disease (LD) is a severe form of pneumonia. n the past 7 years, the number of reported cases has more than doubled, reaching an annual incidence of 7.8 cases per 100'000 population in 2021. Identifying the main
causes of death are reported by a physician using the standard medical certificate of cause of death. However, in some settings, no physician sees the dead in order to formulate and report the medically certified [...] uted as a WHO VA Reference Group, which convened for the first time in Seoul, South Korea at the annual meeting of the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) Network in October 2018. As [...] convened for the first time at the WHO Family of International...
Mortality and morbidity effects of long-term exposure to low-level PM2.5, BC, NO2, and O3: an analysis of European cohorts in the ELAPSE project (Publications)
studies have focused on PM2.5, but increasingly associations with nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are being reported, particularly in studies that accounted for the fine spatial scale variation of NO2. Very few studies [...] traffic emissions (iron, copper, and zinc) and secondary aerosol (sulfur) have been few in number and reported inconsistent results. The overall objective of our study was to investigate the shape of the re [...] criterion (AIC). RESULTS: In the pooled cohort, virtually all subjects...
Mortality and morbidity effects of long-term exposure to low-level PM2.5, BC, NO2, and O3: an analysis of European cohorts in the ELAPSE project (Publications)
studies have focused on PM2.5, but increasingly associations with nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are being reported, particularly in studies that accounted for the fine spatial scale variation of NO2. Very few studies [...] traffic emissions (iron, copper, and zinc) and secondary aerosol (sulfur) have been few in number and reported inconsistent results. The overall objective of our study was to investigate the shape of the re [...] criterion (AIC). RESULTS: In the pooled cohort, virtually all subjects...
health centers report of patients who die from vomiting blood. In a situation where 70% of people are infected, the entire population should be administered with deworming drugs annually according to the
The burden of disease varies enormously among countries, from fewer than five to more than 500 new annual cases per 100 000 population. TB killed an estimated 1.4 million people in 2019. Apart from COVID-19 [...] were identified rather than the expected 180’000. Latest news: the Stop TB Partnership published a report on 18 March 2021 , stating that due to COVID-19, the fight against TB has suffered substantially
and Climate Change in South America and a contributing author for the global Lancet Countdown annual report. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima Unit Director, Development, Health and Environment
