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According to WHO, climate change will cause around 250 000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress between the years 2030 and 2050 Saadia Azim In April 2022, when the world was readjusting to pandemic after-effects, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave an SOS call. It wasn’t about any new variant of the pandemic virus but rather a call for speedy action to combat the climate crisis. WHO declared that the human-induced climate crisis is the “single biggest health threat facing humanity now,”, particularly with increased conflict and fragility. On its...
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I, along with many others, considered the lockdown a haven for introverts. But soon the piercing arrow of reality burst my bubble. Abeen Shayiq I’m an introvert girlIn a lockdown worldLife fantasticIt’s….wait, is it though? Distancing from others, isolation, masks covering the face, no physical gatherings or parties. What more could an introvert ask for? I like my space to myself to be able to be myself. Although a habit of social interaction was there as much as necessary, my mind would always look for ways to escape. So when lockdown began following onset of Covid-19 pandemic, the idea of li...
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Preliminary results from the ongoing nationwide health needs assessment indicate that of the 1000 households that have responded so far, two in five have at least one member with a chronic illness, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes or cancer. Health Analytics Web Desk Two months into the war in Ukraine, a WHO survey shows the public health system in the country is struggling, with 162 attacks verified against it so far. Infectious diseases, and particularly waterborne diseases, are common, and routine vaccination, such as COVID-19 vaccination, has been affected by the war, the survey re...
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“The ideological position of media, influences the intensity and content about climate action, in developed and developing countries alike.”, says the new IPCC report Saadia Azim The Working Group III (WG III) of the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has in its new report identified the adverse impacts of misinformation on climate change for the first time. It points out that media professionals sometimes draw on the norm of representing both sides of a controversy, thus giving space to the disproportionate representation of skepticism of climate change. The situation arises...
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While effective states are well-placed to tackle their problems, an efficient response to the pandemic is also about how laxly or strictly these states implement their authority, capacity and legitimacy RIYAZ WANI More than one million people have died and over 81 million have been infected so far in the United States, the highest such figure in the world. This is despite the fact that the US ranks eleventh in healthcare in the world, according to 2021 research by the Commonwealth Fund which studied healthcare systems of eleven high-income countries. Similarly, France which ranked at No 8 has ...
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Forests are supposed to fight climate change, but in India’s case opposite could be true: forests could succumb to climate change if no urgent ameliorative measures are taken. Saadia Azim By 2050, nearly all of India’s forest cover will figure as climate change hotspots, which means they will be at greater risk of climate change than other regions. This would not only threaten the survival of forests but also affect the forest-dependent communities leading, in turn, to large-scale migration, public health concerns and climate refugees. India is one of the ten most forest-rich nations in the wo...
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One-third of infertility cases are caused by male reproductive issues, one-third by female reproductive issues, and one-third by both male and female reproductive issues. By Dr Chaitra Nayak One of the most common reproductive health myths is that young and (seemingly) healthy women do not have to face any infertility issues. However, many such women struggle with achieving pregnancy, despite trying to conceive for a year or more. That’s when we diagnose the couple – not the woman – as having infertility issues and we try finding out what could be the reason. Among the most prevalent causes of...
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And the Covid pandemic by cutting down spending on emissions may have further harmed the climate By Saadia Azim In February 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the second part of the Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC WGII AR6). The Working Group II report assesses the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It highlights that global climate change will considerably impact human communities and increase the risks of vector-borne and water-borne diseases, under-nutrition, mental disorders, and allerg...
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An expert addresses key apprehensions and doubts about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant and breastfeeding women. By Dr Kishore Kumar With the unprecedented spread of the deadly virus in India and the parallel vaccine rollout in progress, my colleagues and I are often asked questions about getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Is this vaccine safe? What will be the effect on the pregnancy or infant after taking the vaccine? What are the risks to the mother and potential risks to the fetus or infant? What are the side-effects? Can lactating women take the prescribed m...
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Despite the government’s stringent measures, there has been an emergence of new clusters, courtesy of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in the island nation. By Dr. Manisha Arora Pandit Over the past year, SARS-CoV-2 has undergone 6,600 mutations in its spike proteins and produced a number of variants – some of which have caused much concern in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, Singapore is in the midst of a struggle to contain the local spread of the new viral variants in order to prevent a second wave. There has been an emergence of new clusters recently, including the prominent ones...
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