Articles

Assessing the impact of the National Clean Air Programme in Uttar Pradesh's non-attainment cities: a prophet model time series analysis

Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, Volume 30, November 2024
This study assesses the impact of National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) on 15 non-attainment cities in one of the largest states of India, which offers policymakers substantial evidence to suggest that intensified provisions may be necessary for cities predicted to fall short of meeting program targets
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Clean Air; Sustainable cities; Health and wellbeing, Asia

RELX Environmental Challenge 2024 Shortlist Announced

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RELX

The RELX Environmental Challenge 2024 shortlist has been announced and features four innovative projects that provide sustainable access to safe water and improved sanitation. 

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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

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Water and sanitation; Rain Water Harvesting; Water; Water Sanitation, Global

“Our earth, it's like it's in a toaster”: Creative, figurative and narrative interactions in interviews with lower secondary school students about climate activism

Elsevier,

Language and Communication, Volume 99, November 2024

This research conducted semi-structured interviews to investigate how secondary school students in England make sense of different creative uses of metaphor and metonymy in a sample of slogans shared on social media for the Global Climate Strikes and #FridaysForFuture. The findings suggest that different creative uses prompted different kinds of thinking about climate change and its relevance to students’ personal lives.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action

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Climate Change; Education, Europe

CV POp-CoRN: The (smart) city-vehicle participatory-opportunistic cooperative route navigation system

Elsevier,

Ad Hoc Networks, Volume 164, 1 November 2024

The article ties into several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposing a solution for several problems: mobility, pollution, energy management, healthcare, safety, and security
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Sustainable transport, Global

Heat and cause-specific cardiopulmonary mortality in Germany: a case-crossover study using small-area assessment

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 46, November 2024

This article ties to SDG3 by examining heat- cardiopulmonary mortality
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Climate Change, Europe

Learning from the Indian National Family Health Survey to assess population based oral, cervix and breast cancer screening in low-and-middle income countries

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, Volume 30, November 2024

There is dire need of comprehensive data on population-level cancer screening is lacking in LMICs, to effectively manage the growing burden of cancer among women.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; gender medicine, Asia

“Women's Lives Are on the Line, and Our Hands Are Tied”: How Television Is Reckoning With a Post-Dobbs America

Elsevier,

Women's Health Issues, Volume 34, 1 November 2024

The article examines how television portrayals of abortion have shifted in the aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision, which revoked federal protection for abortion rights.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality
North America

Mepivacaine instillation for pain reduction during intrauterine device placement in nulliparous women: a double-blinded randomized trial

Elsevier,

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 231, November 2024

The intrauterine instillation of mepivacaine results significant reduction in pain score during IUD placement.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Global

Menopause and sexual health: The elephant in the room

Elsevier,

Maturitas, Volume 189, November 2024

Sexual health and wellbeing are vital components of a woman's life, but older women are often reluctant to discuss sexual issues with healthcare professionals.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Human rights; Gender equality and women's empowerment, North America

Rural women's preferences for cervical cancer screening via HPV self-sampling: a discrete choice experiment study in chidamoyo, Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe

Elsevier,

AJOG Global Reports, Volume 4, November 2024

Rural women's preferences for cervical cancer screening via HPV self-sampling: a discrete choice experiment study in chidamoyo, Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Africa

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