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Showing papers in "The Lancet Global Health in 2020"


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a stochastic transmission model to assess if isolation and contact tracing are able to control onwards transmission from imported cases of COVID-19, and they used the model to quantify the potential effectiveness of contact tracing and isolation of cases at controlling a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-like pathogen.

2,068 citations


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TL;DR: The global scale-up of HPV vaccination and HPV-based screening—including self-sampling—has potential to make cervical cancer a rare disease in the decades to come, and could help shape and monitor the initiative to eliminate cervical cancer as a major public health problem.

1,867 citations


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TL;DR: The experiences of health-care providers in the early stages of the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in Hubei, China are described to describe their resilience and the spirit of professional dedication to overcome difficulties.

992 citations


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TL;DR: If routine health care is disrupted and access to food is decreased (as a result of unavoidable shocks, health system collapse, or intentional choices made in responding to the pandemic), the increase in child and maternal deaths will be devastating.

899 citations


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TL;DR: The cancer burden attributed to human papillomavirus showed the clearest relationship with country income level, and infection-attributable cancer incidence allows for refined geographic analyses and identification of populations with a high infection-associated cancer burden.

877 citations


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TL;DR: These estimates provide a starting point for considering the number of individuals that might need to be shielded or vaccinated as the global pandemic unfolds, and focus on underlying conditions rather than other risk factors such as ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, and obesity.

766 citations



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TL;DR: The extent to which disruptions to services for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in low-income and middle-income countries with high burdens of these diseases could lead to additional loss of life over the next 5 years was quantified.

534 citations


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TL;DR: Evidence of two distinct but associated effects is found: increased mortality in the north region (regional effect) and in the Pardo and Black populations (ethnicity effect).

431 citations


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TL;DR: The global unintended pregnancy rate has declined, whereas the proportion of unintended pregnancies ending in abortion has increased, and the global average abortion rate in 2015-19 was roughly equal to the estimates for 1990-94.

386 citations


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TL;DR: Evidence of a rising burden of both premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer worldwide is provided, although early diagnosis and access to treatment remain crucial in low-income and middle-income countries.

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TL;DR: The cost of an EAT–Lancet diet exceeded household per capita income for at least 1·58 billion people, and is more expensive than the minimum cost of nutrient adequacy, on average, by a mean factor of 1·60.


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TL;DR: A uniform system to count deaths and estimate case fatality rates across different countries, surveillance of key characteristics of both deceased patients and those admitted to the ICU to identify popu lations at risk and to estimate health service needs, and more research are needed to identify the prevalence and characteristics of the infection in the overall population.



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TL;DR: Overall, in people aged 30-79 years in 2020, the global prevalence of increased carotid intima-media thickness is estimated to be 27·6% (95% CI 16·9-41·3), equivalent to 1066·70 million affected people and a percentage change of 57·46% from 2000.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the health benefits of sustaining routine childhood immunisation in Africa with the risk of acquiring severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection through visiting routine vaccination service delivery points.


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TL;DR: The findings provide new and important evidence for maternal and paediatric influenza immunisation, and should inform future immunisation policy particularly in low-income and lower-middle-income countries.


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TL;DR: A Pharmacological model ling based on observed drug concentrations and in vitro drug testing suggest that prophylaxis with hydroxychloroquine at approved doses could prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and ameliorate viral shedding.

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TL;DR: Early comparisons between the number of confirmed cases in the worst affected European countries and the west African countries with confirmed COVID-19 cases do not support the hypothesis that the virus will spread more slowly in countries with warmer climates, according to World Bank data.

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TL;DR: A vulnerability index for identification of vulnerable regions in India on the basis of population and infrastructural characteristics is reported to help planners and policy makers effectively prioritise regions for resource allocation and adopt risk mitigation strategies for better preparedness and responses to the COVID-19 epidemic.




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TL;DR: The association between physical multimorbidity, health-care service use, and catastrophic health expenditures; and whether these associations varied by socioeconomic group and social health insurance schemes were examined.

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TL;DR: After a first stroke, the risk of recurrence or death within 5 years was high among this population of Chinese adults, and urgent improvements to secondary prevention of stroke in China are needed to reduce these risks.