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Prospects for the development of community-based care in remote rural areas: a stakeholder analysis in Laos
BackgroundCommunity-based health programmes have been a cornerstone of primary care in Laos for decades. The study presented here aimed to document...
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Modelling COVID-19 transmission dynamics in Laos under non-pharmaceutical interventions, vaccination, and replacement of SARS-CoV-2 variants
BackgroundUnderstanding how the COVID-19 pandemic evolved under control measures is crucial to tackle the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread. Laos, a country...
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Laos’ Social Health Insurance (SHI) program’s impact on older people’s accessibility and financial security against catastrophic health expense
Laos has introduced various SHI schemes for multiple groups of the population, such as government officials and other population groups under the NHI...
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Relationship Between Prehospital Time and 24-h Mortality in Road Traffic-Injured Patients in Laos
BackgroundRoad traffic injury has long been regarded as a “time-dependent disease.” However, shortening the prehospital time might not improve the...
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Demographic and environmental factors associated with disability in India, Laos, and Tajikistan: a population-based cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe number of people experiencing functional limitations due to health conditions (capacity) is expected to increase in low and...
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Present status of renal replacement therapy in lower-middle-income Asian countries: Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Mongolia, and Bhutan as of June 2019 (before COVID-19), from the interviews of leading doctors in every country: (duplicated English publication from “the special Japanese edition of educational lectures in the 64th annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy”)
The present status of Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Mongolia, and Bhutan as of June 2019 was reviewed from the interviews of leading doctors in...
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Quality of routine health data at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia, Haiti, Laos, Nepal, and South Africa
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and researchers have used routine health data to estimate potential declines in the delivery and...
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Zootherapeutic uses of animals excreta: the case of elephant dung and urine use in Sayaboury province, Laos
BackgroundDespite a widespread aversion towards faeces and urine, animal excreta are used in traditional medicine in many countries since centuries,...
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Epidemiology and short-term outcomes of acute kidney injury among patients in the intensive care unit in Laos: a nationwide multicenter, prospective, and observational study
BackgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) has become a global health issue. Little is known about the disease burden in Laos. We aimed to evaluate the...
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L-alanine supplementation in Pompe disease (IOPD): a potential therapeutic implementation for patients on ERT? A case report
BackgroundPompe disease (PD) is a disorder of glycogen metabolism conditioning a progressive and life conditioning myopathy. Enzyme replacement...
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Natural variables separate the endemic areas of Clonorchis sinensis and Opisthorchis viverrini along a continuous, straight zone in Southeast Asia
BackgroundClonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis, caused by the liver flukes Clonorchis sinensis and Opisthorchis viverrini respectively, represent...
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Movement disorders in Indochina: Resource challenges and future solutions
Movement disorders are a major cause of disability worldwide and their increasing prevalence predicts a substantial future burden of care. Impactful...
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The spectrum of health conditions in community-based cross-sectional surveys in Southeast Asia 2010-21: a sco** review
BackgroundSoutheast Asia is undergoing an epidemiological transition with non-communicable illnesses becoming increasingly important, yet infectious...
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Inequity of maternal-child health services in ASEAN member states from 1993 to 2021
IntroductionInequity in maternal-child health services is a challenge to global health as it hinders the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals...
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Incidence and mortality trends of neglected tropical diseases and malaria in China and ASEAN countries from 1990 to 2019 and its association with the socio-demographic index
BackgroundPeople in China and the countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are affected by neglected tropical diseases and...
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Current advances in serological and molecular diagnosis of Schistosoma mekongi infection
Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, caused by blood flukes belonging to the genus Schistosoma; it persists as a public health problem in...
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Present status of renal replacement therapy in Asian countries as of 2016: Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Bhutan, and Indonesia
Since 2015, the Committee for International Communication on Academic Research of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy has held its Asian...
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Generating comprehensive functioning and disability data worldwide: development process, data analyses strategy and reliability of the WHO and World Bank Model Disability Survey
BackgroundData on functioning and disability collected at population level is essential to complement mortality and morbidity, to estimate...
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Human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi on the Laos-Vietnam border
BackgroundBorder malaria in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia poses a serious threat to the health of the ethnic minority populations of...
