Economic aspects of sanitation in developing countries (Publications)
of the improved sanitation solutions. This paper, by gathering relevant research findings, aims to report and discuss currently available evidence on the economic aspects of sanitation, including the economic [...] WERE OBTAINED FROM DIFFERENT INFORMATION SOURCES: international and national journal articles and reports, web-based statistics, and fact sheets. We used both online search and hand search methods to gather [...] US$142 billion (US$ year 2005). This translates to a per capita spending...
Ambient air pollution and the progression of atherosclerosis in adults (Publications)
statistically significant for highway proximity while of borderline significance for PM2.5 (P = 0.08). Annual CIMT progression among those living within 100 m of a highway was accelerated (5.5 micrometers/yr [...] positive as well, reaching statistical significance in the socially disadvantaged; in subjects reporting lipid lowering treatment at baseline; among participants receiving on-trial treatments; and among [...] CONCLUSION: Consistent with cross-sectional findings and animal studies, this...
Ambient air pollution exposure and depressive symptoms: findings from the French CONSTANCES cohort (Publications)
Centre of Epidemiologic Studies Depression questionnaire (CES-D). We reported results of negative binomial regression models (reported as Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) and 95 % confidence interval (CI) for [...] BACKGROUND AND AIM: Few studies have reported the association between air pollution exposure with different dimensions of depression. We aimed to explore this association across different dimensions of [...] the enrollment phase of the French CONSTANCES cohort (2012-2020) were analyzed...
Ambient air pollution exposure and depressive symptoms: findings from the French CONSTANCES cohort (Publications)
Centre of Epidemiologic Studies Depression questionnaire (CES-D). We reported results of negative binomial regression models (reported as Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) and 95 % confidence interval (CI) for [...] BACKGROUND AND AIM: Few studies have reported the association between air pollution exposure with different dimensions of depression. We aimed to explore this association across different dimensions of [...] the enrollment phase of the French CONSTANCES cohort (2012-2020) were analyzed...
Long-term air pollution exposure is associated with increased severity of rhinitis in 2 European cohorts (Publications)
Genetics and Environment on Asthma and the European Community Respiratory Health Survey) were included. Annual exposure to NO2, PM10, PM2.5, and PMcoarse (calculated by subtracting PM2.5 from PM10) was estimated [...] The score of rhinitis severity (range, 0-12), based on intensity of disturbance due to symptoms reported by questionnaire, was categorized into low (reference), mild, moderate, and high severity. Polytomous [...] CONCLUSIONS: People with rhinitis who live in areas with higher...
Long-term air pollution exposure is associated with increased severity of rhinitis in 2 European cohorts (Publications)
Genetics and Environment on Asthma and the European Community Respiratory Health Survey) were included. Annual exposure to NO2, PM10, PM2.5, and PMcoarse (calculated by subtracting PM2.5 from PM10) was estimated [...] The score of rhinitis severity (range, 0-12), based on intensity of disturbance due to symptoms reported by questionnaire, was categorized into low (reference), mild, moderate, and high severity. Polytomous [...] CONCLUSIONS: People with rhinitis who live in areas with higher...
Evolution and patterns of global health financing 1995-2014: development assistance for health, and government, prepaid private, and out-of-pocket... (Publications)
including development assistance for health, based on a diverse set of data including programme reports, budget data, national estimates, and 964 National Health Accounts. These data represent health spending [...] high-income countries, which increased to purchasing power-adjusted $5221 per capita based on an annual growth rate of 3.0%. The largest health spending growth rates were in upper-middle-income (5.9) and [...] Recent growth in development assistance for health has been tepid; between...
Evolution and patterns of global health financing 1995-2014: development assistance for health, and government, prepaid private, and out-of-pocket... (Publications)
including development assistance for health, based on a diverse set of data including programme reports, budget data, national estimates, and 964 National Health Accounts. These data represent health spending [...] high-income countries, which increased to purchasing power-adjusted $5221 per capita based on an annual growth rate of 3.0%. The largest health spending growth rates were in upper-middle-income (5.9) and [...] Recent growth in development assistance for health has been tepid; between...
Incidence, treatment and outcome of patients with retroperitoneal soft-tissue sarcoma in Switzerland 2005-2015: a population-based analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Reports on the epidemiology and mortality of retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma (RSTS) in Switzerland are scarce. This study investigates the incidence and outcomes of surgically treated RSTS [...] of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). Sarcoma centers were identified by the annual total number of sarcoma patients (> 50 patients/year). The analysis of yearly incidence, age distribution
Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO) (Publications)
waist/hip/neck circumferences, peak expiratory flow and HbA1c measurements). Cohort data were collected annually in two phases, approximately 6 months apart, with an expected total follow-up time of 5 years. ETHICS [...] decision-makers to improve service responsiveness, which will be shared with stakeholders through reports and presentations.
