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Preventive healthcare

Sharp rise in measles cases in Afghanistan, says WHO

The number of cases of measles and deaths caused by measles among increased by 18 per cent in the week of January 24, and...

OWSA Staff - 14 February 2022

COVID-19

WHO’s aid plea warns of risks from new variants

Warning of the emergence of more dangerous variants of COVID-19 on the anvil, a press release pointed out the inequities in the access to...

OWSA Staff - 9 February 2022

Health

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

Health

Making RNA vaccines easier to swallow

A pill that releases RNA in the stomach could offer a new way to administer vaccines, or to deliver therapies for gastrointestinal disease. Anne Trafton...

OWSA Contributor - 4 February 2022

Health

Endgame for Polio in Pakistan

Pakistan recently reported that its campaign to eradicate polio reached a critical milestone with no cases reported for a year. By Zofeen Ebrahim / Inter...

Inter Press Service - 3 February 2022

Children

Leprosy in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal

Cases of leprosy detected among migrant labourers returning from their employment abroad has reignited the conversation on the much-stigmatised disease. Doctors in Jhapa, Nepal have...

OWSA Contributor - 31 January 2022

Health

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

Children

Child asthma cases linked to cities’ dirty air

A study published in this month's issue of The Lancet Planertary Health says that nitrogen dioxide pollution is the cause of 1.85 million child asthma...

SciDevNet - 29 January 2022

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