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  1. 1. Refining the particulate matter airway deposition arising from indoor cooking-related biomass combustion for children in the Haramaya district in Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

    Author : Kasper Malmborn; [2023]
    Keywords : Air pollution exposure; charcoal; wood; animal dung; low-income setting epidemiology; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background: Air pollution, a global issue affecting millions of individuals, is linked to adverse health effects on the respiratory system, but also to e.g., cancer and cardiovascular ailments. In low-income countries, cooking is often conducted by biomass-combustion, causing women and children to be exposed to high levels of indoor air pollution. READ MORE

  3. 2. Health Care for All : A Qualitative Exploration of Health, Space, and Accessability in Kajiado, Kenya.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV)

    Author : Alice Ewing; [2023]
    Keywords : Accessibility; Kenya; Nursing; Spatiality; Universal Health Care.; Allmän hälso- och sjukvård; Kenya; Rumslighet; Tillgänglighet; Omvårdnad.;

    Abstract : Background: Health inaccessibility is a global phenomenon: as of today, askewed distribution of health care can be seen in both low- and high-incomecountries. Mostly affected are however nomadic people in Sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE

  4. 3. Exploring information activities of Swedish Regional Pharmaceutical Committees for preventing antibiotic resistance : Lessons learned and areas for improvement

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

    Author : Kajol Sapra; [2022]
    Keywords : antibiotic resistance; regional information activity; antibiotic resistance control and prevention; national guidelines; antibiotikaresistens; regioner; informationaktivitet; antibiotkaresistenskontroll och förebyggande åtgärder; nationella riktlinjer;

    Abstract : Introduktion: Världshälsoorganisationen (WHO) har förklarat att antibiotikaresistens är en global folkhälsokris som finns i både låginkomstländer och höginkomstländer. Faktorer som sjukvård, förskrivarnas kunskap om infektionssjukdomar och deras kommunikation påverkar antibiotikaanvändningen och dess förskrivning. READ MORE

  5. 4. CHALLENGES OF HAND HYGIENE AMONGST NURSES IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES. : A literature review

    University essay from Jönköping University/HHJ, Avd. för omvårdnad

    Author : Lilibert Kaheru; Christine Nakimera; [2021]
    Keywords : Hand hygiene; knowledge; low-income countries; nurse; resources.; Handhygien; kunskap; låginkomstländer; resurser; sjuksköterska.;

    Abstract : SUMMARY Background: The practice of hand hygiene by nurses is important in preventing and decreasing hospital-associated infections. There are guidelines from WHO available about correct hand hygiene and it is not clear if nurses in low-income countries follow these guidelines. READ MORE

  6. 5. Needs and requirements for the development and application of safe and cost-efficientmedical technology in low resource settings

    University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

    Author : Linda Maria Nummisalo; [2020]
    Keywords : Bangladesh; Medical Devices; Health Care;

    Abstract : Growing populations and especially the growing proportion of elderly in the developing countries in South Asia pose an increasingly higher pressure on the health care systems in these countries. For example, in Bangladesh, a part of the pressure is currently eased by the unofficial health care workers called village doctors but with the cost of wrong diagnoses and unnecessary medications leading to excess use of e. READ MORE