BACKGROUND The community-based MDR-TB care (CBMDR-TBC) project was implemented in 2015 by The Union in collaboration with national TB programme (NTP) in 33 townships of upper Myanmar to improve treatment outcomes among patients with MDR-TB registered under NTP. They received community-based support through the project staff, in addition to the routine domiciliary care provided by NTP staff. Eac...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a well-established therapy for patients experiencing acute severe cardiac and/or respiratory failure. Unfortunately, despite noteworthy improvements in patient selection, technology, and multidiscipli‐ nary team management, significant complications are still common. The most dramatic and potentially severe complications are neurologic. However, the...

Managing receiving-water quality, ecosystem health and ecosystem service delivery is challenging in regions where extreme rainfall and runoff events occur episodically, confounding and often intensifying land-degradation impacts. We synthesize the approaches used in river, reservoir and coastal water management in the event-driven subtropics of Australia, and the scientific research underpinnin...

Although the role of social support in promoting employees' health and well-being has been studied extensively, the evidence is inconsistent, sometimes even suggesting that social support might have negative effects. The authors examined some psychological processes that might explain such effects. On the basis of the threat-to-self-esteem model, the authors tested the hypothesis that receiving...

Heart failure in children is a progressive clinical syndrome characterized by symptoms that may include respiratory distress, poor growth, edema, fatigue, feeding difficulties, and exercise intolerance.1,2 The predominant causes of pediatric heart failure in developed countries are cardiomyopathy (including the dilated, hypertrophic, and restrictive cardio myopathies) and congenital heart disea...

Background In January 2021 Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Hull University Teaching Hospitals implemented a pilot COVID-19 lateral flow testing (LFT) direct admissions pathway to assess the feasibility of using pre-hospital LFTs bypass Emergency Department. Due lower than anticipated uptake amongst paramedics, we undertook service evaluation reasons for low perceived potential benefits risks as...

Background The positive effect of breastfeeding on the health of the mother, child and community has been globally accepted, but the rate of breastfeeding is still not at an acceptable level. Breastfeeding support can greatly influence the continuity and success of breastfeeding. This qualitative study aimed to explain the Iranian women’s experiences of breastfeeding support. Materials and Meth...