INCREASING AND SUSTAINING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING IN FIJI BY LEVERAGING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHWS) SERVICES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Increasing and sustaining diabetic retinopathy screening in Fiji by leveraging community health workers (CHWs) services: A qualitative study

Introduction: Inequities in access to diabetic retinopathy (DR) services particularly in rural and remote Fiji is concerning.This is because DR when left undiagnosed and untreated for long, can lead to vision loss and permanent blindness.Appropriate channels must be explored to strengthen services and ensure equitable access to healthcare for every

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Quantifying the Relationship between Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals and Antibiotic Resistance in Humans

It is commonly asserted that agricultural production systems must use fewer antibiotics in food-producing animals in order to mitigate the global spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).In order to assess the cost-effectiveness of such interventions, especially given the potential trade-off with rural livelihoods, we must quantify more precisely t

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Feature Selection and Rule Generation Integrated Learning for Takagi-Sugeno-Kang Fuzzy System and its Application in Medical Data Classification

Footrests The rule-based fuzzy systems have successfully applied for numerous medical data classification problems.However, structuring the concise and interpretable fuzzy rules with good classification performance is still a big challenge.To address this issue, a novel feature selection and rule generation integrated learning for Takagi-Sugeno-Kan

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Effect of Different Fermentation Methods on Aroma Composition of Yellow Peach Wine Analyzed by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrometry

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of natural fermentation and inoculated fermentations with Pichia pastoris and active dry wine yeast BV818 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) on the flavor of yellow peach wine.Simultaneous inoculation, sequential inoculation of P.pastoris and BV818 with a time interval of one and three days, and in

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