Exploring public sector physicians’ resilience, reactions and coping strategies in times of economic crisis; findings from a survey in Portugal’s capital city area

Authors: Barros PP, Gonçalves L, Perelman J, Pires CA, Russo G
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: BMC Health Services Research
Link: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-017-2151-1%20

Evidence is accumulating on the impact of the recent economic crisis on health and health systems across Europe. However, little is known about the effect this is having on physicians – a crucial resource for the delivery of healthcare services. This paper explores the adaptation to the crisis of public sector physicians and their ability […]
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A36 Prevalence of HIV-1 subtypes in Slovenia with an emphasis on molecular and phylogenetic investigation of subtype A.

Authors: Abecasis AB, Lunar MM, Mlakar J, Pecavar B, Poljak M, Tomazic J, Vandamme AM, Vovko TD
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Virus Evolution
Link: https://academic.oup.com/ve/article/3/suppl_1/vew036.020/4090767%20

HIV-1 non-B subtype infections have been observed in Belgium since the 1980s. However, subtype B predominates amongst men having sex with men (MSM), whereas other subtypes are mainly associated with sub-Saharan African migrants and heterosexual risk behavior. In the last decade, subtype F1 diagnoses have increased substantially in Belgium, representing 9% of newly diagnosed and […]
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A21 HIV-1 sub-subtype F1 outbreak among MSM in Belgium

Authors: Alexiev I, Balotta C, Debaisieux L, Devaux C, Fransen K, García Ribas S, Gomes P, Incardona F, Kaiser R, Lemey P, Paraschiv S, Paredes R, Peeters M, Pineda-Peña AC, Ruelle J, Sayan M, Sönnerborg A, Van den Wijngaert S, Van Laethem K, Van Ranst M, Vancutsem E, Vandamme AM, Verhofstede C, Vinken L
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Virus Evolution
Link: https://academic.oup.com/ve/article/3/suppl_1/vew036.020/4090767%20

Portugal: Health System Review

Authors: Augusto GF, de Almeida Simões J, Fronteira I, Hernandez-Quevedo C
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Health systems in transition
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28485714

This analysis of the Portuguese health system reviews recent developments in organization and governance, health financing, health care provision, health reforms and health system performance. Overall health indicators such as life expectancy at birth and at age 65 years have shown a notable improvement over the last decades. However, these improvements have not been followed […]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-resistance testing: challenges, recent developments and perspectives

Authors: Böttger E, Cambau E, Köser CU, Miotto P, Schön T, Viveiros M
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Link: http://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(16)30511-0/fulltext

Drug-resistance testing, or antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), is mandatory for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in cases of failure on standard therapy. We reviewed the different methods and techniques of phenotypic and genotypic approaches. Although multiresistant and extensively drug-resistant (MDR/XDR) tuberculosis is present worldwide, AST for M. tuberculosis (AST-MTB) is still mainly performed according to the resources available rather […]
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Exploring public sector physicians’ resilience, reactions and coping strategies in times of economic crisis; findings from a survey in Portugal’s capital city area

A36 Prevalence of HIV-1 subtypes in Slovenia with an emphasis on molecular and phylogenetic investigation of subtype A.

A21 HIV-1 sub-subtype F1 outbreak among MSM in Belgium

Portugal: Health System Review

Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-resistance testing: challenges, recent developments and perspectives

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