United States Agency for International Development(USAID)and supported by Tuberculosis Implementation Framework Agreement(TIFA)implemented through John Snow Research&Training Institute Inc(JSI).
Background Tuberculosis(TB)poses a significant social and economic burden to households of persons with TB(PwTB).Despite free diagnosis and care under the National TB Elimination Programme(NTEP),individuals often expe...
Communicating risks and mitigation benefits associated with natural hazards such as wind to the general public is challenging given the location-dependency of parameters and the complexity of the problem.Web tools pla...
funded by the United States Agency for International Development(USAID)Myanmar and Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics(Jhpiego)Myanmar.
Background The financial burden of tuberculosis(TB)can hinder patients and their families,creating obstacles throughout the care cascade,despite TB prevention and control being provided free of charge.In Myanmar,patie...
funded by the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFE0111900);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M730353);Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42041006);Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(Program No.2022JM-167).
On 12th August 2015,a massive rapid long run-out rock landslide occurred in the Shanyang Vanadium Mine in Shaanxi Province,China,which claimed the lives of 65 miners.No heavy rainfalls,earthquakes,and mining blasts we...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42271078);Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi(No.2024SF-YBXM-669).
0 INTRODUCTION Global warming not only exacerbates the instability of the climate system,causing more weather extremes but also has far-reaching impacts on surface systems,changing disaster environments(Qiu et al.,202...
The food supply chain's heavy reliance on electricity poses significant vulnerabilities in the event of prolonged and widespread power disruptions. This study introduces a system-dynamics model that integrates five cr...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12393830)。
We report on the performance improvement of long-wave infrared quantum cascade lasers(LWIR QCLs)by studying and optimizing the anti-reflection(AR)optical facet coating.Compared to the Al2O3 AR coat⁃ing,the Y_(2)O_(3)A...
Introduction: Tuberculosis is closely linked to poverty, with patients facing significant indirect treatment costs. Treating drug-resistant tuberculosis further increases these expenses. Notably, there is a lack of pu...
Landslides are one of the most dangerous natural hazards that cause significant property damage and loss of life.Landslides often destroy farmland,villages,houses,factories,schools,roads and other facilities,injuring ...
Open access funding provided by Karolinska Institute;funded by the Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH initiative through Grant agreement STBP/TRREACH/GSA/W7-7001 and associated amendments.
Background In Viet Nam,tuberculosis(TB)represents a devastating life-event with an exorbitant price tag,partly due to lost income from daily directly observed therapy in public sector care.Thus,persons with TB may see...