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Home / Archives for Paulo Ferrinho

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective

  • Authors: Inês Fronteira, Mohsin Sidat, João Paulo Magalhães, Fernando Passos Cupertino de Barros, António Pedro Delgado, Tiago Correia, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro, Paulo Ferrinho
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: One Health, vol 12, art 100228
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100228

ABSTRACT The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected communities, populations, and countries throughout the world. As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic developed, the extent to which the disease interacted with already existing endemic, non-communicable and infectious diseases became evident, hence deeply influencing health outcomes. Additionally, a synergistic effect has been demonstrated also with socio-economic, cultural, and contextual determinants of […]
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The case for simplifying and using absolute targets for viral hepatitis elimination goals

  • Authors: The Polaris Observatory including, Paulo Ferrinho
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 28(1), pp 12-19
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13412

ABSTRACT The 69th World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Health Sector Strategy for Viral Hepatitis, embracing a goal to eliminate hepatitis infection as a public health threat by 2030. This was followed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global targets for the care and management of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) […]
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Skindex-29 cutoffs in an atopic dermatitis sample

  • Authors: Daniela Carvalho, Pedro Aguiar, Paulo Ferrinho
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: International Journal of Dermatology, 60(2), pp e45-e47
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.15237

CORRESPONDENCE Dear Editor, The Skindex-29 instrument has been widely studied and can be used comfortably in clinical and research settings that need to measure changes in quality of life (QoL) impact. In addition, Skindex-29 has a broad emotional component and can be used to further characterize the emotional impact of skin disease. It is one […]
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Overlooking workplace violence in health workforce planning in sub-Saharan Africa

  • Authors: Paulo Ferrinho, Mohsin Sidat, António Pedro Delgado, Eva Pascoal
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 37(1), pp 568 - 571
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3366

https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3366
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Medical faculty profile is an important determinant of student profile and future practice expectations of medical students in Angola

  • Authors: Inês Fronteira, Helga Freitas, Nkanga Guimarães, Mário Fresta, Paulo Ferrinho
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: BMC Medical Education, vol 21, art 465
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02836-z

ABSTRACT ‘Background:’ Angola is among one of the most deprived countries in the world in terms of medical professionals. In the past decade, the Angolan Government has invested in the expansion of faculties of medicine in the country.  We analysed the profiles of medical students in Angola according to four clusters of medical schools: older […]
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