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‘Lifestyle diseases more common among poor than rich in India’
The poor in India don’t suffer from fewer “lifestyle diseases” than the rich — they just don’t know it. A new study shows that the actual prevalence of common non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is far higher among the poor than they report, and is as high if not higher among the poor than among the rich.
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- South Asia
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Psychiatrists decry mental health care in Africa
The drugs given to many of Africa's psychiatric patients are often administered to keep the patients asleep so the hurried nurses can get some rest, and those who can't sleep may have their hands or feet tied up.Yet these patients may be considered lucky, because across Africa most of those who need psychiatric care don't ever get it.
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Hyderabad Debates Health Insurance Model As Public Hospitals Decay
On February 21, during the afternoon rush hour in a busy shopping center in downtown Hyderabad in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, two makeshift bombs packed with bolts and nails were detonated in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the city’s history. Over 100 people were injured by the blasts, and many were transported for treatment to Osmania General Hospital, the largest public hospital in the city.
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Sickle Cell Anemia Is On The Rise Worldwide
Sickle cell anemia may not be as well-known as, say, malaria, tuberculosis or AIDS. But every year, hundreds of thousands of babies around the world are born with this inherited blood disorder. And the numbers are expected to climb.
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Indian women losing health over size-0 pregnancy
Terrified of losing their toned figures, young Indian women are shunning nutrition during pregnancy, say worried gynaecologists.
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For Global Drug Manufacturers, China Becomes a Perilous Market
Multinational drug companies now employ more sales agents in China than they do in the United States, their largest market.
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- Asia Pacific
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3 surprise tips on careers in global health
Global health is undoubtedly a big component of international development work.
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Civil war is killing children in the Central African Republic — but it’s not doing it with bullets
Experts weigh in on the short- and long-term ways war negatively impacts child health.
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