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      Prevalence and socio-demographic determinants of depression among inmates of a prison in Malaysia 

      Rao, Gunenthira Rao Subba; Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah; Shahar, Hayati Kadir; Mukhtar, Firdaus; Anusuyah (2019-07-30)

      Depression is the most common form of mental disorder among prison inmates. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and socio-demographic determinants of depression among adult male inmates in a local prison in Malaysia. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 460 inmates who were systematically selected. Depression was screened using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. Chi-square tests and multiple logistic regression were applied to determine the association between depression and associated ...
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      Achieving the targets for universal health coverage: how is Thailand monitoring progress? 

      Witthayapipopsakul, Woranan; Kulthanmanusorn, Anond; Vongmongkol, Vuthiphan; Viriyathorn, Shaheda; Wanwong, Yaowaluk; Tangcharoensathien, Viroj (2019-04)

      Universal health coverage (‎UHC)‎ is one of the targets within the Sustainable Development Goalsthat the Member States of the United Nations have pledged to achieve by 2030. Target 3.8 has twomonitoring indicators: 3.8.1 for coverage of essential health services, for which a compound index from16 tracer indicators has recently been developed; and 3.8.2 for catastrophic expenditure on health.The global baseline monitoring of these two indicators in 2017 shows that the progress in many lowandmiddle-income countries is unlikely to be on track and ...