Infectious Diseases of Poverty volume 12, Article number: 89 (2023) Cite this article 3387 Accesses 1 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Background Women’s health in resource-limited settings can benefit from the integrated management of high-burden diseases, such as female genital schistosomiasis ...
Farmers in northwest China's Qinghai Province are casting off poverty with the businesses of hand-pulled noodles, a local specialty. China holds Silk Road-themed art exhibition An art exhibition celebrating the ancient silk routes and the Belt and Road Initiative is going on at the China National...
number of clients and may feel inclined to have sex without condoms to accept additional money or to get or retain clients. Nonetheless, many FSW in the study population still live in poverty, so they may not insist on condom use even though they have the power and skill to make this dem...
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The proportion of female teachers inprimary educationin the USA was measured at 86.71% in 2011, according to the World Bank. Insecondary educationit was 61.15%. If we look at the 2013 statistics in Europe, the figures are not all that different. Based on a report by the European Commission...
Sex workers’ lives are not only framed by poverty, but also by social and cultural norms such as gender roles. Economic and gender inequities together increase the risk of HIV infection, especially among women [29,30]. In many contexts, including Lao, when families are stressed financially, ...
This study therefore sought to determine if FHHs are poorer than MHHs in Nigeria using wealth index as a poverty measure. We analysed the household data from the last Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (2008 NDHS) which is a nationally representative survey of 34,070 households in the ...
Conversion statistics are frustratingly patchy, but at the time of the 2001 Census, there were at least 30,000 British Muslim converts in the UK. According to Kevin Brice, of the Centre for Migration Policy Research, Swansea University, this number may now be closer to 50,000 – and the ...
MRC International Statistics and Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK Katherine A. Thomas, Kate Andrews Nelson & Helen A. Weiss Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF), MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia Catherine Kansiime Contributions Study ...
Abstract In recent decades, the Government of Liberia (GOL) and international partners have prioritized combatting child sexual abuse, including illicit and harmful early sexual practices involving girls and adult men. Previous studies indicate high rape rates among Liberian female populations, yet more ...