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Disinformation and misinformation have a significant impact on societies and political systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue examines the challenges of combatting fake news and how ... Ricardo Trotti, Executive Director of the Inter American Press Association, invites contributing authors to analyze issues that arise from misleading health news, disinformation surrounding political and
neighbourhood level for blood pressure reduction among adults in the context of a political transition. We conducted repeated cross-sectional surveys including 1880 (940 from each area) participants at baseline
Migration has long been a part of the political, social and humanitarian landscape of Latin America and the Caribbean. Individuals and societies confront conditions outside of their control, which ... address how volatile environments are exacerbated by factors such as problematic political systems, COVID-19 and climate change. This issue is available in Hemisphere: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu
and mortality in protracted conflict settings [ 1, 2 ]. Political instability, high stress levels, forced migration, and health system prioritization of lifesaving interventions can hamper NCD ... spite of the difficulties faced with political uncertainties and COVID-19 restrictions, and is similar to other household surveys conducted in the Gaza Strip [ 3 ] and the demographics of our sample
but the philosophy under a screening campaign is to increase the concern about a healthy problem, and early detection of cases, even at the cost of a high percentage of false positive. Studies of this ... , education, and the control of its risk factors. These actions are more likely to be effective if implemented at the population level within a multisectoral approach involving all social, political, and
including regulatory, economic, and political conditions. Nevertheless, there are common themes between countries for successes, challenges and the steps taken improve access to validated automated BPMDs. The ... , regulatory systems, political and economic characteristics. Examples of key actions and challenges specific to Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Saint Lucia were provided by representatives
University Press; 2008 . 4. Descartes R , Miller V , Descartes R . Principles of philosophy. Dordrecht: Reidel; 1983 . 5. Locke J , Nidditch P. An essay concerning human understanding . Oxford: Clarendon; 1975
Miguel Cruz unites top scholars to examine the complex problem from various disciplinary perspectives —history, sociology, political science, journalism, communications and public policy —to identify the ... region’s political landscape since before independence; rather than interstate, however, much of the violence plaguing the region since the twentieth century is intrastate, pitting state and non-state actors
]. While the GCC countries have been developing and modernising, other countries in the region have not been that fortunate. The political turmoil in some of the neighbouring countries have seen their ... construction of the various stadia for the football world cup tournament in Qatar [33]. The Middle-east has seen tremendous change in its political, economic and social structure over the last few decades that
and implementing regulations for the exclusive use of automated validated BPMDs is urgent and a technical imperative. However, it is a complex process requiring political will and coordination of
critical to overcome global health challenges because local researchers are knowledgeable about relevant health problems and understand the cultural, social, economic, and political contexts that influence
progress made over the past two decades to consolidate political rights and civil liberties in the region, the situation facing media professionals is more precarious; news outlets are closed, journalists ... significant progress made over the last twenty-five years to advance and consolidate political rights and civil liberties in the region, the situation currently facing media professionals is becoming more
progress made over the past two decades to consolidate political rights and civil liberties in the region, the situation facing media professionals is more precarious; news outlets are closed, journalists ... significant progress made over the last twenty-five years to advance and consolidate political rights and civil liberties in the region, the situation currently facing media professionals is becoming more
, including Sarah’s grandmother after her stroke, but cost may be a limiting factor. Healthcare system Funding is a significant factor in provision of healthcare. In this uncertain political climate, as
examine the relationship between social support and blood pressure in a South African context, during a period of infrastructure modernisation and political change.Methods: A total of 1240 residents (542 ... hypertension in South Africa ranges from 9 to 29% in different ethnic groups. The highest prevalence is in urban communities previously disadvantaged by racial discrimination, socio-political and economic
and ethnicity: cohort study in UK primary care . BMJ 2020 ; 371 : m4080 . 12. Mersha TB , Beck AF . The social, economic, political, and genetic value of race and ethnicity in 2020 . Hum Genomics. 2020
The Italian research institutions in the field of oncology are moving the first steps towards the philosophy of OA. The main effort should be the implementation of common procedures also in order to ... to publish research articles in OA journals. Among the most recent Italian initiatives aimed at promoting the OA philosophy, it is worth mentioning the launch in 2008 of the Italian wiki on open
institutions in the field of oncology are moving the first steps towards the philosophy of OA. The main effort should be the implementation of common procedures also in order to connect scientific publications ... Italian initiatives aimed at promoting the OA philosophy, it is worth mentioning the launch in 2008 of the Italian wiki on open access[8], conceived as a reference point on Italian projects and best
) [ 5 ]. Although there is no universally accepted, or applicable definition for urbanisation; the phenomenon often reflects changes in political, social and economic forces, leading to considerable
with previous studies Prevalence The high blood pressure is decreasing across the LMIC [ 5 ], and the prevalence of hypertension in several high-income countries [ 6 ]. However, the political and ... increasing [ 9, 10 ]. This heterogeneity may be due to the different political conditions and the percentage of resources in the health system of the LMIC. Decreasing awareness may be explained by the
