Rheumatic fever (RF) and Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are a preventable public health problem in low- and middle-income countries and in marginalized communities in middle- and high-income countries. RF is an autoimmune inflammatory reaction to throat infections (pharyngitis) or possibly to superf...
“manageable”number of sites to ensure proper monitoring and supervision50.Based on the number and location of existing sites,countries should look at intensifying surveillance activities in areas where data are lacking or where the risk of resistance is considered high,for instance areas with an ...
It is socially created criteria such as age, marital and financial status, which change over time and place - not fitness - that determine who is considered "deserving" to be a mother and who is made to feel inadequate, selfish and undeserving of their own child. These criteria create ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who transformed the Lebanese militant group into a potent paramilitary and political force in the Middle East, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the group said. He was 64. Nasrallah, who spearheaded Hezbollah’s war against Israel in 2006 and...
and context of AAVE, what is deemed appropriate or backwards toward the progress of ANY and EVERY marginalized group. But I must emphasize: To mock, belittle, or to be unkind in any way possible at the expense of others is: Simply. Not. My. Nature. It never has, and it neve...
are interested in launching AI start-ups to seek partnerships with industry. “Japanese society is quite conservative,” he says. “If you’re older, you’re more likely to get a large budget from public funds, but I’m 45, and that’s still considered too young.”—by Benjamin Pla...
Lack of a sampling frame for marginalized/stigmatized populations, including persons who use drugs (PWUD) in rural settings, makes this challenging. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is frequently used to recruit PWUD. However, the validity of RDS-generated population-level prevalence estimates relies...
(Fiske et al.,2002) with the latter considered much more consistent with competitive STEM fields (Settles et al.,2016). If a group is negatively stereotyped (e.g., seen as somehow lesser), membership of this group can influence psychological health (Roberts et al.,2008), performance (...
wherein he describes each artist as exemplary of a nascently or fully modern form of the individual, but one defined in relation to his access to divine inspiration (Michelangelo, who was Vasari’s own mentor and is described as “the most divine”, is considered a pinnacle, positioning Vasa...
who deliver social services to build and create resilience in vulnerable communities. These NPOs work and contribute to community resilience, which are considered necessary during a routine, especially during crises. Research has shown that NPOs’ work is critical in building community resilience [12,...