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Health Policy
It is now Mandatory for Doctors in India to Mention Reasons For Prescribing Antibiotics
This important instruction is contained in DGHS' latest letter to medical colleges, medical associations, and pharmacist associations across the country.
In a bid to tackle...
COVID-19
WHO Recommends Successful COVID-19 Therapy; Calls For Wide Geographical Distribution and Transparency from Originator
In a news release to the media, the WHO has strongly recommended antiviral drugs for patients with non-severe COVID-19. It says that the combination...
Health
Humanitarian Catastrophe Awaits Ukraine’s People Living With HIV, Says UNAIDS
NGOs have been working to provide emergency support during the conflict, using minibuses to meet pressing humanitarian needs, including evacuating vulnerable populations and delivering...
Gender
Myanmar, Women and Drugs – An Abusive Cocktail
Punitive drug policies have disproportionate impacts on populations facing systemic marginalisation due to their ethnicity, gender, sexuality, migration status, and their socioeconomic conditions. Women...
Clean tech
Drugs pollute rivers, add to resistance crisis
Pharmaceutical pollution could contribute to antimicrobial resistance and affect human health, says a river study that finds the highest concentrations in SouthAsia, Africa and...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective...
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Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat wave in recorded history this April with forecasts showing no...
Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole...
Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat...
