Socio-economic assessment of drought impacts in Lesotho: implications for early action by Relebohile Agnes Mojaki, Makoala Vitalis Marake, Evan Easton-Calabria, Joalane Rethabile Marunye, Erin Coughlan de Perez

“…Purpose – Lesotho is one of the most vulnerable countries to effects of climate change with resultant recurrent drought. …”
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Medication adherence and blood pressure control in treated hypertensive patients: first follow-up findings from the PREDIcT-HTN study in Northern Bangladesh by Ahmed Hossain, Gias Uddin Ahsan, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Probal Sutradhar, Sarowar-E. Alam, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Heba Hijazi, Syed Azizur Rahman, Mohamad Alameddine

“…In Bangladesh, as in many other countries, poor adherence to medication represents a challenge to effective hypertension management. …”
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Trends of cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality in China, 2009-2019: a nationwide longitudinal study by Lu Wang, Yuzhu Wang, Zixiang Ji, Rongyu Zhu, Hengjing Wu, Jue Li, Liang Zheng, Lijuan Zhang

“…Inflammatory heart disease-associated death increased in the young population. …”
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Perspectives in HPV Secondary Screening and Personalized Therapy Basing on Our Understanding of HPV-Related Carcinogenesis Pathways by Aleksander Celewicz, Marta Celewicz, Michał Michalczyk, Rafał Rzepka

“…As cervical cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women worldwide even with present screening methods, the incidence in most developed countries is not decreasing for the last 15-20 years. …”
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Nearby armed conflict affects girls' education in Africa. by Xiao Hui Tai

“…In the past two decades, we estimate excess child mortality in Africa associated with the indirect channel of women's education to be similar in magnitude to the number of direct child casualties due to conflict.…”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis to examine intrapartum interventions, and maternal and neonatal outcomes following immersion in water during labour and waterbirth by Priscilla J Hall, Claire Feeley, Ethel Burns, Jennifer Vanderlaan

“…Objectives Water immersion during labour using a birth pool to achieve relaxation and pain relief during the first and possibly part of the second stage of labour is an increasingly popular care option in several countries. It is used particularly by healthy women who experience a straightforward pregnancy, labour spontaneously at term gestation and plan to give birth in a midwifery led care setting. …”
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Much Lower Prevalence and Mortality of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Japan Than in the United States Despite Higher Smoking Rates: A Meta-Analysis/Systematic Review by Akira Sekikawa, Mengyi Li, Niva Joshi, Brandon Herbert, Curtis Tilves, Chendi Cui, Shiyao Gao, Yuefang Chang, Yasutaka Nakano, Frank C Sciurba

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Metformin versus insulin in glycemic control in pregnancy (MevIP): a randomized clinical trial protocol by Carolina Freitas Alves Amaral-Moreira, Daiane Sofia Morais Paulino, Belmiro G. Pereira, Patricia Moretti Rehder, Fernanda G. Surita

“…Few studies have been conducted on this topic in low- and middle-income countries. Methods We designed an open randomized controlled trial comparing two treatments for pregnant women with type II diabetes mellitus (DM) and gestational diabetes (DMG): the metformin group (intervention) and the insulin group (as a routine service). …”
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Severe Case of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in a Pregnant Woman from Nigeria by Kruti Yagnik, Bilal Farooqi, Molly W. Mandernach, Anthony P. Cannella, Gautam Kalyatanda

“…This case illustrates the importance of recognizing malaria in pregnant women from endemic countries and shows that artesunate compounds can be used safely in pregnancy, particularly with high parasitemia.…”
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Previous Early Antenatal Service Utilization Improves Timely Booking: Cross-Sectional Study at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Tadesse Belayneh, Mulat Adefris, Gashaw Andargie

“…It was aimed to assess timing of ANC booking and associated factors among pregnant women attending ANC clinic at University of Gondar Hospital, 2013. …”
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Frequency, Risk Factors, and Adverse Fetomaternal Outcomes of Placenta Previa in Northern Tanzania by Elizabeth Eliet Senkoro, Amasha H. Mwanamsangu, Fransisca Seraphin Chuwa, Sia Emmanuel Msuya, Oresta Peter Mnali, Benjamin G. Brown, Michael Johnson Mahande

“…Early identification of women at risk of PP may help clinicians prevent such complications.…”
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Uptake and Determinants of Tetanus Vaccination among Female Clinical Medical Students in North-Western Nigeria by Muhammad Shakur Abubakar

“…Background and Aim: Neonatal and maternal tetanus have remained endemic in tropical countries of Asia and Africa, with high fatality. Vaccination of women of childbearing age is the main strategy for their prevention/elimination. …”
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Estimating the Risk of Maternal Death at Admission: A Predictive Model from a 5-Year Case Reference Study in Northern Uganda by Gasthony Alobo, Cristina Reverzani, Laura Sarno, Barbara Giordani, Luigi Greco

“…Uganda is one of the countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa with a very high maternal mortality ratio estimated at 336 deaths per 100,000 live births. …”
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Did the resurgence of childhood lower respiratory infections offset the initial benefit of COVID-19-related non-pharmaceutical interventions in children? A time-series analysis by Inès Fafi, Zein Assad, Léa Lenglart, Zaba Valtuille, Florentia Kaguelidou, Camille Aupiais, Aurélie Bourmaud, Alexis Rybak, Stéphane Bechet, Corinne Levy, Robert Cohen, Bruno Frandji, Andreas Werner, François Angoulvant, Romain Basmaci, Naïm Ouldali

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INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION by Vasily Ivanov, Yulia Ziyatdinova

“…The paper describesthe experience of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) to host annual conferences and international forums where representatives of different countries of the world participate. The paper gives a comparative analysis of engineering education problems and their solutions in different countries and prospects for using the most successful international experience in Russia.Global innovative development is impossible without training competitive engineers who can create and implement groundbreaking technologies. …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Singleton Term Breech Vaginal Delivery at a Tertiary Care Center in Nepal: A Retrospective Analysis by Tulasa Basnet, Baburam Dixit Thapa, Dipti Das, Ramesh Shrestha, Sarita Sitaula, Anu Thapa

“…Breech presentation is associated with increased rates of maternal and perinatal morbidity regardless of mode of delivery. …”
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Uterine Cervix Cancer. Different Progress among Prevention, Early Diagnosis and Treatment by Víctor Manuel Medina Pérez, Rodolfo Arián Morales Yera, Liudmila Sierra Pérez

“…Cervix cancer constitutes one of the first causes of death for cancer in women in most poor and developing countries. It is, however, a preventable, treatable and potentially curable by organizational measures and early diagnosis. …”
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Human versus Analogue Insulin for Youth with Type 1 Diabetes in Low-Resource Settings (HumAn-1): protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Éimhín Ansbro, Jing Luo, Chung-Chou H Chang, Kaushik Ramaiya, Bruce L Rollman, Sylvia Kehlenbrink, Sae-Rom Chae, Abigail Foulds, Claire Josey, Christina Lalama, Margaret L Prust, Bedowra Zabeen, Graham Ogle

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Socioeconomic position and breast cancer screening use in Chile: A population-based study by Camilo Guerrero-Nancuante, Pamela Eguiguren, Isabel Abarca-Baeza, Isabel Guzmán, María Luisa Garmendia

“…The sample consisted of women aged 50–69 who were asked about their mammography screening history within the past three years. …”
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Usages de l’anglais dans les intitulés de postes d'un corpus francophone. Analyse discursive outillée d’un corpus d’annonces d’emploi en ligne by Corentin Vialar, Camille Debras, Iris Eshkol-Taravella

“…In France as much as in many other European countries, job titles often contain English terms, especially when it comes to the business world. …”
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