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Cost-effectiveness of mandatory folic acid fortification of flours in prevention of neural tube defects: A systematic review by Rodrigues, Viviane Belini, Silva, Everton Nunes da, Santos, Maria Leonor Pacheco

“…Neural tube defects (NTDs) constitute the most frequent group among congenital malformations and are the main cause of neonatal morbimortality. Folic acid (FA)…”
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Direct healthcare cost of obesity in brazil: an application of the cost-of-illness method from the perspective of the public health system in 2011 by de Oliveira, Michele Lessa, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, da Silva, Everton Nunes

“…Obesity is a global public health problem and a risk factor for several diseases that financially impact healthcare systems. To estimate the direct costs…”
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Covid-19: temporal evolution and immunization in the three epidemiological waves, Brazil, 2020-2022 by Moura, Erly Catarina, Cortez-Escalante, Juan, Cavalcante, Fabrício Vieira, Barreto, Ivana Cristina de Holanda Cunha, Sanchez, Mauro Niskier, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco

“…Describe the temporal evolution of morbimortality due to Covid-19 and vaccination coverage during the health emergency in Brazil. Number of cases and deaths…”
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Prevented cases of neural tube defects and cost savings after folic acid fortification of flour in Brazil by Rodrigues, Viviane Belini, Silva, Everton Nunes da, Dos Santos, André Marques, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco

“…Anencephaly, encephalocele, and spina bifida are congenital neural tube defects and are the main causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality and impose a heavy…”
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Trends in COVID-19 case-fatality rates in Brazilian public hospitals: A longitudinal cohort of 398,063 hospital admissions from 1st March to 3rd October 2020 by Zimmermann, Ivan Ricardo, Sanchez, Mauro Niskier, Frio, Gustavo Saraiva, Alves, Layana Costa, Pereira, Claudia Cristina de Aguiar, Lima, Rodrigo Tobias de Sousa, Machado, Carla, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, Silva, Everton Nunes da

“…Background Almost 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 were reported in Brazil in 2020. The case fatality rate of a new infectious disease can vary by different risk…”
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Effects of a conditional cash transfer programme on child nutrition in Brazil by PAES-SOUSA, Rômulo, PACHECO SANTOS, Leonor Maria, SHISUE MIAZAKI, Edina

“…To examine the association between Brazil's Bolsa Familia programme (BFP), which is the world's largest conditional cash transfer programme, and the…”
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Impact of the Programa Mais médicos (more doctors Programme) on primary care doctor supply and amenable mortality: quasi-experimental study of 5565 Brazilian municipalities by Hone, Thomas, Powell-Jackson, Timothy, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, de Sousa Soares, Ricardo, de Oliveira, Felipe Proenço, Sanchez, Mauro Niskier, Harris, Matthew, de Oliveira de Souza Santos, Felipe, Millett, Christopher

“…Investing in human resources for health (HRH) is vital for achieving universal health care and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Programa Mais Médicos…”
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COVID-19 as the leading cause of hospital deaths in the Brazilian public health system in 2020 by Zimmermann, Ivan Ricardo, Sanchez, Mauro Niskier, Alves, Layana Costa, Frio, Gustavo Saraiva, Cavalcante, Fabrício Vieira, Cortez-Escalante, Juan José, da Silva, Everton Nunes, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco

“…•There was a 16.7% increase in the number of hospital deaths in 2020 compared with 2019 in Brazil.•More than 19% of hospital deaths in 2020 were related to…”
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Challenges facing the More Doctors program (Programa Mais Médicos) in vulnerable and peri-urban areas in Greater Brasilia, Brazil by Shimizu, Helena Eri, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, Sanchez, Mauro Niskier, Hone, Thomas, Millett, Christopher, Harris, Matthew

“…A shortage of physicians, especially in vulnerable and peri-urban areas, is a global phenomenon that has serious implications for health systems, demanding…”
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Direct from the COVID-19 crisis: research and innovation sparks in Brazil by Rosa, Mário Fabrício Fleury, da Silva, Everton Nunes, Pacheco, Christina, Diógenes, Marcos Vinícius Pereira, Millett, Christopher, Gadelha, Carlos Augusto Grabois, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco

“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread throughout more than 160 countries, infecting millions of people worldwide. To address this health…”
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Brazil’s more doctors programme and infant health outcomes: a longitudinal analysis by Bexson, Charlotte, Millett, Christopher, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, de Sousa Soares, Ricardo, de Oliveira, Felipe Proenço, Hone, Thomas

“…Abstract Background Providing sufficient numbers of human resources for health is essential for effective and accessible health services. Between 2013 and…”
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Spatial distribution of the “Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program” and social vulnerability: an analysis of the Brazilian metropolitan regions by Oliveira, Aimê, Barreto, Jorge Otávio Maia, de Araújo, Sidclei Queiroga, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco

“…Abstract Background The “ Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program” established in 2013 by the Brazilian Government aimed to reduce inequalities by means of an…”
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Trends in Morbid Obesity and in Bariatric Surgeries Covered by the Brazilian Public Health System by Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, Oliveira, Isabella Vasconcellos de, Peters, Lilian Rose, Conde, Wolney Lisboa

“…Background Obesity is an increasingly serious public health problem on a global level. Morbid obesity, defined as a body mass index greater than 40 kg/m 2 , is…”
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Modeling Content and Context with Deep Relational Learning by Pacheco, Maria Leonor, Goldwasser, Dan

“…Building models for realistic natural language tasks requires dealing with long texts and accounting for complicated structural dependencies. Neural-symbolic…”
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Impact of health research on advances in knowledge, research capacity-building and evidence-informed policies: a case study on maternal mortality and morbidity in Brazil by Angulo-Tuesta, Antonia, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, Natalizi, Daniel Alves

“…National health research systems aim to generate high-quality knowledge so as to maintain and promote the population's health. This study aimed to analyze the…”
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Early cow's milk consumption among Brazilian children: results of a national survey by Bortolini, Gisele Ane, Vitolo, Márcia Regina, Gubert, Muriel Bauermann, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco

“…to assess the intake, frequency, and type of milk consumed by Brazilian children younger than 60 months of age. this was a cross-sectional study, which used…”
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Cost-effectiveness of mandatory folic acid fortification of flours in prevention of neural tube defects: A systematic review by Viviane Belini Rodrigues, Everton Nunes da Silva, Maria Leonor Pacheco Santos

“…BackgroundNeural tube defects (NTDs) constitute the most frequent group among congenital malformations and are the main cause of neonatal morbimortality. Folic…”
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Conferências de saúde: metassíntese de boas práticas, obstáculos e recomendações a partir de experiências no Brasil, 1986-2016 by Ricardi, Luciani Martins, Shimizu, Helena Eri, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco

“…Resumo O estudo teve como objetivo identificar evidências produzidas sobre as conferências de saúde brasileiras e sistematizar boas práticas, obstáculos e…”
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A proposal for a new Brazilian six-item version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale by Albuquerque, Maicon Rodrigues, Corrêa, Humberto, Couto, Tiago Castro E, Santos, Wallace, Romano-Silva, Marco Aurelio, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco

“…Factor analysis of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) could result in a shorter and easier to handle screening tool. Therefore, the aim of this…”
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Prevention of neural tube defects by the fortification of flour with folic acid: a population-based retrospective study in Brazil by Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, Lecca, Roberto Carlos Reyes, Cortez-Escalante, Juan Jose, Sanchez, Mauro Niskier, Rodrigues, Humberto Gabriel

“…To determine if the fortification of wheat and maize flours with iron and folic acid - which became mandatory in Brazil from June 2004 - is effective in the…”
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