5 Gender Equality Gap in economic participation and leadership between men and women In 2023, women held 26.5 % of seats in national parliaments and 35.5 % in local governments worldwide End all forms of discrimination against women everywhere, with a yearly increase of 0.5 points 6 Water and...
A more likely explanation for higher stunting at birth in South Asia is women’s nutritional status. Prevalence of low body mass index in women is highest in South Asia (24%), with much higher prevalence in some geographic hotspots33. In addition, 40–70% of women in South Asia are less...
The most common cancers are: breast in women (530,000 cases), colorectum (520,000), lung (480,000) and prostate (470,000). These four cancers account for half the overall cancer burden in Europe. The most common causes of cancer deaths are: lung (380,000), colorectal (250,000), ...
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Naved RT, Rimi NA, Jahan S, Lindmark G. Paramedic-conducted mental health counselling for abused women in rural Bangladesh: an evaluation from the perspective of participants. J Health Popul Nutr. 2009;27(4):477-491. doi:10.3329/jhpn.v27i4.3391PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 62. Haines A,...
The gender gap for overall cancer mortality worldwide is twice that for incidence, with death rates 43% higher in men than in women (120.8 and 84.2 per 100,000, respectively) (Table 2), partly because of differences in the distribution of the cancer types. Death rates per 100,000 persons...
Therefore, Arab researchers in the field of public, environmental and occupational health should be encouraged to build bridges with other local, regional and international researchers in order to increase citations and therefore quality of their publications. This will improve research capacity and will...
Women with masks are seen at a road during the nationwide lockdown in Kolkata, India, March 31, 2020. (Str/Xinhua) NEW DELHI -- The death toll from COVID-19 in India Wednesday morning rose to 38 as the number of confirmed cases in the country reached 1,637, the federal health minist...
Sleep problems are considered a core symptom of depression. However, there is little information about the comorbidity of sleep problems and depression in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and whether sleep problems with depression confer additio
Studies were included if they fulfilled the following criteria: (1) study’s objective involved assessing the factors associated with LTFU in routine care; (2) included adult patients with at least one chronic disease in the ambulatory care setting; (3) carried out in HICs according to the cl...