Newborn Care Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers of One-Month-Old Infants in Southwest Ethiopia by Amanuel Nuramo Sakelo, Nega Assefa, Lemessa Oljira, Zebene Mekonnen Assefa

“…According to Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2016, the neonatal mortality rate was 29 deaths per 1000 live births, and the postneonatal mortality rate was 19 deaths per 1000 live births with neonates contributing 48 deaths per 1000 of the infant mortality. …”
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Insurance design for the loss of epidemic outbreaks involving Cramér–Lundberg model by Andres Mauricio Molina Barreto, Naoyuki Ishimura, Koichiro Takaoka, Chenwei Sun

“…Concerning the estimation of the numbers of patients and/or deaths, we employ the Cramér–Lundberg model for the risk process, which is combined with the discrete SIR model. …”
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Patient navigation services for cancer care in low-and middle-income countries: A scoping review. by Milena Dalton, Emily Holzman, Erica Erwin, Sophia Michelen, Anne F Rositch, Somesh Kumar, Verna Vanderpuye, Karen Yeates, Erica J Liebermann, Ophira Ginsburg

“…<h4>Background</h4>Nearly 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and many of these cancer deaths are preventable. …”
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When Should Naloxone Be Administered to the Undifferentiated Unresponsive Person?

“…Despite deaths from opioid overdose having increased significantly in recent years, the ARC SAC advise that administering Naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an overdose, should not be prioritized in undifferentiated patients experiencing cardiac arrest over currently accepted resuscitation techniques, as coronary artery disease is nearly ten times more likely than opioid overdose to be the cause.…”
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Impact of HER2 Expression on the Prognosis of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Treated with Bladder-Preservation Comprehensive Therapy by Yatong Chen, Fei Luo, Tingji Zhang, Jian Li

“…In the 92 HER2-negative patients, the tumor recurrence rate was 56.5%, with a median RFS of 36.0 months (95% CI: 26.1–45.9); 4 deaths occurred during the follow-up period, with the median OS not reached. …”
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T Cells in Gastric Cancer: Friends or Foes by Amedeo Amedei, Chiara Della Bella, Elena Silvestri, Domenico Prisco, Mario M. D'Elios

“…Gastric cancer is the second cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Helicobacter pylori is the major risk factor for gastric cancer. …”
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Implementation barriers and facilitators of Moyo foetal heart rate monitor during labour in public hospitals in Nepal by Ashish KC, Mikaela Rönnbäck, Urja Humgain, Omkar Basnet, Pratiksha Bhattarai, Anna Axelin

“…Background Globally, every year, approximately 1 million foetal deaths take place during the intrapartum period, fetal heart monitoring (FHRM) and timely intervention can reduce these deaths. …”
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A Dynamic Model of Information-Vaccination-Disease That Accounts for Emerging Viral Variants: Model Development and a Case Study for COVID-19 in Iceland by Laijun Zhao, Mingmin Ying, Ying Qian, Lixin Zhou, Pingle Yang

“…Due to the high vaccine efficacy against major illnesses and fatalities, improving vaccination rates can lower deaths. Iceland could decrease deaths by 44.8% by raising the vaccination rate from 75.9% to 95.0%. …”
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Evolutionary Explanations of the “Actuarial Senescence in the Wild” and of the “State of Senility” by Giacinto Libertini

“…However, the limits in such capacities are hardly explained in evolutionarily terms by current gerontological theories that rule out fitness decline as something genetically determined and regulated, and therefore somehow favored by natural selection.Four theories are tested as possible explanations of the “increasing mortality with increasing chronological age in populations in the wild” (“IMICAW”[1]), alias “actuarial senescence in the wild”[2], and of the observed negative correlation between extrinsic mortality and the ratio between deaths due to intrinsic mortality and deaths due to extrinsic mortality. …”
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Alleviating the public health burden of hypertension: debating precision prevention as a possible solution by Madeleine J. Samakosky, Shane A. Norris

“…Hypertension is a major global health concern, with deaths attributed to the condition expected to increase to 1.57 million by 2034, particularly affecting low-and-middle-income countries such as those within sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Lethal intimate partner violence and gendered dimensions of the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria: evidence from a descriptive analysis of secondary data by Vitalis U Ukoji, Vitus N Ukoji

“…Apart from the undefined causes of IPV-related fatalities, more deaths emanated from arguments between intimate partners (50) and infidelity (37). …”
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The burden and outcomes of firearm injuries at two district-level emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa: A descriptive analysis by L Bush, C Hendrikse, C Van Koningsbruggen, K Evans

“…Half of all injury-related deaths in SA are intentional, and firearms contribute to a quarter of these deaths. …”
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Cardiac Angiosarcoma by Monique Esteves Cardoso, Leonardo Secchin Canale, Rosana Grandelle Ramos, Edson da Silva Salvador Junior, Stephan Lachtermacher

“…Despite cardiac metastases are found in about 20% of cancer deaths, the presence of primary cardiac tumors is rare. …”
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Zachowanie zdrowia i zapobieganie chorobom. Kluczowy cel działań w zakresie zdrowia publicznego by Grażyna Nowicka

“…Therefore, health promotion, prevention of health abnormalities, and diseases recognized as leading causes of premature deaths have been accepted as very important activities in the area of public health. …”
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La junte militaire birmane confrontée au Cyclone Nargis by Marion Sabrié

“…On the 2nd and the 3rd of May 2008, the Cyclonic Storm Nargis made landfall on the Ayeyarwady Division and on Rangoun Division causing 32 000 deaths, 41 000 missing people and 2 million of homeless people. …”
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Everolimus Implicated in Case of Severe Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage by Paul Gonzales, Seth Klusewitz, Johanna Marowske, John Gancayco, Michael B. Osswald, Robert Setlik

“…Breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer and the third leading cause of cancer related deaths among our population with an estimated number of 246,660 new cases and 40,450 deaths in 2016. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of esophageal cancer using the 2019 global burden of disease study by Liangchao Sun, Kaikai Zhao, Xiaoli Liu, Xue Meng

“…Projections suggest a continued rise in prevalence, incidence, deaths, and DALYs, with gender-specific variations. …”
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Global trends and age-specific incidence and mortality of cervical cancer from 1990 to 2019: an international comparative study based on the Global Burden of Disease by Juan Du, Han Xiao, Meng Yang, Hong Mei, Hui Lu, Feiyan Xiang

“…Average annual percentage changes (AAPCs) of age-standardised incidence and mortality rate (ASIR and ASMR) in cervical cancer, by age group and region, were calculated to quantify the temporal trends.Results Globally, the absolute numbers of incident cases and deaths were increasing, with the most cervical cancer cases and deaths being reported in China, India and Brazil. …”
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Epidemiological and entomological profile of malaria in Huambo province. Angola, 2018 by Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Clementino Sacanombo, Jovita Chocoputo Cachequele André, Mwadi Kapinga Kapinga, Jesús Ramón Joya Garcia, Joaquin Ukuessenje Isaac

“…Variables studied: malaria cases, number of deaths, age, infected pregnant women, method of diagnosis and focal point. …”
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Exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution among children under five years old in urban area by A.K.R. Kouao, E.T. N’datchoh, V. Yoboue, S. Silue, H. Attoh, M. Coulibaly, T. Robins

“…Indoor air pollution associated with cooking and heating biomass fuel burning is estimated to be responsible for 7 million deaths in 2016 and most of these deaths occur in low and middle income countries. …”
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