Aim To emphasize that nurses need to be fully protected to carry out their vital role,
particularly during pandemics, yet the lack of a standardized and systematic collection of …

To determine the variations and spatial patterns of adult mortality across regions, over time,
and by sex for 137 small areas in Brazil, we first apply TOPALS to estimate and smooth …

Introdução: A sepse representa a ocorrência de síndrome de resposta inflamatória sistêmica
desencadeada por infecção inicial de um órgão ou sistema. Quando a sepse é atestada …

Background Despite increasing evidence on health inequalities over the past decades,
further efforts to strengthen capacities to produce research on this topic are still urgently …

Accepted Background In early 2020, Ecuador reported one of the highest surges of per
capita deaths across the globe. Methods We collected a comprehensive dataset containing …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been testing countries' capacities and scientific preparedness
to actively respond and collaborate on a common global threat. It has also heightened …

(1) Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and trends in
cancer incidence and mortality are increasing over last years in Loja-Ecuador. Cancer …

Earthquakes may seriously deteriorate mental health by generating fear and stress as a
result of economic and human losses. However, mental health has also been found to …

Understanding patterns in mortality across subpopulations is essential for local health policy
decision making. One of the key challenges of subnational mortality rate estimation is the …

Background This study examined the variation in city-level amenable mortality, ie mortality
due to conditions that can be mitigated in the presence of timely and effective healthcare, in …