In contrast, the health care plan in Ontario covers the cost of eye examinations for children and seniors every year and for adults between 20 and 64 years old every 2 years [57]. Some groups of low-income Canadians are eligible for comprehensive health care benefits that allow them to ...
The safe, highly effective measles vaccine has been recommended globally since 1974, yet in 2017 there were more than 17 million cases of measles and 83,400 deaths in children under 5 years old, and more than 99% of both occurred in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)1,2,3,4. Gl...
The safe, highly effective measles vaccine has been recommended globally since 1974, yet in 2017 there were more than 17 million cases of measles and 83,400 deaths in children under 5 years old, and more than 99% of both occurred in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)1,2,3,4. Gl...
Childhood malnutrition is associated with high morbidity and mortality globally1. Undernourished children are more likely to experience cognitive, physical, and metabolic developmental impairments that can lead to later cardiovascular disease, reduced in
The contribution of inadequate health worker numbers and emigration have been highlighted in the international literature, but relatively little attention has been paid to absenteeism as a factor that undermines health-care delivery in low income countries. We therefore aimed to review the literature on...
Meaning Maternal diabetes is not associated with an excess risk of in-hospital mortality or severe morbidity in infants born very preterm in high-income countries. Abstract Importance Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with a 2-times to 3-times higher rate of very preterm birth than in women wi...
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Meaning Maternal diabetes is not associated with an excess risk of in-hospital mortality or severe morbidity in infants born very preterm in high-income countries. Abstract Importance Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with a 2-times to 3-times higher rate of very preterm birth than in women wi...
Department for Health Care Management, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Reinhard Busse School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Zahid A. Butt Al Shifa School of Public Health, Al Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Zahi...