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Hanoi School Of Public Health
Education•Hanoi, Vietnam•
About: Hanoi School Of Public Health is a education organization based out in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 182 authors who have published 266 publications receiving 23330 citations.
Topics: Population, Public health, Health care, Poison control, Health policy
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TL;DR: The results suggest that environmental factors are becoming more important for determining BF practices in Vietnam and intervention programs should not only consider individual factors, but should also consider the potential impact of contextual factors on BF practices.
Abstract: BackgroundThere is strong evidence that breastfeeding (BF) significantly benefits mothers and infants in various ways. Yet the proportion of breastfed babies in Vietnam is low and continues to decline. This study fills an important evidence gap in BF practices in Vietnam.ObjectiveThis paper examines the trend of early initiation of BF and exclusive BF from 2000 to 2011 in Vietnam and explores the determinants at individual and contextual levels.DesignData from three waves of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey were combined to estimate crude and adjusted trends over time for two outcomes – early initiation of BF and exclusive BF. Three-level logistic regressions were fitted to examine the impacts of both individual and contextual characteristics on early initiation of BF and exclusive BF in the 2011 data.ResultsBoth types of BF showed a decreasing trend over time after controlling for individual-level characteristics but this trend was more evident for early initiation of BF. Apart from child's age, ind...
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TL;DR: Recently administered questionnaires determined that live poultry exposures have declined by ≈63% in Hong Kong since 2004 and that, in Vietnam, domestic backyard exposures to poultry are likely more important than retail exposures.
Abstract: Since 1997, the largest epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) ever recorded has caused 172 human and several billion bird deaths. Recently administered questionnaires determined that live poultry exposures have declined by ≈63% in Hong Kong since 2004 and that, in Vietnam, domestic backyard exposures to poultry are likely more important than retail exposures.
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TL;DR: Compared three different methods for the rapid and quantitative detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum and FCM and IFM performed consistently well, whereas PCR reactions often failed.
Abstract: Reliable, sensitive, quantitative, and mobile rapid screening methods for pathogenic organisms are not yet readily available, but would provide a great benefit to humanitarian intervention units in disaster situations. We compared three different methods (immunofluorescent microscopy, IFM; flow cytometry, FCM; polymerase chain reaction, PCR) for the rapid and quantitative detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum (oo)cysts in a field campaign. For this we deployed our mobile instrumentation and sampled canal water and vegetables during a 2 week field study in Thailand. For purification and concentrations of (oo)cysts, we used filtration and immunomagnetic separation. We were able to detect considerably high oo(cysts) concentrations (ranges: 15-855 and 0-240 oo(cysts)/liter for Giardia and Cryptosporidium, respectively) in 85 to 300 min, with FCM being fastest, followed by PCR, and IFM being slowest due to the long analysis time per sample. FCM and IFM performed consistently well, whereas PCR reactions often failed. The recovery, established by FCM, was around 30% for Giardia and 13% for Cryptosporidium (oo)cysts. It was possible to track (oo)cysts from the wastewater further downstream to irrigation waters and confirm contamination of salads and water vegetables. We believe that rapid detection, in particular FCM-based methods, can substantially help in disaster management and outbreak prevention.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the use of Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands (VFCWs) planted with Echinochloa pyramidalis for polishing of leachate from faecal sludge drying beds.
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TL;DR: The high degree of consensus between experts and alumni suggests that these public health competencies and impact variables can be used to design and evaluate MPH programmes, as well as for individual and team assessment and continuous professional development in LMICs.
Abstract: Background
The number of Master of Public Health (MPH) programmes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is increasing, but questions have been raised regarding the relevance of their outcomes and impacts on context. Although processes for validating public health competencies have taken place in recent years in many high-income countries, validation in LMICs is needed. Furthermore, impact variables of MPH programmes in the workplace and in society have not been developed.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Lesley Rushton | 43 | 148 | 54555 |
Hoang Van Minh | 37 | 178 | 10897 |
Huyen Phuc Do | 26 | 54 | 24689 |
Hung Nguyen-Viet | 22 | 124 | 1451 |
Long Hoang Nguyen | 18 | 54 | 8074 |
Arie Rotem | 17 | 57 | 927 |
Vu Sinh Nam | 17 | 28 | 1380 |
Sally Hutchings | 16 | 37 | 13502 |
Tran Huu Bich | 16 | 18 | 818 |
Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa | 16 | 21 | 645 |
Lea Fortunato | 13 | 22 | 5168 |
Phuc Pham-Duc | 13 | 32 | 426 |
Nguyen Thanh Huong | 12 | 17 | 356 |
Huong Thanh Nguyen | 12 | 23 | 2944 |
Linh Cu Le | 11 | 20 | 436 |