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Using a consensus approach to develop a medical professionalism framework for the Sri Lankan context
Publikováno v:
The Asia Pacific Scholar, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 49-59 (2021)
Introduction: Professionalism is a context-specific entity, and should be defined in relation to a country’s socio-cultural backdrop. This study aimed to develop a framework of medical professionalism relevant to the Sri Lankan context. Methods: A
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https://doaj.org/article/5d355be5e82c4a3cb1f8cd5f5025e29d
Autor:
Gayana Gunaratna, Aresha Manamperi, Susanne Böhlken-Fascher, Renu Wickremasinge, Kithsiri Gunawardena, Bandujith Yapa, Nishantha Pathirana, Hasantha Pathirana, Nilanthi de Silva, Monica Sooriyaarachchi, Theja Deerasinghe, Dinesh Mondal, Shalindra Ranasinghe, Ahmed Abd El Wahed
Publikováno v:
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
Abstract Background Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by vector-borne protozoans. In Sri Lanka, the cutaneous form of the disease is predominant, which is usually diagnosed using Giemsa-stained slit skin smear examination and by histology. However, t
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/01092063f7d4431aae81a1c476a17cb8
Autor:
Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, MSc, Sharmini Gunawardena, ProfMD, Nipul Kithsiri Gunawardena, ProfPhD, Devika Iddawela, ProfPhD, Selvam Kannathasan, ProfPhD, Arumugam Murugananthan, MPhil, Channa Yahathugoda, ProfPhD, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, ProfMD, Peter John Diggle, ProfPhD, Nilanthi de Silva, ProfMD
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Global Health, Vol 7, Iss 9, Pp e1237-e1246 (2019)
Summary: Background: In Sri Lanka, deworming programmes for soil-transmitted helminth infections became an integral part of school health in the 1960s, whereas routine antenatal deworming with mebendazole started in the 1980s. A 2003 national soil-tr
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a43ab7d3995d48849750adc5798bc866
Autor:
Nour Rashwan, Catherine Bourguinat, Kathy Keller, Nipul Kithsiri Gunawardena, Nilanthi de Silva, Roger Prichard
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 12, p e0005113 (2016)
BACKGROUND:Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are the most prevalent intestinal helminths of humans, and a major cause of morbidity in tropical and subtropical countries. The benzimidazole (BZ) drugs albendazole (ABZ) and mebendazole (MBZ) are used fo
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/bc9552adee984ecf96336e9f9478672d
Autor:
Paul R Torgerson, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Nicolas Praet, Niko Speybroeck, Arve Lee Willingham, Fumiko Kasuga, Mohammad B Rokni, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Eric M Fèvre, Banchob Sripa, Neyla Gargouri, Thomas Fürst, Christine M Budke, Hélène Carabin, Martyn D Kirk, Frederick J Angulo, Arie Havelaar, Nilanthi de Silva
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 12, p e1001920 (2015)
BackgroundFoodborne diseases are globally important, resulting in considerable morbidity and mortality. Parasitic diseases often result in high burdens of disease in low and middle income countries and are frequently transmitted to humans via contami
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/23ee570e393943faa790861e299b5ea1
Autor:
Nilanthi de Silva, Be-Nazir Ahmed, Martin Casapia, H J de Silva, John Gyapong, Mwelecele Malecela, A Pathmeswaran
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 10, p e0004203 (2015)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/618f7e42918a401fbed7f03d22382862
Autor:
Kithsiri Gunawardena, Balachandran Kumarendran, Roshini Ebenezer, Muditha Sanjeewa Gunasingha, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Nilanthi de Silva
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 9, p e1341 (2011)
BACKGROUND: The plantation sector in Sri Lanka lags behind the rest of the country in terms of living conditions and health. In 1992, a sector-wide survey of children aged 3-12 years and women of reproductive age showed >90% prevalence of soil-transm
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/3196ae102c2447e1b8239cb9dca9570c
Autor:
Nilanthi de Silva, Andrew Hall
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 4, p e655 (2010)
To assess if a probabilistic model could be used to estimate the combined prevalence of infection with any species of intestinal nematode worm when only the separate prevalence of each species is reported, and to estimate the extent to which simply t
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/dc9d99637d6c454fba430bfd994cbccf
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 3, Iss 3, p e402 (2009)
BACKGROUND: It is estimated that almost a half of all of people living in developing countries today are infected with roundworms, hookworms, or whipworms or combinations of these types of intestinal nematode worms. They can all be treated using safe
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/abeaaac621454cb5be20d2a5e2a11492
Autor:
Anuradhani Kasturiratne, A Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Nilanthi de Silva, N Kithsiri Gunawardena, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Ranjan Premaratna, Lorenzo Savioli, David G Lalloo, H Janaka de Silva
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 11, p e218 (2008)
BackgroundEnvenoming resulting from snakebites is an important public health problem in many tropical and subtropical countries. Few attempts have been made to quantify the burden, and recent estimates all suffer from the lack of an objective and rep
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https://doaj.org/article/36fac039f04b43b4bdfa82cf5b7753a4