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Infographic on menopause. Credit: HealthCentral

Scientists identify genes to help predict menopause timing

Czech Academy of SciencesBy Abdulsalam Mahmud03/11/2021Leave a comment

An international research project involving 180 scientific institutions have identified genes that could predict menopause timing.

A Brazilian health professional preparing a vaccine. From Egypt to Brazil, countries have started work on their own COVID-19 vaccinations in the face of a so-called 'vaccine apartheid'. Copyright: IMF/ Raphael Alves, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

As COVAX disappoints, countries find succor in home-grown jabs

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud01/11/2021Leave a comment

This feature article reveals how low- and middle-income countries are turning to home-grown vaccinations against COVID-19 as the UN-backed COVAX facility fails to deliver.

Toronto heatwave 2010. Photo: Jim Crocker cc BY-NC-SA 2.0

Human population at the mercy of ‘tormenting’ heat

General newsBy Abdulsalam Mahmud26/09/2021Leave a comment

Globally, the impact of extreme temperature on human health will be mitigated if effective measures are taken by governments and key stakeholders.

A woman has her blood pressure checked. Research shows that over half a billion people across the world live with undetected and untreated hypertension. World Granny, (CC BY-NC 2.0)

In poorer nations, blood pressure cases rising ‘undetected’

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud24/09/2021Leave a comment

Low and middle-income countries carry the burden of more than half a billion people living with undetected and untreated hypertension, worldwide.

Betty Nabiteeko, 38, teaches mothers with small children about nutrition at her home near Mityebili, Uganda Photo: Stephan Gladieu / World Bank cc By-NC.SA 2.0.

“Hidden hunger” makes malnutrition a three-pronged burden

SciDev.netBy luc.allemand@afriscitech.com27/08/2021Leave a comment

Les aps The battle to wipe out malnutrition requires healthy diets that also tackle micronutrient deficiencies, alongside the growing burdens of undernutrition and obesity.

Cooking fires using wood or other biomass are a major source of indoor air pollution in developing countries, and a major cause of respiratory and other illnesses. Photo credit: Karan Singh Rathore / www.sanjhi.org

Inequity in the air of India

IIASABy Rosalia Omungo11/08/2021Leave a comment

The rich are to blame for air pollution, while poor endure the impact.

Golden Rice IRRI Photo: Isagani Serrano cc BY-NC-SA

GM rice to wait a little longer for public sampling

SciDev.netBy Rosalia Omungo06/08/2021Leave a comment

At least two years’ wait for GM Rice production

Indigenous Amazonian communities are among those most affected by mercury contamination because their diets are based on fishing. Photo: Jucatili25-Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 4.0

Mercury and lead threaten Latin American communities

SciDev.netBy Rosalia Omungo23/07/2021Leave a comment

Artisanal mining as well as industrial activities and waste disposal spread toxic heavy metals in the Amazon region, affecting particularly children health.

Why sharing bio-imaging tech is crucial to global health

Financing basic science, SciDev.netBy Rosalia Omungo25/06/2021Leave a comment

Bioimaging technologies must be expanded for global health.

Africa has highest COVID-19 death rate of critically ill

SciDev.netBy Rosalia Omungo18/06/2021Leave a comment

A survey of 10 African countries found that a lack of intensive care beds and medical resources led to worse outcomes associated with COVID-19 in Africa than in the rest of the world.

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