China, India and USA are among the top three countries with a high number of diabetic population shows this new study published in Lancet. It finds that there is a fourfold rise in the number of diabetics – from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014.
Underweight and severe and morbid obesity are associated with highly elevated risks of adverse health outcomes. The estimated trends in mean body-mass index (BMI), which characterises its population
Reflecting on the voices of people living in difficult and unjust circumstances, government stakeholders and development practitioners from around the globe, the authors propose that conducting a truly
Efforts to end preventable newborn deaths will fail if the poor are not reached with effective interventions. To understand what works to reach vulnerable groups, the researchers describe and explain
This report presents critical analyses of economic policies, policies for food security, education, health and women’s empowerment and concludes that to sustain economic growth and advance human development, South Asia needs high level political commitment to achieve its economic and social goals.
The employment of a new “worm index” of human development, together with additional published health information, confirms the important role neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) play in hindering
A number of children in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are stunted, wasted, and underweight, a study of Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has found. Anaemia prevalence in those children (6-59 months)
Thousands of the distressed women living in remote char areas on the Brahmaputra basin have achieved laudable success in the health, hygiene, sanitation and safe drinking water sectors. The exceptional
A new survey has revealed substantial disparities still exist in relation to wealth, gender and location in Bangladesh despite it made remarkable progress in many areas of the wellbeing of women and children.
KARACHI: An alarmingly large number of women in Orangi Town are hooked to tobacco, says a recent study that calls for immediate preventive measures to control the use of the hazardous substance that not
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