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…the implementation of the policy and business promotion. By educating 30 bar and restaurant owners about the health impact of SHS, the project worked to promote behaviour changes.  Radio interviews were broadcast, the issues were discussed in training courses and workshops, and National Tobacco Control day was used to synchronize with the national effort to…

…was reduced, compared to before the intervention. Knowledge from this study was disseminated to stakeholders in a workshop in Bangladesh in February 2015 and led to policy changes, where the City Corporation authority of Dhaka South is now considering options such as providing street food carts for selling hygienic street food and registering the vendors so they…

…data analysis was ongoing. The study was useful in building local clinical and diagnostic capacity in Uganda. By obtaining chest x-rays for all participants, awareness of radiographic changes and their diagnostic significance was increased. As children in this study were well treated according to guidelines, the mortality rate of 12% was below the expected mortality…

Issue Changes in blood cell counts and the physical properties of blood cells can be used to screen for a wide range of diseases. In the developed world, this can be measured using automated hematology analyzers but this capability is currently unavailable in developing regions because these instruments cost more than $50,000 and require the…

…3,667 subjects in the control group, to evaluate the differences in pregnancy and birth outcomes. Outcome The results showed that using the mobile text messages resulted in changes in women’s behaviour, attitudes and knowledge, and practices towards pregnancy, delivery and postpartum care. The effectiveness of maternal education through text messaging in this project was as…

…uses light to monitor the bladder non-invasively through the skin as a patient spontaneously passes urine, using an approach known as near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS). NIRS monitors changes in hemoglobin concentration in the bladder wall, which enables the ‘health’ of the organ’s hemodynamics and oxygenation to be inferred. Where there is bladder obstruction, the organ's…

…test kits ·         Two training courses for 60 farmers in the target provinces regarding water public health management ·         A post-water test and training questionnaire to assess changes in attitudes to water public health management. Outcome Results showed that, at the start of the study, targeted farmers had limited awareness of water public health issues…

…characteristics of these surface waves can be altered by the adsorption of species at the surface of the nanostructures  In another words, the colour of the device changes when certain molecules are adsorbed at the sensor surface. Two types of dengue-related proteins were targeted in this project:  NS1 protein, which is part of the structure…

…family health. A pre-experimental design (with pre- and post-intervention measures) was used to measure the impact of the M2 intervention on female migrants in Vietnam, by tracking changes in knowledge and practices relating to sexual and reproductive health, and to explore the influence of M2 on indirect target populations, including local health service providers and…

…and rural areas with limited access to rehabilitation services on spasticity measurement. Short-term intervention trials are also being conducted to assess the effectiveness of the measure in identifying changes in motor performance after targeted clinical interventions. Outcomes For clinical stakeholders, the project resulted in an increase in awareness about the importance of using valid and reliable…