Elsevier,
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Volume 29, October 2022
How serious is the pollution in the Mediterranean area by mircoplastics? This review paper analyzes the abundance, the marine contamination, and accumulation of mircoplastics in the Mediterranean basin. Also the impacts on the economic and environmental sector, and effects by country on general health and marine life.
Elsevier,
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume 27, October 2022
This article ties to SDG 3. This research examined the mental health of a cohort of asylum-seeking children, adolescents and their primary caregiver affected by insecure residency while living in the community, compared to refugees and immigrants.
Elsevier,
The Lancet, Volume 400, 29 October 2022
This Article supports SDGs 3 and 6 by demonstrating that polio environmental surveillance by testing wastewater samples is a valuable tool for tracking the distribution of polio and non-polio enteroviruses, and could be instrumental for global poliovirus elimination efforts.
Elsevier,
Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Volume 28, October 2022
Young adult hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) survivors have impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) compared with older adult survivors. Adolescents and YAs are at a developmental stage marked by rapid changes in cognitive, social, and emotional growth and historically have experienced a gap in services relating to their psychosocial needs. Findings confirm the hypothesis that self-efficacy would be pivotal to higher levels of mental function and lower distress.
Elsevier,
The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, Volume 7, December 2022, 100079
This Viewpoint supports SDG 3 by outlining the progress of the Sehat Sahulat program (SSP), a social protection program and health insurance scheme, in Pakistan and the opportunities for improvement in the future, with a focus on whether the benefit package can better set the foundation towards universal health coverage in Pakistan.
Elsevier,
The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 7, October 2022
This Article supports SDG 3 by examining the prevalence of occult HBV infection (HbSAg negative, HBV DNA positive) through a review including 305 studies. The prevalence was noted to be substantial in some populations (high-risk groups) and high-endemicity countries, necessitating improved access to HBV DNA testing.
Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 5, 21 October 2022
Increasing agricultural water scarcity is threatening food security and ecosystem sustainability in China. Previous studies showed a deceleration in the growth of irrigation water use in China due to reducing water use intensities of irrigation. However, a finer-scale analysis at the prefecture level is urgently needed to account for the impacts of land management policies and the impact of international food trade in water stress mitigation.
