COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION AMONG CHILDREN IN THREE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: AN INDIVIDUAL-BASED SIMULATION MODEL USING ESTIMATES FROM GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE 2019.

Cost-effectiveness of Vitamin A supplementation among children in three sub-Saharan African countries: An individual-based simulation model using estimates from Global Burden of Disease 2019.

BackgroundVitamin A Supplementation (VAS) is a cost-effective intervention to decrease mortality associated with measles and diarrheal diseases among children aged 6-59 months in low-income countries.Recently, experts have suggested that other interventions like large-scale food fortification and increasing the coverage of NERVE PAIN RELIEF measles

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Hepatitis A virus subgenotypes dissemination during a community outbreak in a surrounding region of Rio de Janeiro

From December 1999 to December 2001, Oversized Tee many cases of hepatitis A were notified in the county of Belford Roxo involving individuals aged 0 to 79 years.Serum samples were collected to evaluate the prevalence of anti-hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibodies, to detect HAV-RNA and to correlate with possible risk factors of HAV infection.Serum sam

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The Multivariate Regression Models Suggested as Standardising Tools for Categorising Solitarious and Gregarious Groups of the Main Pest Locust, Schistocerca gregaria, Produce Reproducible Results

Outbreaks of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria affect some of the poorest parts of Africa, with devastating outcomes.The key to understanding and dealing with this problematic adaptation to environmental changes is comparing gregarious and solitarious locusts, either in nature or in laboratories.Categorising locusts and detecting changes in t

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