal Malkamu, Mahider Shimelis, Eninur Dejen, Birhanu Getie, Shewaneh Damtie, Yenealem Solomon, Bekele Sharew

“…The rising global incidence and its classification as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization highlight the importance of healthcare professionals (HCPs) being knowledgeable and well‐prepared to effectively manage the virus. …”
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Gender difference in domain-specific quality of life measured by modified WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire and their associated factors among older adults in a rural district in Banglades... by Fakir M Amirul Islam

“…<h4>Method</h4>Data on QoL using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQoL-BREF) questionnaire and socio-demographic characteristics, including living status and sources of income, were collected from 1147 older adults. …”
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An optimized approach for predicting water quality features and a performance evaluation for mapping surface water potential zones based on Discriminant Analysis (DA), Geographical... by Abhijeet Das

“…The water quality parameters were employed to determine whether surface water was suitable for residential use by contrasting them with the World Health Organization (WHO). The obtained pH value shows fluctuations, that arising maximum at site X-(3) and the minimum value is observed at X-(8). …”
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The impact of nationality status and place of residency on health-related social needs and quality of life among Palestinian Refugees in Jordan by Hamza Alduraidi, Rahaf Issam Abu Zayid, Noor Mahmoud Jaber, Bassam Saleh Hijazi, Sa'ed Radwan Khamis, Hasan Fahed Awad, Marah Al-Khateeb, Saif alnour Mahmoud Aldhirat, Ahmad Amjed Toubasi

“…Methods: A descriptive, comparative, cross-sectional design was used to measure health-related social needs (using the Accountable Health Communities Health-related Social Needs (AHCHRSN) screening tool) and quality of life (using the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF)) among a sample of 236 adult Palestinian refugees in three contexts; (off-camp, in-camp citizens, and in-camp non-citizens) in Jordan. …”
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Secretory Carcinoma of Minor Salivary Gland in Buccal Mucosa: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Durga Paudel, Michiko Nishimura, Bhoj Raj Adhikari, Daichi Hiraki, Aya Onishi, Tetsuro Morikawa, Puja Neopane, Sarita Giri, Koki Yoshida, Jun Sato, Masayuki Ono, Yoshitaka Kamino, Hiroki Nagayasu, Yoshihiro Abiko

“…Secretory carcinoma (SC) of the salivary gland was recently added to the fourth edition of the World Health Organization classification of head and neck tumors. …”
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Multimodal Imaging of Patients With Gliomas Confirms C-MET PET as a Complementary Marker to MRI for Noninvasive Tumor Grading and Intraindividual Follow-Up After Therapy by Kai R. Laukamp MD, Florian Lindemann PhD, Matthias Weckesser MD, Volker Hesselmann MD, Sandra Ligges PhD, Johannes Wölfer MD, Astrid Jeibmann MD, Bastian Zinnhardt PhD, Thomas Viel PhD, Michael Schäfers MD, Werner Paulus MD, Walter Stummer MD, Otmar Schober PhD, MD, Andreas H. Jacobs MD

“…Binary logistic regression models were developed to differentiate between World Health Organization (WHO) tumor types/grades. Tumor sizes as defined by thresholding based on tumor-to-background ratios were significantly different as determined by MET-PET (21.6 ± 36.8 cm 3 ), T1w-Gd-MRI (3.9 ± 7.8 cm 3 ), and FLAIR/T2-MRI (64.8 ± 60.4 cm 3 ; P < .001). …”
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Effects of MyBFF@school, a multifaceted obesity intervention program, on anthropometry and body composition of overweight and obese primary schoolchildren by Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin, Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Abqariyah Yahya, Fuziah Md. Zain, Rusidah Selamat, Zahari Ishak, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin

“…A total of 1,397 primary-school students aged 9–11 with a body mass index (BMI) $$z$$ z -score (corrected for age) greater than + 1 standard deviation based on the World Health Organization 2007 Growth Reference were assigned to intervention ( $$n=647$$ n = 647 ) and control ( $$n=750$$ n = 750 ) groups. …”
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The performance of upper arm circumference for age in diagnosing severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Lwir... by Gaylord Ngaboyeka, Armand Mulume, Emmanuel Lurhangire, Anouk Neven, Lydia Zigabe, Serge Balolebwami, Pacifique Mwene-Batu, Michelle Dramaix, Philippe Donnen, Ghislain Bisimwa

“…Anthropometric indicators (z-score) were calculated and classified according to the standards of the World Health Organization (WHO). To evaluate the performance of MUACZ using the combination of weight-for-height (WHZ) and Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as the reference, we calculated sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values (PPV and NPV) overall. …”
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Time to first antenatal care visit and its predictors among women in Kenya: Weibull gamma shared frailty model (based on the recent 2022 KDHS data) by Bizunesh Fantahun Kase, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Kusse Urmale Mare, Abdu Hailu Shibeshi, Hiwot Altaye Asebe, Kebede Gemeda, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom, Bezawit Melak Fente, Afework Alemu Lombebo, Tsion Mulat Tebeje

“…Conclusion The median time for the first ANC visit exceeds the World Health Organization’s recommendation of initiating care within the first trimester. …”
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A Digital Tool (Technology-Assisted Problem Management Plus) for Lay Health Workers to Address Common Mental Health Disorders: Co-production and Usability Study in Pakistan by Maham Saleem, Shamsa Zafar, Thomas Klein, Markus Koesters, Adnan Bashir, Daniela C Fuhr, Siham Sikander, Hajo Zeeb

“…Problem Management Plus, a World Health Organization–endorsed brief psychological intervention for mental health disorders, has been shown to be effective and cost-effective in various countries globally but faces implementation challenges, such as quality control in training, supervision, and delivery. …”
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Soluble ST2 protein as a new biomarker in patientswith precapillary pulmonary hypertension by Marta Banaszkiewicz, Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Szymon Darocha, Michał Piłka, Michał Florczyk, Anna Dobosiewicz, Piotr Kędzierski, Ewa Pędzich-Placha, Janusz Kochman, Grzegorz Opolski, Adam Torbicki, Marcin Kurzyna

“…All patients were evaluated for World Health Organization (WHO) functional class (FC), N-terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), troponin T (TnT), and hemodynamics. …”
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