At an event co-hosted by IWMI and USAID, experts warn that rapid melting of glaciers in Pakistan's north could turn the Indus River seasonal, endangering 240 million lives.

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Climate change threatens Pakistan's food and water security. An IWMI-hosted workshop stressed data-driven, sustainable water management to combat challenges.

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The seminar, organized by IWMI, stresses climate change awareness, its impact on agriculture, and the need for adaptation, urging informed action.

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IWMI researchers discuss breaking barriers and ensuring food security and economic prosperity for farming communities in Nepal’s mid-hills.

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Work by IDS and partners, including IWMI, has looked at urban sanitation challenges in Nepal, India, Ethiopia and Ghana.

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

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IWMI is developing an AI platform to improve wastewater reuse in the Middle East and North Africa region, backed by a $1 million grant from Google.

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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.

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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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IWMI Director General Mark Smith speaks to CNBC Arabia on the sidelines of COP28.

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IWMI researcher says study measuring the burden of living in flood-prone areas addresses a gap in research in quantifying the broader health impacts of floods.

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IWMI and CGIAR are among the organizations helping to scale up the Enviro-Champs initiative.

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IWMI researchers call for a sanitation circular and solidarity economy which explores innovative economic solutions for the most basic of human needs in ways that are wired for inclusivity.

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What we really need this World Water Day is the international multilateral system to take a stand against weaponising water, writes IWMI's Alan Nicol and Lyla Mehta of the Institute of Development Studies.

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The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) and IWMI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen research in irrigation and agriculture water management within Bangladesh.

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IWMI's Abdulkarim Seid comments on the potential of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

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Archisman Mitra, Suchiradipta Bhattacharjee and Garima Taneja discuss community engagement in the ABY groundwater management scheme.

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Tanusree Paul and Naga Velpuri call for investing in interventions to strengthen women’s capabilities and participation in water governance.

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Henry Roman discusses the potential of anticipatory action to prevent or minimize the impact of a potential disaster before it fully unfolds.

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Through partnerships with the LAS and other relevant stakeholders, IWMI seeks to enhance regional coordination on water security goals.

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Manohara Khadka and Sumitra KC on how entrenched systems and outdated norms continue to hinder Nepal's new generation of women leaders.

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The Groundwater Management Information System (GMIS) can help in developing water policies and better water management practices.

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In India around 50,000 people require medlinkheart transplants/medlink annually, but merely 0.2 percent are fortunate enough to receive suitable donors, say experts.

Doctors urge India to raise medlinkorgan donation/medlink awareness due to critical supply shortage ahead of World Organ Donation Day with a dismal donation rate of 0.

Compared to those from non-distressed communities, patients from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities had a 10% higher relative risk of graft failure

Two individuals in the United States who received lung transplants have contracted a lethal Legionella bacterial infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (!--ref1--).

In a second historic procedure, surgeons in the United States successfully transplanted a medlinkpig heart/medlink into a patient suffering from end-stage

bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points"li Indian Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announces full state honors for organ donors, recognizing

bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points"li A 28-year-old man who was brain dead had his kidneys, lungs, and liver successfully transplanted

A hypothermic oxygenated perfusion machine can preserve donor livers safely for a longer time without compromising donor liver quality. This enabled to

bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points" liKids Dash, organized by Mohan Foundation to promote organ donation awareness/li liOver

Experts emphasize India's urgent requirement for stem cell donors to combat medlinkblood cancer/medlink, which claims the lives of over 70,000 individuals annually (!--ref1--).

John Nicholas, a 28-year-old from Chicago, underwent a groundbreaking medlinkkidney transplant/medlink while fully conscious. The surgery, performed

Gut indicates that patterns of an 'unhealthy' gut microbiome are linked to an increased risk of death following a solid organ transplant (!--ref1--).

Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, emphasized the need to promote deceased organ donation in India (!--ref1--).

Transplanted hearts functioned longer in mice when the recipients who received the organs were administered with the novel antibody treatment before the surgery.

medlinkUterine transplants/medlink (!--ref1--), though relatively new, have shown promising results. Since the first procedure in 2011, over 100 transplants have been performed globally.

bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points" liHeart-in-a-box reduces primary graft dysfunction from 28% to 11%/li liAllows longer transportation

Shailendra Singh, a 48-year-old man was found unconscious at his home on 17th October. He was rushed to HCMCT Manipal Hospital, Dwarka. After taking

With FDA approval, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland pioneers gene therapy for beta thalassemia, a rare genetic blood disorder, potentially alleviating

Breakthrough discovery sheds light on the genetic basis of dilated cardiomyopathy in Dobermanns, providing insights into the genetic risk factors for

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or aHSCT, often used to treat medlinkblood cancers/medlink, was also demonstrated to be safe and

Genetic mutation of apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) gene, helps to cover the hole in kidney cells created by harmful mutations, thereby reducing the risk of medlinkkidney diseases/medlink.

An international collaboration aims to enhance global health by investigating the impact of genomic and environmental diversity on variations in disease risk observed worldwide (!--ref1--).

Researchers in Australia have identified a previously unknown population of stem cells fibroblast growth factor 18 (FGF18) stimulated Gremlin 1 cells,

Administering microglial, a particular type of stem cell into the brains of individuals with progressive medlinkmultiple sclerosis (MS)/medlink has

Two girls with a rare genetic brain disorder called Rett Syndrome was successfully treated by a first-ever novel gene therapy- NGN-401, developed by US-based Neurogene.

Researchers have introduced an innovative statistical tool enhancing the identification of disease-causing genetic variants. This tool combines information

Leveraging genetic mapping, scientists pinpointed a gene on human chromosome 21 named Dyrk1a. In the mouse model of medlinkDown syndrome/medlink,