Theo Vos, Ryan M Barber, Brad Bell, Amelia Bertozzi-Villa et al.
Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, and national health policies. In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013), we estimated these quantities f...
Christopher J L Murray, Ryan M Barber, Kyle J Foreman, Ayşe Abbasoğlu Özgören et al.
Background The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age–sex grou...
Jeremiah Chakaya, Mishal Khan, Francine Ntoumi, Eleni Aklillu et al.
The October 2020 Global TB report reviews TB control strategies and United Nations (UN) targets set in the political declaration at the September 2018 UN General Assembly high-level meeting on TB held in New York. Progress in TB care and prevention has been very slow. In 2019, TB remained the most c...
Robert W Aldridge, Dan Lewer, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Rohini Mathur et al.
<ns4:p> <ns4:bold>Background</ns4:bold> : International and UK data suggest that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are at increased risk of infection and death from COVID-19. We aimed to explore the risk of death in minority ethnic groups in England using data reported by NHS England. <...
Robert W Aldridge, Dan Lewer, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Rohini Mathur et al.
<ns4:p> <ns4:bold>Background</ns4:bold> : International and UK data suggest that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are at increased risk of infection and death from COVID-19. We aimed to explore the risk of death in minority ethnic groups in England using data reported by NHS England. <...
Israel Abebrese Sefah, Olayinka O. Ogunleye, Darius Obeng Essah, Sylvia Opanga et al.
Background: Countries across Africa and Asia have introduced a variety of measures to prevent and treat COVID-19 with medicines and personal protective equipment (PPE). However, there has been considerable controversy surrounding some treatments including hydroxychloroquine where the initial hype an...
Abdullahi Rabiu Abubakar, Ibrahim Sani, Brian Godman, Santosh Kumar et al.
A novel coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in Wuhan, China, and quickly spread globally. Several treatments have been proposed, many of which have proven ineffective. Consequently, there is a need to review the published evidence of drug clinical trials to guide future prescribing. A sy...
Bayes Ahmed, Miriam Orcutt, Peter Sammonds, Rachel Burns et al.
The Rohingya people are the world's largest stateless population.1UNHCR“This is our home”. Stateless minorities and their search for citizenship.http://www.unhcr.org/ibelong/stateless-minorities/Date: November, 2017Google Scholar Violence towards the Rohingya in Myanmar from late August, 2017, cause...
Brian Godman, Mainul Haque, Trudy Leong, Eleonora Allocati et al.
Background: Diabetes mellitus rates continue to rise, which coupled with increasing costs of associated complications has appreciably increased global expenditure in recent years. The risk of complications are enhanced by poor glycaemic control including hypoglycaemia. Long-acting insulin analogues ...
Mainul Haque, Abdullahi Rabiu Abubakar, Olayinka O. Ogunleye, Ibrahim Sani et al.
OBJECTIVE: Measures are ongoing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and treat it with medicines and personal protective equipment (PPE). However, there has been considerable controversy surrounding treatments such as hydroxychloroquine with misinformation fuelling prices hikes and suicides. Shortages ...
Vasee Moorthy, Ibrahim Abubakar, Firdausi Qadri, Bernhards Ogutu et al.
Ibrahim Babangida Abubakar, Hwei‐San Loh
OBJECTIVES: Tabernaemontana is a genus from the plant family, Apocynaceae with vast medicinal application and widespread distribution in the tropics and subtropics of Africa, Americas and Asia. The objective of this study is to critically evaluate the ethnobotany, medicinal uses, pharmacology and ph...
Clare E. French, Michelle E. Kruijshaar, Jane Jones, Ibrahim Abubakar
This study investigates the association between socio-economic deprivation and tuberculosis (TB) treatment delays in England, 2000-2005. Patients reported to the Enhanced TB Surveillance system were assigned a deprivation score based on residential postcode, and categorized into deprivation quartile...
Robert W Aldridge, Dan Lewer, SV Katikireddi, Rohini Mathur et al.
Background: International and UK data suggest that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are at increased risk of infection and death from COVID-19. We aimed to explore the risk of death in minority ethnic groups in England using data reported by NHS England. / \n \nMethods: We used...
Saadu Umar Wali, Abdulqadir Abubakar Usman, Abdullahi Bala Usman, Umar Abdullahi et al.
Groundwater is critical in sustaining ecosystems, agriculture, and human livelihoods, particularly in tropical regions where it is often the primary source of freshwater. However, the management of groundwater resources is increasingly threatened by over-extraction, contamination, and the compoundin...