Elsevier,
Genomics, Volume 114, November 2022
Bay of Bengal (BoB) has immense significance with respect to ecological diversity and natural resources. Studies on microbial profiling and their functional significance at sediment level of BoB remain poorly represented. Herein, we describe the microbial diversity and metabolic potentials of BOB deep-sea sediment samples by subjecting the metagenomes to Nanopore sequencing.
Elsevier,
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume 28, November 2022
This Article supports SDG 3 and 10 by highlighting the need for age-appropriate Indigenous strategies to improve health outcomes and reduce inequities for rangatahi Māori. This study provides an overview of Indigenous youth trends in Aotearoa New Zealand over two decades utilising repeated series of cross-sectional and representative surveys of secondary school students. Health inequities persisted over the 19-year period for rangatahi Māori, when compared to their Pākehā (NZ European /other European/“White”) peers, with few exceptions.
Elsevier,
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume 28, November 2022
This Article supports SDG 3 by analysing contemporary mortality data to examine Māori and non-Māori mortality rates in rural and urban areas, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to address the health inequities faced by rural Māori populations. This is the first study in a decade to compare Māori mortality rates across the urban rural spectrum and it is the first study to do so using an urban: rural geographic classification developed for use in health policy and research.
Elsevier,
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume 28, November 2022
This Article supports SDG 3 by exploring perspectives of Pasifika women on the barriers to, and facilitators of, HPV self-testing, as this population has a higher rate of cervical cancer incidence and mortality than European women and a lower screening rate.
Elsevier,
South African Journal of Botany, Volume 150, November 2022
Indigenous crops with diverse genotypes facilitate cultivation of crops that are ideally suited to particular sites by small-scale farmers, thus staving off poverty and hunger in local communities while promoting responsible consumption and production. This paper evaluates grain yield and nutritional qualities of a range of genotypes in an African crop plant.
Elsevier,
The Lancet, Volume 400, 5 November 2022
This Comment article supports SDGs 3, 6, and 13 by highlighting that Africa has suffered disproportionately from the climate crisis; extreme weather such as severe flooding has damaged the water and food supply, increased food insecurity and malnutrition, and led to loss of cultivated land, shelter, and livestock.
Elsevier,
The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 6, November 2022
This Article supports SDG 6, focusing on the variation in water insecurity between different sociodemographic groups in low-income and middle-income countries. The authors suggest that indiviudal-level measurements are needed to guide policy interventions that will serve those most in need.
The Journal of Climate Change and Health, available online 21 November 2022, 100188
Climate justice and health education can address the disproportionate health impacts of climate change on minoritized communities by providing frameworks to build awareness and instigate action on climate-related health inequities.
