Syndemics and the biosocial conception of health

M Singer, N Bulled, B Ostrach, E Mendenhall - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
The syndemics model of health focuses on the biosocial complex, which consists of
interacting, co-present, or sequential diseases and the social and environmental factors that …

Viral hepatitis: etiology, epidemiology, transmission, diagnostics, treatment, and prevention

S Lanini, A Ustianowski, R Pisapia, A Zumla… - Infectious Disease …, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
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Screening and treatment program to eliminate hepatitis C in Egypt

I Waked, G Esmat, A Elsharkawy… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Screening Program to Eliminate Hepatitis C in Egypt In 2018, the Egyptian government
initiated a massive hepatitis C screening and treatment program. The Ministry of Health set …

Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver consensus recommendations on hepatocellular carcinoma

M Omata, LA Lesmana, R Tateishi, PJ Chen… - Hepatology …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Introduction The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)
convened an international working party on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma …

Cancer burden in Africa and opportunities for prevention

A Jemal, F Bray, D Forman, M O'Brien, J Ferlay… - Cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is an emerging public health problem in Africa. About 715,000 new cancer cases
and 542,000 cancer deaths occurred in 2008 on the continent, with these numbers expected …

The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Egypt: a systematic review and data synthesis

YA Mohamoud, GR Mumtaz, S Riome, DW Miller… - BMC infectious …, 2013 - Springer
Background Egypt has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the world,
estimated nationally at 14.7%. Our study's objective was to delineate the evidence on the …

Hepatitis C in Egypt–past, present, and future

A Elgharably, AI Gomaa, MME Crossey… - … journal of general …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatitis C viral infection is endemic in Egypt with the highest prevalence rate in the world. It
is widely accepted that the implementation of mass population antischistosomal treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatocellular carcinoma: epidemiology, risk factors and pathogenesis

AI Gomaa, SA Khan, MB Toledano… - World journal of …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the commonest primary malignant cancer of the liver in
the world. Given that the burden of chronic liver disease is expected to rise owing to …

[PDF][PDF] Global challenges in liver disease

R Williams - Hepatology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Immigration, cheap air travel, and globalization are all factors contributing to a worldwide
spread of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. End‐stage chronic …

Epidemiology of hepatitis B and C viruses: a global overview

HS Te, DM Jensen - Clinics in liver disease, 2010 - liver.theclinics.com
The pace of therapeutic advances in the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis, such as hepatitis
B and hepatitis C, has accelerated significantly in the past decade. The hepatitis B virus …