Routine screening of harmful microorganisms in beach sands: implications to public health

Authors: Brandão J, Carneiro C, Costa I, Cunha M, Duarte A, Faria N, Ferreira FC, Gargaté MJ, Júlio C, Martins ML, Nevers MB, Oleastro M, Rodrigues R, Sabino R, Solo-Gabriele H, Veríssimo C, Viegas C, Whitman RL
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Science of the Total Environment
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24355396

Beaches worldwide provide recreational opportunities to hundreds of millions of people and serve as important components of coastal economies. Beach water is often monitored for microbiological quality to detect the presence of indicators of human sewage contamination so as to prevent public health outbreaks associated with water contact
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Negotiating Markets for Health: An Exploration of Physicians’ Engagement in Dual Practice in Three African Capital Cities

Authors: Ferrinho P, Fronteira I, McPake B, Russo G
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Health Policy and Planning
Link: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/09/26/heapol.czt071

Scarce evidence exists on the features, determinants and implications of physicians’ dual practice, especially in resource-poor settings. This study considered dual practice patterns in three African cities and the respective markets for physician services, with the objective of understanding the influence of local determinants on the practice.
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Why do some physicians in portuguese-speaking african countries work exclusively for the private sector? Findings from a mixed-methods study

Authors: de Sousa B, Dussault G, Ferrinho P, Russo G, Sidat M
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Human Resources for Health
Link: http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/12/1/51

Despite the growing interest in the private health sector in low- and middle-income countries, little is known about physicians working outside the public sector. The present work adopts a mixed-methods approach to explore characteristics, working patterns, choices, and motivations of the physicians working exclusively for the private sector in the capital cities of Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, and Mozambique.
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On the margins of aid orthodoxy: The Brazil-Mozambique collaboration to produce essential medicines in Africa

Authors: de Oliveira L, Russo G, Shankland A, Sitoe T
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Globalization and Health
Link: http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/10/1/70

This paper looks into practicalities and evolution of this collaboration to illustrate the characteristics of Brazilian development cooperation in health, with the aim of drawing lessons for the wider debate on aid and local production of pharmaceuticals in Africa.
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Mosquito control might not bolster imperfect dengue vaccines

Authors: Devine G, Richard P, Sakuntabhai A, Sousa CA
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: The Lancet
Link: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)62071-7/abstract

The most recent dengue vaccine trial data from Asia claims 40–70% efficacy in children aged 2–14 years. This is a substantial advance in dengue prevention but clearly falls short of the levels of protection required for a standalone intervention. The dengue vaccine initiative and other consortia have emphasised the benefits of integrating vaccines with mosquito control measures, which infers that vector control can bolster the effect of imperfect vaccines.
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Routine screening of harmful microorganisms in beach sands: implications to public health

Negotiating Markets for Health: An Exploration of Physicians’ Engagement in Dual Practice in Three African Capital Cities

Why do some physicians in portuguese-speaking african countries work exclusively for the private sector? Findings from a mixed-methods study

On the margins of aid orthodoxy: The Brazil-Mozambique collaboration to produce essential medicines in Africa

Mosquito control might not bolster imperfect dengue vaccines

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