EXTRACTING AND RESHAPING WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY DATA IN STATA

Extracting and reshaping World Fertility Survey data in Stata

Background: The Demographic Deck Shoes and Health Surveys (DHS) program has made available online a large number of public use files from its predecessor, the World Fertility Survey (WFS) program, see wfs.dhsprogram.com.Contribution: To encourage and facilitate the use of these data we provide a Stata command 4G Antennas that can be used to extract

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A census from heaven: Unraveling the potential of deep learning and Earth Observation for intra-urban population mapping in data scarce environments

Urban population distribution maps are vital elements for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals, appropriately allocating resources such as vaccination campaigns, and facilitating evidence-based decision making.Typically, population distribution maps are derived from census data from the region of interest.Nevertheless, in several low- and m

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Determination of the effect of collars containing 10% w/w imidacloprid and 4.5% w/w flumethrin (Seresto®) on the incidence of Leishmania and other canine vector-borne pathogen infections in Greece

Abstract Background The objective of this field study was to assess the effect of treating a considerable portion of a dog population naturally exposed to canine vector-borne pathogens (CVBPs) in endemic areas with a 10% w/w imidacloprid/4.5% w/w flumethrin collar (Seresto®) on the transmission of CVBPs and the resulting incidence of infection.Met

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