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Lifestyle diseases and NCDs

Nearly A Billion People Lack Access to Disability Aids

A Majority of people who would benefit from assistive technology lack potentially life-changing access to devices such as glasses, hearing aids, wheelchairs. 3.5 billion...

SciDevNet - 18 May 2022

Regulate Cross-Border Alcohol Trade, Says WHO

A new report from the World Health Organization WHO highlights glaring gaps in regulation of cross-border alcohol marketing that employs sophisticated online marketing techniques....

OWSA Contributor - 11 May 2022

Stonewalling Occupational Health Concerns of Agate Stone Workers

Workers of Gujarat’s agate industry continue to inhale silica dust – and dying painful deaths. But there has been little action from the government...

OWSA Contributor - 25 April 2022

US$140 Billion Needed to Tackle Lifestyle Diseases, Says Report

Progress is lacking on UN goals for heart disease, cancer, diabetes and others and an annual investment of US$18 million is needed to promote...

SciDevNet - 7 April 2022

Nepal investing in health care but equality of access lags

High quality health care is not universally accessible in Nepal, and is generally enjoyed by only a relatively small and elite portion of the...

Inter Press Service - 5 February 2022

Dementia cases ‘set to almost triple by 2050’: study

A study published 6 January in The Lancet Public Health says the increase in dementia is largely due to population growth and ageing. Predicting...

SciDevNet - 31 January 2022

Countries with regulations against industrially produced trans fats tripled over the past year

2021 saw India and Bangladesh tighten the norms for oils, fats and trans-fatty acids in food products. Rules to put a cap on trans-fatty...

OWSA Staff - 31 December 2021

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