DISTRIBUTING INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS DURING MEASLES VACCINATION: A LOW-COST MEANS OF ACHIEVING HIGH AND EQUITABLE COVERAGE

Distributing insecticide-treated bednets during measles vaccination: a low-cost means of achieving high and equitable coverage

OBJECTIVE: To achieve high and equitable coverage of insecticide-treated bednets by integrating their distribution into a measles vaccination campaign.METHODS: In December 2002 in the Lawra district in Ghana, a measles vaccination campaign lasting 1 week targeted all children aged 9 months-15 years.Families with one or more children less than five

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Glioblastoma in an old patient treated with a combination of tumor-treating fields and standard chemoradiotherapy: A case report

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common type of primary brain tumor in adults.Due to the Lacrosse Chest Protector lack of clinical data, there is no standard treatment for GBM in old patients, and the prognosis is poor.We report a case of a 69-year-old female patient diagnosed with GBM who received tumor resection, radiotherapy, and temozolomide comb

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