Dennis Egger, Edward Miguel, Shana S. Warren, Ashish Shenoy et al.
Despite numerous journalistic accounts, systematic quantitative evidence on economic conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remains scarce for most low- and middle-income countries, partly due to limitations of official economic statistics in environments with large informal sectors and sub...
Martin Beal, Maria P. Dias, Richard A. Phillips, Steffen Oppel et al.
Migratory marine species cross political borders and enter the high seas, where the lack of an effective global management framework for biodiversity leaves them vulnerable to threats. Here, we combine 10,108 tracks from 5775 individual birds at 87 sites with data on breeding population sizes to est...
Roy Brouwer, Dilruba Fatima Sharmin, Susan J. Elliott, Jennifer Liu et al.
Mega-cities like Dhaka in Bangladesh face urban planning challenges to provide residents access to safe water and sanitation. This paper presents the results of a large-scale survey focusing on slum and non-slum residents' experiences with urban water supply, water pollution and flood risks and asso...
Carri Hand, Mary Law, Mary Ann McColl, Steven Hanna et al.
UNLABELLED: Social support can improve participation in everyday activities among older adults with chronic health conditions, but the specific types of support that are needed are unclear. PURPOSE: This study examined the types of social support that most strongly predict participation in everyday ...
Danielle Lindamood, Derek Armitage, Dilruba Fatima Sharmin, Roy Brouwer et al.
This paper critically assesses the capacity of water sector actors in Dhaka to further support more collaborative and adaptive approaches to emerging freshwater pollution management challenges. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental changes (e.g., flooding) pose substantial and shifting barri...
Jennifer Liu, Roy Brouwer, Dilruba Fatima Sharmin, Susan J. Elliott et al.
Industry representatives are key stakeholders in addressing pollution in the rivers surrounding Dhaka, Bangladesh, a fast growing megacity. Drawing on insights from political-ecology and framing water management as a sociotechnical system, we present an analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with...
Guillaume Butler‐Laporte, Kathryn Auckland, Zannatun Noor, Mamun Kabir et al.
Abstract Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine escape mutants (VEM) are increasingly described, threatening progress in control of this virus worldwide. Here we studied the relationship between host genetic variation, vaccine immunogenicity and viral sequences implicating VEM emergence. In a cohort of 1,0...
Syed Hassan Ahmed, Robat Karim, Lily Cheung, Samuel Packer et al.
Introduction: Obesity has become a global epidemic and is increasing in both industrialized and developing countries. The rapidly-increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity among pre-school children in developing countries was reported recently. Aim: To examine the socioeconomic differentials o...
Dennis Egger, Edward Miguel, Shana S. Warren, Ashish Shenoy et al.
Despite numerous journalistic accounts, systematic quantitative evidence on economic conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remains scarce for most low- and middle-income countries, partly due to limitations of official economic statistics in environments with large informal sectors and sub...
Graeme Broadbent, Michael Watson, James Hanlon, Jane Kay et al.
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