Enhanced medical assessment strategy for Barawan Somali refugees - Kenya, 1997
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In 1997, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demonstrated that many refugees can be successfully treated for infectious diseases the day before they depart for the US. In Jul, 1997, 7% of 390 Somali refugees headed for the US tested positive for malaria the day before departure. Nineteen were given a single dose of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and seven days later, all were free of malaria. About 40% of 331 refugees tested were infected with intestinal parasites. They were treated with a single dose of albendazole. The CDC must alert US communities of these refugee's health status.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Reduced ratio of male to female births in several industrial countries: a sentinel health indicator?
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The percentage of male births seems to be declining in many countries but the reasons are not known. Normally, about 106 males are born for every 100 females, for a ratio of 1.06. Another way of saying this is that 106 out of 206 births, or 51.5% are male. An analysis of births in Denmark, the Netherlands, Canada and the US reveals a significant decline in the percentage of males born, from 51.6% in 1950 to 51.3% in 1994 in the Netherlands. Similar declines were seen in Denmark, Canada and the US.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Palmar Pallor as an Indicator for Anthelminthic Treatment Among Ill Children Aged 2-4 Years--Western Kenya, 1998
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A light-colored palm is not an accurate sign of intestinal helminth infection. Helminths are worms that can grow in the intestinal tract. In a study of 574 children in in Bungoma District, Kenya, a light-colored palm was an accurate sign of anemia but not intestinal helminth infection. This may be because the number of children with a helminth infection was very low, around 10% to 16%, depending on the age of the child. Other communities have rates ranging from 25% to 90%.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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