Transforming Nepal's primary health care delivery system in global health era: addressing historical and current implementation challenges

B Adhikari, SR Mishra, R Schwarz - Globalization and health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Nepal's Primary Health Care (PHC) is aligned vertically with disease control
programs at the core and a vast network of community health workers at the periphery …

Metabolic syndrome and chronic disease risk in South Asian immigrants: A review of prevalence, factors, and interventions

M Mahadevan, M Bose, KM Gawron, R Blumberg - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
South Asians (SAs) are among the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the US Metabolic
syndrome (MetS) is a condition that is characterized by multiple health factors that increase …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of diabetes, management and outcomes among Covid-19 adult patients admitted in a specialized tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

E Sheshah, S Sabico, RM Albakr, AA Sultan… - diabetes research and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This retrospective study aimed to characterize comorbidities and associated with mortality
among hospitalized adults with Covid-19 managed as per the Saudi Ministry of Health …

Probabilities of ICU admission and hospital discharge according to patient characteristics in the designated COVID-19 hospital of Kuwait

DK Kipourou, C Leyrat, N Alsheridah, S Almazeedi… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Subsequent epidemic waves have already emerged in many countries and in
the absence of highly effective preventive and curative options, the role of patient …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular risk assessment in South and Middle-East Asians living in the Western countries

S Saeed, AM Kanaya, L Bennet… - Pakistan Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nearly a quarter of the world population lives in the South Asian region (India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives). Due to rapid demographic and …

Digital health, cardiometabolic disease and ethnicity: an analysis of United Kingdom government policies from 2010 to 2022

Z Thorlu-Bangura, L Poole, H Sood, N Khan… - Journal of public health …, 2023 - Springer
Recent health policies in the United Kingdom (UK) and internationally have focussed on
digitisation of healthcare. We examined UK policies for evidence of government action …

COVID-19 pandemic unmasking cardiovascular risk factors and non-communicable diseases among migrant workers: a cross-sectional study in Singapore

SAM Mattar, JYL Kan, OQM Goh, Y Tan, SS Kumaran… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives This study aims to report the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs)
and other non-communicable diseases among migrant workers in Singapore admitted for …

Health status and barriers to healthcare access among “son-in-law westerners”: A qualitative case study in the northeast of thailand

S Julchoo, N Pudpong, M Phaiyarom, P Sinam… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The northeast of Thailand is well-known as a popular destination where many male
Westerners marry Thai women and settle down there. However, little is known about their …

Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among Asian migrant workers in South Korea

P Bhandari - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background The burden of non-communicable diseases is rapidly increasing among young
adults in middle-and low-income countries. Asian migrant workers continue to be a …

The incidence and determinants of metabolic syndrome amongst a group of migrants to Qatar: a prospective longitudinal observational cohort study 24-months post …

RM Al-Adawi, KS Prabhu, D Stewart, C Ryan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
While there is some evidence that migration to Western countries increases metabolic
syndrome (MetS) risk, there is a lack of data pertaining to migration to the Middle East. This …