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Cervical Cancer Awareness: Emphasize prevention and early detection over sensationalism
Even though there are more than 1.27 lakh reported cases of...
Environment climate change gain prominence in manifestos but experts question follow-through
"It's crucial that environmental issues are not relegated to the...
Investing in digital technology and data can strengthen health systems
“Designed with people at the center, digital technology can make health services more personal, prevent healthcare costs from increasing, reduce differences in care, and make the job easier for those who provide health services,” said Mamta Murthi, Vice President for...
How satellites are helping farmers adapt to global warming
In ten climate hotspots from Guatemala to Afghanistan, acute hunger has more than doubled in six years, according to UK charity Oxfam. But cutting-edge satellite sensor technology could play a big role in slowing that down. Experts envision a future in which farmers...
Traditional medicine can improve people-centred health care: WHO’s Poonam Khetrapal Singh
"The traditional systems of medicine have the potential to improve health, wellness, and people-centred health care. WHO has been collaborating with member countries in the region to strengthen farmer co-vigilance and research capacity. And set benchmarks for training...
What are China’s ‘sponge cities’ and why aren’t they stopping the floods?
Breakneck urbanization has encased vast stretches of land in impermeable concrete, often along banks of major rivers that traditionally served as flood plains. With wetlands paved over and nowhere for surplus water to settle, waterlogging and flooding was commonplace...
Indian tech industry leaders fast adopting GenAI, albeit with caution
Relying heavily on generative AI without the necessary checks and balances from a human expert to validate the results can lead to potentially unsafe and/or unethical or biased applications, Prabhakar Srinivasan, Director of Technology, AI/ML/Data Science at Synechron...
ANALYSIS-China avoids climate change discussion despite extreme weather
China's CO2 emissions grew 10% in the first quarter of 2023 from a year earlier, rising by approximately 1% above record levels in 2021, according to research by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) . Record heat and historic floods in China this...
FOCUS-ChatGPT fever spreads to US workplace, sounding alarm for some
Companies worldwide are considering how to best make use of ChatGPT, a chatbot programme that uses generative AI to hold conversations with users and answer myriad prompts. Security firms and companies have raised concerns, however, that it could result in...
R Thyagarajan: Tycoon who gave away $750 million sees poor bankable
R Thyagarajan R Thyagarajan is arguably one of the world’s most idiosyncratic financiers — in no small part because his multibillion-dollar business, the Shriram Group, has thrived in an industry that tripped up countless others around the globe A pioneer in extending...
WHO releases new guidance to improve testing and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections
Several countries are increasingly reporting failures of current treatment recommendations for gonorrhoea. Of concern, the spread of a Neisseria gonorrhoea clone that is highly resistant to ceftriaxone is increasingly being reported in countries in Asia such as China,...