Hepatitis B and C infections are responsible for significant burden of disease accounting for 1.3 million deaths globally. There is a lack of quality data on the burden of disease due to these infections. One approach to informing policy makers on trends in hepatitis B and C is through case reporting of diagnosed cases. Data on these cases can identify outbreaks of hepatitis and monitor trends ...

icy research, (such as Global Burden of Disease and Injuries type studies (GBD)) [7] . This was because studies that are not necessarily obviously population based, particularly those from settings where there are few data, might be of greater value to projects such as the GBD that needs to synthesise evidence, if they were reported better. The Standards of Reporting of Neurological Disorders (...

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Influenza affects 5-15% of the population during an epidemic. In Western Europe, vaccination of at-risk groups forms the cornerstone of influenza prevention. However, vaccination coverage of the elderly (> 65 y) is often low in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE); potentially because a paucity of country-specific data limits evidence-based policy making. Therefore the medical and economic burden o...

Population-based cancer registries (CRs) are powerful tools for measuring cancer burden and progress against cancer. To provide valid measures of cancer burden, a population-based CR relies on the recording of each cancer occurring in the respective population [1– 4]. Regardless of the type of collection of cancer data (e.g. pas sive reporting which requires specially designed notification form...

OBJECTIVE To identify the types, frequency and impact of asthma triggers and the relationship to asthma control among adults with asthma in Europe. METHODS Adults with self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma receiving maintenance asthma treatment and self-reported exposure to known asthma triggers completed an online questionnaire; a subset completed a diary over 3-4 weeks. Information on as...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study is to determine the epidemiology of road traffic collisions (RTCs) in Trinidad and Tobago by characterizing RTCs in terms of number of collisions, fatalities, victim profiles, and locations for the purpose of informing accident prevention programs. Previous studies of RTCs in Trinidad and Tobago were primarily concerned with patterns of drivers use of seat be...

INTRODUCTION Unsafe injections are a major source of infection with blood borne pathogens including hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus. World Health Organization estimates the burden of disease associated with unsafe injection practices to be about 1.3 million early deaths, loss of about 26 million years of life and an annual burden of 535 million US dollars i...

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