This article describes the parallelism between the current COVID-19 pandemic on humans to the Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, also known as Tropical race 4 (TR4) fungus that causes Fusarium wilt and Panama disease on bananas and fall armyworm (FAW). Well-equipped interconnectedness of countries...
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Current Science Association, Bangalore, India
Citation
Current Science, 2021, 119, 12, pp 1892-1893
The article discusses the negative impact of war on pregnant women in the Middle East, particularly in countries such as Syria and Yemen. It highlights the challenges faced by pregnant women during wartime, including lack of access to healthcare, food, and water, and the risk of exposure to harmful ...
Author(s)
Zahedroozegar, M. H.; Shaygani, F.; Marzaleh, M. A.
Publisher
School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Citation
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2023, 52, 11, pp 2476-2477
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2. The prevalence of the virus on a global scale led to a global health crisis which prompted countries like the Philippines to address the issue through the implementation of various health-related protocols, legislative ...
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Public Health, 2022, 44, 3, pp e444-e446
This paper discusses the detection of wheat blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) in Bangladesh during early 2016, the spread of the pathogen through seed and crop residues, and its possible impact on food security. Yellow rust which was historically endemic mainly in colder regions quickly adapted to warmer...
Publisher
Current Science Association, Bangalore, India
Citation
Current Science, 2016, 111, 7, pp 1133
This article provides an overview of the recent history of health sciences and environmental policies in Brazil. The country has a strong tradition in parasitology and tropical medicine, but only in the last 2 decades has it become a science-driven society. Investments in science and technology...
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Ribeiro, S. P.; Vale, M. M.; Diniz-Filho, J. A. F.; Fernandes, G. W.; Reis, A. B.; Grelle, C. E. de V.
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Uberaba, Brazil
Citation
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2022, 55,
The objective of the article was to examine the association between democracy and implementation of non-communicable disease policy, using the association between the Economist Intelligence Unit measure of democracy and implementation of non-communicable disease policy to include data for both 2015 ...
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Wigley, S.; Dieleman, J. L.; Templin, T.; Kiernan, S.; Bollyky, T. J.
Publisher
Elsevier, Oxford, UK
Citation
Lancet Global Health, 2020, 8, 4, pp e482-e483
This article discusses folic acid fortification of all foods in order to prevent birth defects. Using the term "birth defects" in the headline is misleading because it covers a broad variety of congenital diseases, few of which are folate sensitive. By equating folate-fortified meals with the term...
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Anita Kar; Yajnik, C. S.; Doke, P. P.; Prajkta Bhide; Amruta Chutke; Bhagyashree Radhakrishnan; Supriya Phadnis
Publisher
Elsevier, Oxford, UK
Citation
Lancet Global Health, 2022, 10, 10, pp e1390-e1390
Modern literature denies that medical error is as old as medicine offering proves that it dates back considerably earlier and answering that it is very difficult to meet doctor who would deliberately and intentionally make a mistake and commit crime. Intentional medical error, according to legal...
Author(s)
Totic, I.; Totic, M.
Publisher
School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Citation
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2021, 50, 2, pp 421-422
Author(s)
Li ChiHua; Lumey, L. H.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Citation
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2019, 48, 2, pp 654-656
Author(s)
Ding Ding; Lee IMin; Bauman, A. E.; Ekelund, U.; Stamatakis, E.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Lancet (British edition), 2021, 397, 10286, pp 1709-1710