This Policy Statement examines the role of HIV testing and counselling in health facilities in increasing access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services for refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other persons of concern to UNHCR....
This statement is based on scientific reviews prepared for a Flour Fortification Initiative (FFI) technical workshop held in Stone Mountain, GA, USA in 2008 where various organizations actively engaged in the prevention and control of vitamin and mineral deficiencies and various other relevant stakeholde...
Munns, CF;
Shaw, N;
Kiely, M;
Specker, BL;
Thacher, TD;
Ozono, K;
Michigami, T;
Tiosano, D;
Mughal, MZ;
Mäkitie, O;
Ramos-Abad, L;
Ward, L;
DiMeglio, LA;
Atapattu, N;
Cassinelli, H;
Braegger, C;
Pettifor, JM;
Seth, A;
Idris, HW;
Bhatia, V;
Fu, J;
Goldberg, G;
Sävendahl, L;
Khadgawat, R;
Pludowski, P;
Maddock, J;
Hyppönen, E;
Oduwole, A;
Frew, E;
Aguiar, M;
Tulchinsky, T;
Butler, G;
Högler, W.
"BACKGROUND:
Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are common worldwide, causing nutritional rickets and osteomalacia, which have a major impact on health, growth, and development of infants, children, and adolescents; the consequences can be lethal or can last into adulthood. The goals of this evidence-bas...
Nahid, P;
Dorman, SE;
Alipanah, N;
Barry, PM;
Brozek, JL;
Cattamanchi, A;
Chaisson, LH;
Chaisson, RE;
Daley, CL;
Grzemska, M;
Higashi, JM;
Ho, CS;
Ho, CS;
Hopewell, PC;
Keshavjee, SA;
Lienhardt, C;
Menzies, R;
Merrifield, C;
Narita, M;
O'Brien, R;
Peloquin, CA;
Raftery, A;
Saukkonen, J;
Schaaf, HS;
Sotgiu, G;
Starke, JR;
Migliori, GB;
Vernon, A.
The American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Infectious Diseases Society of America jointly sponsored the development of this guideline for the treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis, which is also endorsed by the European Respiratory Society and the US National Tube...
