The third issue of #NCDs in #nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵 #ResearchRoundup for the year 2024 is out now.
It has covered mental health topics, followed by diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases.
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Are you interested in ageing research? Are you worried about the impact that climate change may have on our older populations? One week left to apply to our PhD studentship jobs.ac.uk/job/DGR963/phd… Centre for Ageing & Inequalities - Newcastle Uni #phdchat #climatechange #ageing

Smoke blanketing Nepal this week is not just from forest fires but also burning wheat stalk after harvest.
Unless farmers see alternative uses for crop residue, like in industrial-scale composting or biogas generation, they will keep burning stubble. nepalitimes.com/opinion/border…

ERR: Addressing global respiratory health priorities across clinical, translational, epidemiological and population health domains requires effort from individuals, communities, governments, healthcare systems, stakeholders and international organisations. bit.ly/3RYfPaE

There are discussions and presentations on Non-Communicable Diseases ( #NCDs ) scheduled for the third and final day of the Tenth National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal organized by Nepal Health Research Council.
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New The BMJ study suggests national non-communicable diseases (NCDs) investment cases are effective at catalysing prevention and control of #NCDs through strengthening governance, financing, and health service access and delivery.
 
🏥Governance impacts spanned new or…

🌍 Last week we organized a symposium on 'Global & Local Collaboration in #MentalHealth #Research ' in #Rwanda , hosted by @UniRwanda, Aarhus Universitet, & @RwNCDAlliance. A day filled with cross-cultural insights & forward-thinking discussions. #MentalHealth Matters

Protecting health-care workers in Nepal: an urgent call for action thelancet.com/journals/lance…
We highlight a deporable issue of voilence against health care workers The Lancet, highlight potential solutions to protect health care workers.

Read about the role of journals such as The Lancet in supporting #colonialism .
My fantastic co-authors and I do not hold back!
👏 richard horton & editors for having the courage to publish this
Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá Thirusha Naidu🇿🇦 Jesse Bump Naveed Noor, PhD Irene Torres
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नेपालमा उपचार खर्चकै कारण बर्सेनि पाँच लाख मानिस गरीबीको रेखामुनि धकेलिन्छन्,प्रत्येक वर्ष ३० लाख मानिस ऋण लिएर उपचार खर्च जुटाउँछन्। यही अवस्था अन्त्य गर्न ल्याइएको स्वास्थ्य बीमा नै असफल भयो।

उपचार खर्चको पासोबाट नागरिकलाई जोगाउन सम्भव छ, कसरी?
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Webinar: Public Health Debate: Lights and Shadows of the Pandemic Treaty for the Global South
The #PHM and the National University of Colombia Universidad Nacional de Colombia invite you to a new webinar on 22 March 10h Bogota - 15h UTC - 17h Cape Town
Register here: phmovement.org/public-health-…

The simple act of breathing kills 7 MILLION people a year. Almost all these deaths are attributable to noncommunicable diseases, including heart disease. Join Elvis Ndikum, member of our #AirPollution Expert Group, for tomorrow's NCD Hard Talk: bit.ly/3TpVVG5

Please connect with us if you are interested World Health Organization (WHO), @GYA, @ATACH, International Science Council, Robert Marten

Why #COPD patients should be drinking #beetroot juice…

The second issue of #NCDs in #nepal 📷📷 #ResearchRoundup for the year 2024 is out now. It has covered the topics of mental health, diabetes, cancer, etc.
Find your copy at: nepalhealthfrontiers.org/.../NCD-Watch-…...
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#ActOnNCDs #beatNCDs #ncdwatchnepal

Here is a funded PhD project starting this September on #ObstructiveSleepApnea and #CardiometabolicDisorders at Coventry University. Please apply if you are interested. For any queries, please do send me a message.

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📣The United Nations Task Force on Non-communicable Diseases is now accepting nominations for 2024 Task Force Awards.

Awards 🏆 will recognize outstanding commitment and action to:

🫀🫁🧠 prevent and control #NCDs
 
👩🏽‍🦽🦻👨🏽‍🦯promote #AssistiveTechnologies and accelerate equitable access to…

The fight for clean air is everyone's business. It is political and deeply personal. Rosamund Adoo-KD CBE FBSA Jane Burston Bente Mikkelsen Dr Maria Neira Dina Umali-Deininger Elvis Ndikum Sumi Mehta join us on March 20 to discuss how we need to step up to the challenge tinyurl.com/ToxicAirFuelin…

Do you have #COPD or support people with COPD (e.g., carers, family, healthcare practitioners, researchers, etc). We want your feedback on our brand-new resources on using smartwatches! ⌚️🫁Get in touch, or go to coventry.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/co-wise-copd

Factors to be considered when defining COPD. Healthy ageing and/or exposure to risk factors may lead to development of symptoms such as breathlessness and/or to pre-COPD. Other medical conditions may also lead to symptoms. Pre-COPD may progress to COPD or may resolve.…