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Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti, University of Sydney and Becky Freeman, University of Sydney The world’s second-largest market for tobacco after China, Indonesia is home to 100 million smokers. Smoking kills more than 200,000 Indonesians a year. The death threat also looms over its young generation. A f

Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 06/06/2018

What About the Boys?

Ishrat Jahan To put solutions into context, interventions require deeper understanding of the lives of adolescent boys in the urban slums of Bangladesh Rojib works as a human haulier driver in Dhaka and is the sole breadwinner for a family of four, including his newly wedded wife. His day starts at

Data & Reports , Health , Sustainable Development / 06/03/2018

Cancers linked to obesity to double by 2025 in Brazil

The number of people suffering from cancers associated with obesity or overweight — such as breast, colon and prostate tumours — is expected to double in Brazil by 2025, up from just over 15,000 for every 470,000 new cases diagnosed in 2012.

Environment , Health , Sustainable Development / 04/29/2018

Blood transfusions a ‘hidden’ malaria risk

Nelson Mandela Ogema The high prevalence of malaria parasites in blood for transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa could be a major setback in the fight against the disease in the region, a study suggests. The study, presented this month (15-20 April) at the 7th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) P

Gender , Health , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 04/12/2018

New guidances to promote breastfeeding in health facilities issues by WHO and UNICEF

WHO and UNICEF issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities globally that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first 2 years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children under age 5 annually. The Ten Steps to Succes

Cities , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Health , Sustainable Development , Transport / 04/08/2018

Kolkata India’s air pollution capital

Jayanta Basu Vehicular pollution, particularly from diesel cars and trucks, are primarily responsible for the worsening air quality in Kolkata, which is emerging as the pollution capital of India Will Kolkata soon wrest the country’s pollution capital crown from Delhi? Delhi may be vying with Be

Data & Reports , Health , Sustainable Development / 04/06/2018

‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Stalk U.S. Hospitals

Liz Szabo The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detected more than 220 cases last year of a rare breed of “nightmare bacteria” that are virtually untreatable and capable of spreading genes that make them impervious to most antibiotics, according to a report released. Although the CDC ha

Featured , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 04/02/2018

Masculinity in the Message: Can Understanding Masculinity Improve Gender Intervention?

Ishrat Jahan While program interventions and research initiatives have addressed the debilitating impact on women in urban slums, they have only recently taken into consideration the various issues of health and rights of adolescent boys and young men. In the urban slums of Bangladesh, the lives of

Disasters , Health , Sustainable Development / 03/23/2018

For One Father And Son In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria’s Cloud Has Not Lifted

Sarah Varney Inside a darkened bedroom, the elder Martinez, a 67-year-old former star pitcher in the local baseball league, spoons rice and sausage into his son’s mouth. To reach the Martinez home in Puerto Rico’s central mountains, social worker Eileen Calderon steers around piles of dirt, trea

Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Featured , Health , Science & Technology / 03/14/2018

Fracking: Scientific Evidence points towards public health crisis

Health professional groups raise alarm that build-out of drilling and fracking operations is creating a public health crisis. As incontrovertible evidence of harm from fracking mounts and more health professionals raise the alarm, the fracking debate is taking place within an altered landscape. To

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