Representation of South Asian countries in five high-impact anesthesia journals
Conclusion: We found that scientific contributions from the South Asian region in terms of original anesthesiology research in five high index anesthesiology journals was suboptimal and has not shown an increasing trend over the last 16 years. (Source: Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia)
Source: Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Mohammad Irfan Akhtar Karima Karam Fauzia Anis Khan Source Type: research
Understanding medical travel from a source country perspective: a cross sectional study of the experiences of medical travelers from the Maldives
The resolution adopted in 2006 by the World Health Organization on international trade and health urges Member States to understand the implications of international trade and trade agreements for health and t... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - June 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mariyam Suzana, Helen Walls, Richard Smith and Johanna Hanefeld Tags: Research Source Type: research
Progress Toward Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Control - South-East Asia Region, 2000-2016.
This report summarizes progress toward rubella and CRS control in SEAR during 2000-2016. Estimated coverage with a first RCV dose (RCV1) increased from 3% of the birth cohort in 2000 to 15% in 2016 because of RCV introduction in six countries. RCV1 coverage is expected to increase rapidly with the phased introduction of RCV in India and Indonesia beginning in 2017; these countries are home to 83% of the SEAR birth cohort. During 2000-2016, approximately 83 million persons were vaccinated through 13 supplemental immunization activities (SIAs) conducted in eight countries. During 2010-2016, reported rubella incidence decreas...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - June 1, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Khanal S, Bahl S, Sharifuzzaman M, Dhongde D, Pattamadilok S, Reef S, Morales M, Dabbagh A, Kretsinger K, Patel M Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians in the United States: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatments: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
ecial Populations Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research; and Stroke Council
Abstract
South Asians (from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) make up one quarter of the world's population and are one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the United States. Although native South Asians share genetic and cultural risk factors with South Asians abroad, South Asians in the United States can differ in socioeconomic status, education, healthcare behaviors, attitudes, and h...
Source: Circulation - May 24, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Volgman AS, Palaniappan LS, Aggarwal NT, Gupta M, Khandelwal A, Krishnan AV, Lichtman JH, Mehta LS, Patel HN, Shah KS, Shah SH, Watson KE, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Women and Sp Tags: Circulation Source Type: research
Does reduced psychological distance increase climate engagement? On the limits of localizing climate change
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2018 Source:Journal of Environmental Psychology Author(s): Jonathon P. Schuldt, Laura N. Rickard, Z. Janet Yang It is commonly suggested that reducing the psychological distance of climate change will increase public engagement. However, extant studies are limited by their correlational design, or by depicting impacts that vary in distance but also in kind or severity. We conducted two experiments designed to vary distance only, holding impacts constant. U.S. participants completed a visual-spatial task that portrayed the Maldives—a remote island nation facing severe cli...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - February 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Overcoming Challenges in Recruitment of South Asians for Health Disparities Research in the USA
AbstractSouth Asians —individuals with origins in the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other regions of the subcontinent—are an understudied and at-risk racial/ethnic minority population for disproportionate burden of preventable diseases in the USA. Notwithstanding l ack of research disaggregating Asian American subgroups, a key factor in this paucity of data is the lack of participation and engagement of community members in studies which examine distribution and determinants of adverse health outcomes. The purpose of this case study series is to elucidate dist inct ba...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Corals hosting symbiotic hydrozoans are less susceptible to predation and disease
We examined 2455 scleractinian colonies (from both Maldivian and the Saudi Arabian coral reefs) searching for non-random patterns in the occurrence of hydrozoans on corals showing signs of different health conditions (i.e. bleaching, algal overgrowth, corallivory and different coral diseases). We show that, after accounting for geographical, ecological and co-evolutionary factors, signs of disease and corallivory are significantly lower in coral colonies hosting hydrozoans than in hydrozoan-free ones. This finding has important implications for our understanding of the ecology of coral reefs, and for their conservation in ...
Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - December 20, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Montano, S., Fattorini, S., Parravicini, V., Berumen, M. L., Galli, P., Maggioni, D., Arrigoni, R., Seveso, D., Strona, G. Tags: ecology Source Type: research
Bhutan and Maldives Eliminate Measles: World Health Organization
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Source: International Journal of Preventive Medicine - December 18, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Education Enrollment Level and Income Inequality: A Case of SAARC Economies
This study is based on the idea that education forms a quadratic relationship with the income inequality. To evaluate it for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, this study uses the panel data from 1990 to 2015. Long run panel data necessitated the use of panel co-integration approach, followed up with fully modified OLS model to generate long-run coefficients. The results depict that initially primary and secondary enrollment increases inequality while tertiary enrollment decreases it. However, after a certain threshold level of enrollment (76% for primary, 42% for secondary and 7% for terti...
Source: Social Indicators Research - December 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Malaria Free India – Possibility or Enigma?
AbstractMalaria, despite being treatable as well as preventable, is still quite prevalent in our country and is responsible for a large number of deaths. Though Govt. of India (GOI) has launched anti-malaria program since 1953 but is yet to achieve a zero malaria status. In SE Asia, two small countries, Maldives and Sri Lanka, have been declared Malaria free by WHO. Hence, we need to think why we cannot achieve this status? For this we need to study how these two countries were successful and what are our limitations/pitfalls. The medical profession has a great role to play. Not only we have to advise GOI to formulate the ...
Source: Indian Journal of Pediatrics - November 8, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Know thy neighbors: The status of cardiac surgery in the South Asian countries around India.
CONCLUSION: When the number of operations per million populations is considered, Bangladesh and Nepal are lagging behind India where as Pakistan has a comparable figure. Sri Lanka with 265 cardiac operations/million populations has the best figures in the region. However when compared with the Western countries even the Lankan figures also look quite inadequate.
PMID: 29174261 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Indian Heart J)
Source: Indian Heart J - November 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hosain N, Amin F, Rehman S, Koirala B Tags: Indian Heart J Source Type: research
Status of indoor air pollution (IAP) through particulate matter (PM) emissions and associated health concerns in South Asia.
Abstract
Exposure to particulate emissions poses a variety of public health concerns worldwide, specifically in developing countries. This review summarized the documented studies on indoor particulate matter (PM) emissions and their major health concerns in South Asia. Reviewed literature illustrated the alarming levels of indoor air pollution (IAP) in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, while Sri Lanka and Bhutan are confronted with relatively lower levels, albeit not safe. To our knowledge, data on this issue are absent from Afghanistan and Maldives. We found that the reported levels of PM10 and PM2...
Source: Chemosphere - October 17, 2017 Category: Chemistry Authors: Junaid M, Syed JH, Abbasi NA, Hashmi MZ, Malik RN, Pei DS Tags: Chemosphere Source Type: research
Species identity and depth predict bleaching severity in reef-building corals: shall the deep inherit the reef?
Mass bleaching associated with unusually high sea temperatures represents one of the greatest threats to corals and coral reef ecosystems. Deeper reef areas are hypothesized as potential refugia, but the susceptibility of Scleractinian species over depth has not been quantified. During the most severe bleaching event on record, we found up to 83% of coral cover severely affected on Maldivian reefs at a depth of 3–5 m, but significantly reduced effects at 24–30 m. Analysis of 153 species' responses showed depth, shading and species identity had strong, significant effects on susceptibility. Overall, 73.3% of the...
Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - October 11, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Muir, P. R., Marshall, P. A., Abdulla, A., Aguirre, J. D. Tags: ecology, environmental science Global change and conservation Source Type: research
Know thy Neighbors: the Status of Cardiac Surgery in the South Asian Countries around India
Conclusion When the number of operations per million populations is considered, Bangladesh and Nepal are lagging behind India where as Pakistan has a comparable figure. Sri Lanka with 265 cardiac operations/million populations has the best figures in the region. However when compared with the Western countries even the Lankan figures also look quite inadequate. (Source: Indian Heart Journal)
Source: Indian Heart Journal - September 28, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990 –2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Publication date: 16–22 September 2017 Source:The Lancet, Volume 390, Issue 10100 Author(s): GBD 2016 DALYs and HALE CollaboratorsAmanuel AlemuAbajobirKalkidan HassenAbateCristianaAbbafatiKaja MAbbasFoadAbd-AllahRizwan SuliankatchiAbdulkaderAbdishakur MAbdulleTeshome AbukaAbeboSemaw FeredeAberaVictorAboyansLaith JAbu-RaddadIlana NAckermanIsaac AAdedejiOlatunjiAdetokunbohAshkanAfshinRakeshAggarwalSutapaAgrawalAnuragAgrawalMuktar BeshirAhmedMiloud Taki EddineAichourAmani NidhalAichourIbtihelAichourSnehaAiyarTomi FAkinyemijuNadiaAkseerFaris HasanAl LamiFaresAlahdabZiyadAl-AlyKhurshidAlamNooreAlamTahiyaAlamDeenaAlasfoorKef...
Source: The Lancet - September 15, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
