Articles

Averting wildlife-borne infectious disease epidemics requires a focus on socio-ecological drivers and a redesign of the global food system

Elsevier,

eClinicalMedicine, Volume 47, May 2022

A Review on the association between agricultural food production and hunting practices and zoonotic disease outbreaks, in the context of SDGs 3, 12, and 15, highlighting the need to redesign the global food system to reduce the threat of future outbreaks.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

National, regional, and global estimates of anaemia by severity in women and children for 2000–19: a pooled analysis of population-representative data

Elsevier,

The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, May 2022

An Article in support of SDGs 2 and 3, highlighting that in almost all regions and countries the progress on reducing anaemia in women of reproductive age is insufficient to meet the World Health Assembly's global nutrition target to halve anaemia prevalence by 2030.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Health and wellbeing, Global

From human-centred to life-centred design: Considering environmental and ethical concerns in the design of interactive products

Elsevier,

Journal of Responsible Technology,
Volume 10,
2022,
100032

Examination of the life-centred design approach, which provides a more holistic perspective to the production of interactive products by decentring humans. Article puts forward a practical framework for life-centred design, allowing for environmental and ethical concerns to be highlighted.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Tags:

Sustainable cities and human settlements; Technology, Global

The war against Alzheimer, the mitochondrion strikes back!

Alzheimer’s Disease, the dark side of the mitochondria.
Elsevier,

Mitochondrion, Volume 64, May 2022

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a leading neurodegenerative pathology associated with aging worldwide. It is estimated that AD prevalence will increase from 5.8 million people today to 13.8 million by 2050 in the United States alone. AD effects in the brain are well known; however, there is still a lack of knowledge about the cellular mechanisms behind the origin of AD. It is known that AD induces cellular stress affecting the energy metabolism in brain cells.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and wellbeing, Global

Oxidative stress: The core pathogenesis and mechanism of Alzheimer's disease

Elsevier,

Ageing Research Reviews, Volume 77, May 2022

As the number of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients rises, causing significant suffering and socioeconomic burden, extensive research has been dedicated to understanding its elusive pathogenesis, focusing on amyloid cascade, tau protein, neuroinflammation, metal ions, and oxidative stress, with oxidative stress serving as a central factor that bridges these mechanisms; this review comprehensively expands on the roles of oxidative stress in AD, providing clear figures to enhance understanding.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Global

The equality, diversity and inclusion in energy and AI: Call for actions

Elsevier,

Energy and AI, Volume 8, May 2022

This article supports SDGs 5, 7 and 10 by integrating the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) into all aspects to correct historical and structural inequalities, and establishing an inclusive culture to achieve the justice urgently needed for the global transition to net zero. the progress can be made in the fields of energy and artificial intelligence.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Energy, Europe

Cognitive abilities among employed and unemployed middle-aged women – A systematic review

Elsevier,

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, Volume 15, 1 May 2022

How SDG 8: decent work provides a climate for better mental health.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

Tags:

Employment decent work for all and social protection; Health and wellbeing, Global

‘The Last Arrival Point’: The refugee experience of resettlement in Ireland

Elsevier,

International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Volume 88, May 2022

Refugees need a place where both their physical and mental security is assured. This study looks at how the UN HCR program to resettle refugees is helping.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Tags:

Health and wellbeing, Europe

Small-molecule HIV-1 entry inhibitors targeting the epitopes of broadly neutralizing antibodies

Graphical abstract
Elsevier,

Cell Chemical Biology, Volume 29, 19 May 2022

Jiang et al. review the advancement in development of small-molecule anti-HIV drugs targeting the sites in the HIV surface protein that HIV neutralizing antibody drugs also target. Small-molecule drugs can be taken orally, stored and transport at regular temperature, and produced much more easily and economically than antibody drugs, making the treatment more accessible for all.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Global

Long-term exposure to wildfires and cancer incidence in Canada: a population-based observational cohort study

Area of forest burned in Canada from 1986 to 2015. Orange colour shows burned area.
This is an article on the impact of residential exposure to wildfires and the incidence of various cancers, in the context of SDGs 3, 13, and 15, focusing on the need to develop exposure metrics to better estimate the chronic population health burden attributable to environmental pollutants emitted during wildfires.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Health and population, North America

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