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Yeong CH, Azhari HA, Parveen S, Juyena NS, Nahar N, Islam MA, Mysore Kempegowda S, Karmaker N, Mumtaz T, Stoeva M. Health management during COVID-19 pandemic-contribution of women health informaticians, medical physicists and veterinarians from Bangladesh and Malaysia during the world crisis. Health Technol (Berl) 2021; 11:1149-1163. [PMID: 34485010 PMCID: PMC8403066 DOI: 10.1007/s12553-021-00588-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This article aims to highlight some of the contributions from Bangladeshi and Malaysian women scientists in the fields of health informatics, medical physics and biomedical engineering, and veterinary science in combating the COVID-19 world crisis. The status of COVID-19 situations in Bangladesh and Malaysia in respect to global scenario, some relevant government policies, lessons learnt from previous pandemics, socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, the impact on healthcare system and health management approaches taken by individual/institutional research group led by women scientists during the COVID-19 pandemic have been discussed and demonstrated in this article. These promising activities and initiatives will eventually motivate other women in science and extend their roles from laboratory to society in more aspects.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chai Hong Yeong
- Faculty of Health and Medical Science, School of Medicine, Taylor’s University, 47500 Subang Jaya, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (MPBME), Gono Bishwabidyalay (University), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- South Asia Centre for Medical Physics and Cancer Research, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Health Informatics, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Department of Reproductive and Child Health, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Health Informatics, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (MPBME), Gono Bishwabidyalay (University), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Food and Radiation Biology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1207 Bangladesh
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- Medical Imaging Department, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Frank H, Steil V, Azhari HA, Molina F, Zakaria GA. Session 34: Medical physics and biomedical enigneering in the developing countries – Education and profession. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2017-5055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Zakaria GA, Schütte W, Azhari HA. [Dosimetry of HDR afterloading machines with Ir-192- und Co-60-sources: comparison of different international protocols]. Z Med Phys 2010; 20:215-24. [PMID: 20638254 DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2010.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Revised: 05/03/2010] [Accepted: 05/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The air kerma rate in air at a reference distance of 1 meter from the source is the recommended quantity for the specification of gamma ray source in brachytherapy. The absorbed dose for the patients is directly proportional to the air kerma rate. Therefore the air kerma rate should be determined before the first use of the source on patients by a medical physicist who is independent from the source manufacturer. The air kerma rate will then be applied in the calculation of the dose delivered to patients. In practice, high dose rate (HDR) Ir-192 afterloading machines are mostly used in brachytherapy treatment. Currently HDR-Co-60 increasingly come into operation, too. The essential advantage of the use of Co-60 sources is its longer half-life compared to Ir-192. In addition, the purchasing and disposal costs are lower. The use of HDR-Co-60- afterloading machines is also quite interesting for developing countries. This work describes the dosimetry at HDR afterloading machines according to the protocols DIN 6809-2 (1993) in relation to the DGMP-Report 13 (2006), IAEA-TECDOC-1274 (2002) and AAPM Report 41 (1993) with the nuclides Ir-192 and Co-60. We have used 3 different measurement methods (with a cylindrical chamber in solid phantom and in free air and with a well chamber) in dependence of each of the protocols. We have shown that the standard deviations of the measured air kerma rate for the Co-60 source are generally larger than those of the Ir-192 source. The measurements with the well chamber had the lowest deviation from the certificate value. In all protocols and methods the deviations stood for both nuclides by a maximum of about 1.2% for Ir-192 and 2.5% for Co-60-sources respectively.
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- Golam Abu Zakaria
- Abteilung für Medizinische Strahlenphysik, Kreiskrankenhaus Gummersbach, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Köln, Gummersbach, Germany.
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