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Articles
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2013, 13:43Access to childbirth supplies in Africa and Asia
Healthcare workers in Africa and Asia report significantly reduced access to essential childbirth-related health technologies, including equipment, medicines, and consumable supplies, suggesting that childbirth resources are urgently needed to reduce maternal and newborn deaths in these areas.
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BMC Medicine 2013, 11:24Preventing global neonatal hypothermia
Evidence from a systematic review shows that neonatal hypothermia indirectly contributes to infant mortality, suggesting that hypothermia prevention measures should be employed to help reduce newborn deaths in resource-limited settings.
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BMC Medicine 2013, 11:20RAMESES: new publication standards
Geoff Wong, Trish Greenhalgh et al. propose new publication guidelines for realist synthesis and meta-narrative reviews. The ‘RAMESES’ (Realist and Meta-review Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards) statement provides researchers, institutes and journals with guidance on how to conduct these new forms of literature analysis, and adherence to the guidelines will lead to quality assurance and uniform reporting of studies.
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BMC Medicine 2013, 11:10Prediction of pediatric infections
Clinical prediction rules to recognize infections in children do not show perfect diagnostic accuracy in high and low prevalence ambulatory care settings, suggesting that additional laboratory tests should be used to increase certainty.
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BMC International Health and Human Rights 2012, 12:38Sexual vulnerability in times of conflict
Adolescent girls within conflict-affected populations experience heightened sexual vulnerability due to the erosion of belief systems, lack of supervision, and inadequate access to health services, suggesting that gender-sensitive health strategies need to be developed for this population.
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