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GHTC
Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects more than 250 million people globally. The life-threatening, inherited blood disorder results in sickled red blood cells, which can become trapped in blood vessels, causing anemia, pain, organ damage, increased risk
Autor:
Daniella Fodera, Christian Pardo, Naakesh Gomanie, Meghan Nolte, Khanjan Mehta, Natalee Castillo
Publikováno v:
GHTC
Pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa exhibit a particularly high incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) which can lead to severe kidney damage and infant mortality. In order to overcome the access barrier to healthcare experienced in these deve
Publikováno v:
Current Infectious Disease Reports
Purpose of Review Zoonotic influenza viruses are those influenza viruses that cross the animal-human barrier and can cause disease in humans, manifesting from minor respiratory illnesses to multiorgan dysfunction. The increasing incidence of infectio
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Current Infectious Disease Reports. 20
Zoonotic influenza viruses are those that cross the animal-human barrier and can cause disease in humans, manifesting from minor respiratory illnesses to multiorgan dysfunction. They have also been implicated in the causation of deadly pandemics in r
Publikováno v:
GHTC
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common infections in developing countries such as Kenya. Despite this, their prevalence is virtually unknown from a patient's perspective, especially in rural communities. Worldwide, it is estimated
Publikováno v:
Procedia Engineering. 107:417-426
Approximately 2.5 billion people, majority of them in developing countries, consume street foods on a daily basis. High malnourishment rates in these low-resource settings create a need for healthy street food. The successful introduction of healthy
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Procedia Engineering. 107:387-394
The rise of diabetes in Kenya presents many challenges to a healthcare system struggling to deal with communicable diseases such as HIV and malaria. The lack of a proper system in place to quickly and effectively diagnose diabetes, especially in remo
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Lisa Arndt Martin, Vincent A. Pelligrini, Ryan Fair, Alison Gatewood Porter, Jill Olmstead, Aleksandar Rajkovic, Sarah Verbiest, Nicole Kleinstreuer, Luca Persani, Lawrence M. Nelson, Janet E. Hall, Peter F. Schnatz, Xuezhi Jiang, Alberto Falorni, Khanjan Mehta
Most clinicians are not prepared to provide integrated personal care to address all the clinical needs of women with primary ovarian insufficiency. Design thinking is an engineering methodology used to develop and evaluate novel concepts for systems
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http://hdl.handle.net/11391/1407880
http://hdl.handle.net/11391/1407880
Publikováno v:
Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology. 38:156-163
The meteoric rise in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases, alongside already high rates of infectious diseases, is exacerbating the 'double disease burden' in the developing world. There is a desperate need for affordable, accessible and rugge
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Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2016)
The burden of chronic, non-communicable disease such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer is growing in many developing countries including Kenya. The use of community health workers is an important tool to improve the access to care and e