Asia

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 - Southeast Asia,
Volume 9,
2023,
100108

Shows the pathway from Diagnostic pathway through Preliminary screening to Enzyme and Molecular Testing
This Review supports SDG 3 by summarising the spectrum of lysosomal storage disorders (a group of rare diseases), their molecular epidemiology, and prevention efforts in India.
Elsevier,

Asian Journal of Surgery,
Volume 45, Issue 12,
2022

Turner syndrome (TS) is a rare congenital ovarian hypoplasia. This letter to the editor outlines that it is easy to misdiagnose by simply relying on conventional karyotypes. TS patients should be diagnosed as soon as possible, and the chromosomal karyotype should be determined as soon as possible as the prognosis of gonadblastoma can be further differentiated into various malignant germ cell tumors.
This article ties to SDG 3. This article investigated whether wartime stress exposures occurring during adolescence and early adulthood affect weathering in late adulthood via linear regression with data from the Vietnamese Health and Aging Study (VHAS).
Elsevier,

International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Volume 91, 2022

This article ties to SDG 3 & 4. The present study adapted and assessed the efficacy of a brief psychological group intervention, the STAR program: Strengths, Transitions, Adjustments and Resilience for university students who are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).The present study adapted and assessed the efficacy of a brief psychological group intervention, the STAR program: Strengths, Transitions, Adjustments and Resilience for university students who are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
It is important to learn how to manage Asian male elephant reproductive behaviour for the long-term sustainability of the species. The authors provide important information that can be directly applied to improving the well-being of elephants and other wildlife.
Negative attitudes toward mental illness and treatment are attributed to a lack of or inaccurate mental health knowledge. We aimed to assess the current mental health knowledge and awareness among Bangladeshi university students and identified socio-demographic factors that affect them. Between February and April of 2021, a cross-sectional study of 2036 university students in Bangladesh was conducted. Two different questionnaires (i.e., knowledge and awareness) were developed to assess mental health knowledge and awareness.
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.
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.
People with any disabilities accounted for a quarter of total deaths. People with disabilities had higher average ages and poor economic conditions. All disability types presented higher mortality rates and lower life expectancy. The major causes of death differed according to the type of disability.

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