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India's Online National Medical Register for Enhanced Healthcare

To enhance the medlinkdigital healthcare ecosystem/medlink, the government launched the National Medical Register (NMR) (!--ref1--) portal, providing




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India Reports Suspected Mpox Case: Health Ministry Assures No Immediate Threat

On Sunday, the Indian government announced that they found suspected monkeypox, or Mpox, in a young male patient who has been isolated in a designated hospital and is the subject of an inquiry.




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India Improves Clinical Research With ICMR's New Agreement

In a landmark development for India's clinical research landscape, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has announced the formalization of Memorandum




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Mpox Alert in Kerala: Man Under Medical Surveillance

A recent UAE traveler, a 38-year-old man, is being monitored for possible medlinkmonkeypox/medlink (Mpox) infection (!--ref1--). The man from Edavana near here arrived from UAE last week.




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'Every Beat Counts' Report on India's Cardiac Crisis

One of the reputed hospital groups of the CK Birla Hospitals, the BM Birla Heart Hospital has recently released a first of its kind report on the medlinkheart




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Dengue, Chikungunya, and Swine Flu Cases Surge in Delhi

Delhi doctors have observed a sharp increase in medlinkdengue/medlink cases (!--ref1--), as well as medlinkswine flu/medlink and chikungunya infections.




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WHO Honors India for Eradicating Trachoma, a Bacterial Eye Infection

India has been lauded by the World Health Organization for successfully eradicating trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that can lead to medlinkblindness/medlink.




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Preventable Blindness Crisis: Over 85% of Cases in India

India, a nation known for its resilience and progress, is burdened by a preventable blindness crisis. Over 85% of its blind citizens could have seen the light if early measures had been taken.




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Pakistan Launches Anti-Polio Campaign

In Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, a medlinkpolio vaccination/medlink campaign has been initiated with the aim of vaccinating nearly 1.




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How African Americans Develop Emotional Resilience Against Discrimination

African Americans experience racial discrimination at different stages of their lives and they have to learn to cope with the psychological strain (!--ref1--).




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Korea University Hospitals Support Junior Doctor Strikes, Scale Back Treatments

The three major hospitals affiliated with Korea University seemed to operate normally, despite their senior doctors opting for voluntary leave in solidarity with striking junior doctors (!--ref1--).




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Why Are Young Non-Smokers in India Facing Lung Cancer

Lung cancer, once primarily linked to smoking, is casting a long shadow over India, with a particularly alarming trend emerging: non-smokers are being




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Donation from WHO to Malawi: Medical Supplies Worth (Dollor) 9 Million

The government of Malawi has received a donation of various medical supplies, including drugs, valued at (Dollor) 9 million, from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to aid the country's public hospitals.




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UK TV Doctors Deepfaked to Sell Scam Products on Social Media

A recent investigation by The BMJ revealed that scammers are increasingly using deepfakes to impersonate well-known UK television doctors in order to promote bogus health products on social media.




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Preventive Healthcare: A National and Civic Responsibility

On Friday, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, declared that preventive healthcare has become




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South Korean Workplace Culture Shifts as Fathers Embrace Childcare

South Korean men made up one-third of all medlinkchildcare/medlink leave takers in the first half of this year, marking a historic milestone as their




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Paw-sitively Purrfect: World's First Genetic Footprint-Free Feline (Cat) iPSCs

While cats are often seen as adorable internet memes, they frequently suffer from medlinkkidney disease/medlink. In a significant breakthrough, researchers




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Unsafe Food Imports Largely Escaping Market Removal

A lawmaker revealed that only 12% of unsafe food imports have been removed from the market, according to government data. According to the data from




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Smoking Reduction Can Extend Life Span and Prevent Premature Death

Accelerating the decline of medlinktobacco smoking/medlink internationally, by decreasing smoking prevalence from current levels to 5% everywhere,




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Cat's Companionship and Health: The Good, Bad, and the Unexpected

Cats have lived with humans for thousands of years. And long before cat memes and viral TikToks took over the internet, they've been comforting us with




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Development of a composite drought indicator for operational drought monitoring in the MENA region

The composite drought indicator (CDI) supports operational drought management decision making in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.

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IWMI is advancing use of high-res climate modeling for Middle East and North Africa’s small basins

In a region battling worsening climate challenges, this groundbreaking, yet easily replicable climate forecasting model will transform local decision-making processes.

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Report – Countries must scale up the use of clean technologies to transform the global agricultural sector 

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural systems is crucial to keeping the world on track to meet international climate goals.

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Severe summer weather ruins crops in Asia and Africa causing vegetable prices to skyrocket

Discover how IWMI researchers are using climate-smart agriculture to combat low crop yields in the Global South.

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Gaps in Mental Health Care for Those With Chronic Pain

A new study discovered that adults with medlinkchronic pain/medlink are more prone to symptoms of medlinkanxiety/medlink and medlinkdepression/medlink




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Mental Health Toll of Rare Cancers

Patients with rare cancers are at a significantly higher risk of developing anxiety and depression compared to those with common medlinkcancers/medlink,




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Helping Patients With Emotional Eating: A Primary Care Approach

Primary care providers are ideally suited to tackle medlinkemotional eating/medlink due to their ongoing relationships with patients, as highlighted by Jana DeSimone Wozniak, Ph.




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Does Heavy Metal Cadmium Cause Memory Problems?

Cadmium, a heavy metal present in air, water, food, and soil, can affect mental health and cause memory problems, according to a new study. A new study




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KCAT: A Smart Tool to Screen Anxiety and Depression in Kids Before Surgery

A new computer-based tool could help doctors quickly spot anxiety or depression in children before surgery, suggests new research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY (Regd) 2024 annual meeting (!--ref1--).




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Can Sleepless Nights in Middle Age Accelerate Brain Aging?

People in early middle age who struggle with poor sleep, such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, show more signs of poor brain health late middle age, according to a new study.




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Cause and Effect | ‘Scientist’s job isn’t to negotiate, but to give evidence to govts’: Aditi Mukherji, IWMI

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, convened for a four-day session on Tuesday to begin the next round of what is known as the assessment cycle.

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Decision Making On Scientific Data For Improved Water Resource Management Critical: IWMI

This training was conducted through the World Bank funded Balochistan Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Project (BIWRMDP).

The post Decision Making On Scientific Data For Improved Water Resource Management Critical: IWMI first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).




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El Niño event declared; impacts on countries in Southern Africa expected

IWMI and CIMMYT call for action as multiple climate prediction centers concur that this El Niño event will reach a “strong” category in the northern hemisphere by the winter of 2023-24.

The post El Niño event declared; impacts on countries in Southern Africa expected first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).




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Middle East Water Security: Competition heats up as resources become scarcer

IWMI is highlighted in the context of the deteriorating water security situation in the Middle East and North Africa region in the August 2023 Al-Monitor PRO Trend Report.

The post Middle East Water Security: Competition heats up as resources become scarcer first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).






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Application with Geo-Goviya information system launched

The new application, supported by IWMI, includes information about Sri Lanka’s land use, quantity of paddy land, number of farmers, land cultivated in one season and available yield, and emergency agricultural information.

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IWMI announces development of a new, Google supported tool that will harness AI and satellite data for water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa

IWMI will also develop an online dashboard that will provide accessible and comprehensive information on wastewater generation and recycling potential in Egypt, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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IWMI announces development of a new, Google supported tool that will harness AI and satellite data for water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa

The platform will use remote sensing technologies to monitor land, seas and the atmosphere.

The post IWMI announces development of a new, Google supported tool that will harness AI and satellite data for water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).




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At COP28, science and research are critical to the loss and damage conversation

Youssef Brouziyne, IWMI Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Representative, says two key questions will dominate discussions around the Loss and Damage Fund at COP28.

The post At COP28, science and research are critical to the loss and damage conversation first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).




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Speakers highlight critical challenges confronting Pakistan

The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources in collaboration with IWMI hosted a three-day conference on ‘Transformative Pathways for Water and Food Systems’ to highlight the critical challenges confronting Pakistan.

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