BACKGROUND: Anopheles mosquitoes pose notable public health concerns as competent vectors of malaria and other diseases. Although malaria is no longer endemic in the United States, recent locally acquired cases in states including Maryland highlight ...
Landslides threaten sustainable development through economic and human losses. This study integrates machine learning methods to construct susceptibility maps, including topographic-hydrological indicators, to improve the inclusion of earthflow lands...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Women's empowerment is a vital issue in lower-middle-income developing countries like Bangladesh, where it plays a pivotal role in advancing development across the nation. Thus, this study aimed to identify the influential ...
Hypertension remains a critical global public health challenge, with its complex etiology poorly captured by traditional linear models, especially regarding macro-level structural and gender-specific drivers. To address this, we employed an interpret...
A new era in global health assistance requires a focus on efficiently using limited and declining donor funds. This shift requires better evaluation methods to allocate resources effectively. Most evaluations in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC...
BACKGROUND: Childhood vaccination is a cornerstone of public health, yet disparities in vaccination coverage persist across England. These disparities arise from complex interactions among geographic, demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural (GDSC) f...
BACKGROUND: Despite contemporaneous declines in neonatal mortality, recent studies show the existence of left-behind populations that continue to have higher mortality rates than the national averages. Additionally, many of these deaths are from prev...
Quality antenatal care (ANC) is critical for maternal and neonatal health. Despite improvements in healthcare, disparities in ANC access and quality persist, particularly in underserved areas of Bangladesh. This study aimed to identify the key determ...
In fragile states like Somalia, the link between poor health and educational exclusion is critical yet poorly understood. This study uses a novel machine learning approach to identify and rank the most significant barriers to school attendance. We an...
BACKGROUND: The National Framework for Malaria Elimination, formulated in 2016, aims to eliminate malaria in India by 2030, focusing on the districts as the strategic units for planning and implementing intervention measures. In this study, the spati...
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