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Monkeypox resurgence and its implications for Dentistry – A scoping review

Syed Sarosh Mahdi3,5, Rabeea Yaqoob2, Raheel Allana4, Gopi Batteneni1, Syeda Sakina3, Daniyal Agha2, Niekla Survia Andiesta5, Muneer Gohar Babar5, Zohaib Ahmed6, Umer Daood7

 

1The clinical research center, School of Medicinal and Health Products Sciences, University of Camerino, Camerino, 62032, Italy.
2Sohail University, Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Department of Community Dentistry, Karachi, Pakistan.
3Athena center for Advanced Research in Healthcare, Camerino, Italy
4Department of Paediatric & Child Health, Aga Khan University Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
5Division of Clinical Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, International Medical University , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6Research member New York Chapter NYHDA , USA. College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, NY, USA.
7Restorative Dentistry Division, School of Dentistry, International Medical University , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

Introduction: Monkeypox caused by the Monkeypox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus, is currently considered a major concern among healthcare authorities due to its high transmissibility rate.

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Networks as a way to hospital and primary/ community care integration: findings from a narrative review of the main international models

Marcello Di Pumpo1, Lorenzo Sommella2, Gianfranco Damiani1,3

1 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
2 Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
3 Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Background
Healthcare systems are complex systems. Achieving financial, social, and environmental sustainability of these systems requires a high degree of integration and coordination at all levels, especially between acute-care settings and primary/community care services. Some authors have, therefore, suggest redirecting integrated healthcare research towards the network theory and network concepts as a useful lens.

Objective
The current paper proposes to investigate the existence, the institutional level of formalization and the degree of development of hospital/primary-community care Networks currently present in the main types of healthcare systems worldwide by studying an appropriate selection of representative countries for each system typology.

Materials and Methods
A narrative review of the scientific and gray literature following the methodology by Green et al.

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