Resultados de búsqueda - "World Health Organization"

Proxy markers of serum retinol concentration, used alone and in combination, to assess population vitamin A status in Kenyan children: a cross-sectional study por Talsma, E.F., Verhoef, H., Brouwer, Inge D., Mburu-de Wagt, A.S., Hulshof, P.J.M., Melse-Boonstra, A.

“…Background: Serum retinol concentration determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is recommended by the World Health Organization to assess population vitamin A status. …”
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Vitamin A fortification in Uganda: Comparing the feasibility, coverage, costs, and cost-effectiveness of fortifying vegetable oil and sugar por Fiedler, John L., Afidra, Ronald

“…Those most at risk for vitamin A deficiency—members of rural, poor households—would benefit disproportionately from the introduction of sugar fortification.Although the lack of information on the vitamin A deficiency status of consumers of oil and sugar precludes making definitive conclusions, the increased coverage and cost per DALY averted due to sugar fortification suggests—based on World Health Organization guidelines—that the Government of Uganda should pursue sugar fortification.…”
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Indian social safety net programs as platforms for introducing wheat flour fortification: A case study of Gujarat, India: por Fiedler, John L., Babu, Sunil, Smitz, Marc-Francois, Lividini, Keith, Bermudez, Odilia I.

“…The incremental cost of introducing fortification in each of the programs is low, and, according to World Health Organization criteria, each program is “highly cost-effective.” …”
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Social-ecological landscape sustainability in West Africa: applying the driver pressure state impact response framework in Ghana and Nigeria por Atampugre, Gerald, Tilahun, Seifu A., Oke, Adebayo, Mabhaudhi, T., Cofie, Olufunke O., Igbadun, H. E., Olaleye, A. O.

“…Water quality assessments in the Mankran micro-watershed indicated that several parameters, including Total Suspended Solids (TSS) at 914.41 ± 1974 mg/L, lead at 18.73 ± 17.26 µg/L, and arsenic at 53.41 ± 86.66 µg/L, exceeded World Health Organization (WHO) standards, raising concerns about potential contamination. …”
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Combining food-based dietary recommendations using Optifood with zinc-fortified water potentially improves nutrient adequacy among 4- to 6-year old children in Kisumu West District... por Kujinga, Prosper, Borgonjen-van den Berg, Karin J., Superchi, Cecilia, ten Hove, Hermine J., Onyango, Elizabeth Opiyo

“…FBRs with nutrient levels achieving ≥70% recommended nutrient intake (RNI) of the World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations RNI for most of the 12 considered nutrients were selected as the final recommendations for the children. …”
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Microbial risk assessment in Vietnam: Translating research and training into policy por Hung Nguyen-Viet, Tuyet-Hanh Tran Thi, Phuc Pham Duc, Ngoc Bich, N., Mai Huong, B.T., Hong Nhung, N., Koottatep, T.

“…A book on MRA was published in Vietnamese with support from the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam. It serves as a guideline on MRA, which is a component in Vietnam’s Food Safety Law. …”
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Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries por Drechsel, Pay, Scott, Christopher A., Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Redwood, M., Bahri, Akissa

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Use of Moringa oleifera seed extracts to reduce helminth egg numbers and turbidity in irrigation water por Sengupta, M.E., Keraita, Bernard N., Olsen, A., Boateng, Osei K., Thamsborg, S.M., Palsdottir, G.R., Dalsgaard, A.

“…MO is readily available in many tropical countries and can be used by farmers to treat high turbid water for irrigation, however, additional improvements of water quality, e.g. by sand filtration, is suggested to meet the guideline value of 1 helminth egg per litre and a turbidity of 2 NTU as recommended by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for water intended for irrigation. …”
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Advancing human nutrition without degrading land resources through modeling cropping systems in the Ethiopian highlands por Amede, Tilahun, Stroud, Ann, Aune, JB

“…The energy supply of resource-poor households in the enset/root crop-based system was only 75% of the recommended daily dietary allowance (RDA) of the World Health Organization (WHO), whereas resource-rich farmers were able to meet their energy, protein, zinc, and thiamine demands. …”
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Breastfeeding in infancy: identifying the program-relevant issues in Bangladesh por Rukhsana, H, Rasheed, S, Sanghvi, TG, Hassan, N, Pachón, Helena, Islam, S., Chowdhury, SBJ

“…Our analysis focused on five breastfeeding practices recommended by the World Health Organization: putting baby to the breast within the first hour of birth, feeding colostrum and not giving fluids, food or other substances in the first days of life, breastfeeding on demand, not feeding anything by bottle, and exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months. …”
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Towards the atlas of human African trypanosomiasis por Cecchi, G., Paone, M., Franco, J.R., Fèvre, Eric M., Diarra, A., Ruíz, J.A.

“…We describe input data, methodology, preliminary results and future prospects of the HAT Atlas initiative, which will allow major improvements in the understanding of the spatial distribution of the disease.Up-to-date as well as historical data collected by national sleeping sickness control programmes, non-governmental organizations and research institutes have been collated over many years by the HAT Control and Surveillance Programme of the World Health Organization. This body of information, unpublished for the most part, is now being screened, harmonized, and analysed by means of database management systems and geographical information systems (GIS). …”
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A systematic review of Rift Valley fever epidemiology 1931-2014 por Nanyingi, M.O., Munyua, P., Kiama, S.G., Muchemi, G.M., Thumbi, Samuel M., Bitek, A.O., Bett, Bernard K., Muriithi, R.M., Njenga, M.K.

“…Methodology: Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we systematically searched for relevant RVF publications in repositories of the World Health Organization Library and Information Networks for Knowledge (WHOLIS), U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). …”
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Magnitude and factors associated with appropriate complementary feeding among children 6-23 months in Northern Ghana por Saaka, M., Larbi, Asamoah, Mutaru, S., Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard

“…To adequately quantify appropriate complementary feeding, we used a composite indicator comprising three of the World Health Organization (WHO) core infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators that relate closely to complementary feeding. …”
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Nutritional status of children 0-59 months in selected intervention communities in northern Ghana from the Africa RISING project in 2012 por Glover-Amengor, M., Agbemafle, I., Hagan, L.L., Mboom, F.P., Gamor, G., Larbi, Asamoah, Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard

“…Weight and height were measured for children following World Health Organization (WHO) procedures and transformed into z-scores using the WHO Anthro. …”
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The global burden of disease study 2013: What does it mean for the NTDs? por Herricks, J.R., Hotez, Peter J., Wanga, V., Coffeng, L.E., Haagsma, J.A., Basáñez, M.-G., Buckle, G., Budke, C.M., Carabin, H., Fèvre, Eric M., Fürst, T., Halasa, Y.A., King, C.H., Murdoch, M.E., Ramaiah, K.D., Shepard, D.S., Stolk, W.A., Undurraga, E.A., Stanaway, J.D., Naghavi, M., Murray, C.J.L.

“…For the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the GBD 2010 confirmed a high disease burden for the 17 major NTDs prioritized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as for selected conditions also recognized as NTDs by PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, including amoebiasis, cholera, cryptosporidiosis, typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, trichomoniasis, venomous animal contact, and scabies (referred to here as “additional NTDs”) [1]. …”
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MILK Symposium review: Foodborne diseases from milk and milk products in developing countries—Review of causes and health and economic implications por Grace, Delia, Wu, F., Havelaar, A.H.

“…The most credible evidence on dairyborne disease comes from the World Health Organization initiative on the Global Burden of Foodborne Disease. …”
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Groundwater quality concern for wider adaptability of novel modes of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in the Ganges Basin, India por Jha, S. K., Mishra, V. K., Verma, C.L., Sharma, Navneet, Sikka, Alok, Pavelic, Paul, Sharma, Parbodh Chander, Kant, L., Sharma, Bharat R.

“…Total dissolved solids, fluoride, iron, zinc, manganese, chromium, cobalt, nickel, mercury, phosphate, nitrate, and ammonical nitrogen were found within the permissible limits as laid down by World Health Organization except arsenic and lead, which seems to be the inherent problem in the area, as evidenced by water quality analysis of farmers tube wells located upstream and down streams of the recharge site. …”
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How climate change and land use/land cover change affect domestic water vulnerability in Yangambi Watersheds (D. R. Congo) por Chishugi, D.U., Sonwa, D.J., Kahindo, J.-M., Itunda, D., Chishugi, J.B., Felix, F.L., Sahani, M.

“…Unfortunately, this falls short of World Health Organization standards regarding some parameters. …”
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Demand for Taenia solium cysticercosis vaccine: Lessons and insights from the pig production and trading nodes of the Uganda pig value chain por Ouma, Emily A., Dione, Michel M., Mtimet, Nadhem, Lule, Peter M., Colston, A., Adediran, S., Grace, Delia

“…Taenia solium cysticercosis disease remains a key challenge to the pig sector in low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and South East Asia, resulting in both economic losses and public health impacts. The World Health Organization has ranked it first on the global scale of foodborne parasites. …”
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Assessing the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) on the dynamics of COVID-19: A mathematical modelling study of the case of Ethiopia por Ejigu, B.A., Asfaw, M.D., Cavalerie, Lisa, Abebaw, T., Nanyingi, M., Baylis, M.

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020 and by November 14, 2020 there were 53.3M confirmed cases and 1.3M reported deaths in the world. …”
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