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100 million women per year will need to adopt mobile internet to close the
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31: Over 800 million women will need to adopt mobile internet in order to close the digital gender gap by 2030 across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to the latest Mobile Gender Gap Report published by the GSMA today.
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WHO releases largest global collection of health inequality data
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The data from the repository showed that, in just a decade, the rich-poor gap in health service coverage among women, newborns and children in low- and middle-income countries has nearly halved. They also reveal that, in these countries, eliminating wealth-related inequality in under-five mo
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Novo Nordisk Foundation to support crucial education of health professiona
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], April 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): The global shortage of qualified health professionals is an increasing challenge. According to the WHO, an additional 10 million health professionals will be needed by 2030. The demand is particularly acute in low- and middle-income countries,
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On World Birth Defects Day, WHO reaffirms commitment to prevent, control b
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Globally, an estimated 8 million newborns are born with a birth defect every year. Nine out of every ten children born with a serious birth defect are in low- and middle-income countries. The most common severe birth defects are heart defects, neural tube defects and Down syndrome, but there
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India hospital network launched to initiate life-saving colon cancer trial
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): Cancer surgery experts today launched a network of hospitals across India to support a country-wide clinical trial exploring how giving colon cancer patients chemotherapy before surgery cuts their risk of the disease coming back. Led by expert
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Research shows how high infant mortality rates contributing to rise of glo
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Arguments for expanding access to family planning and contraception in low- and middle-income countries are supported by recent studies indicating that high infant mortality rates contribute to the unceasing expansion in the world's population.
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Make bold, sustainable investments to help free people of Neglected Tropic
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
NTDs are a diverse group of 20 conditions that are mainly prevalent in tropical areas. Globally, they affect more than 1 billion people, cost low- and middle-income countries billions of dollars every year, and perpetuate a cycle of poor educational outcomes and limited professional oppor
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World Bank: Indian migrant workers from Singapore, other countries send ho
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
That puts its inflows far ahead of Mexico (USD60 billion), China (USD51 billion), the Philippines (USD38 billion), Egypt (USD32 billion) and Pakistan (USD29 billion), positioning the country to retain its spot as the world's top recipient of remittances. Such foreign remittances make up almo
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India to receive over record USD 100 billion in remittances in 2022: World
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In its latest Migration and Development Brief, World Bank said remittance flows to India will rise 12 per cent, putting its inflows ahead of countries including China, Mexico and the Philippines.
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Partnership for Global Infrastructure, Investment to help developing count
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This was launched to accelerate investment in quality infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries around the world and strengthen the global economy.
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Balanced meal timing may enhance brain health: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Dementia affects approximately 55 million people worldwide, and the disease's prevalence has steadily increased. The population is expected to triple by 2050, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Dementia not only reduces people's quality of li
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Study discovers women, men share same risk factors for cardiovascular dise
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hamilton (Ontario) [Canada], September 9 (ANI): Researchers discovered that women and men share the majority of the same risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). This is the first such study to include people not only from high-income countries but also from low- and middle-income coun
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