HEALTH IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE by Adil Zareef

“…The damage is amplified, being the fastest urbanizing country in South Asia,”.17 Peshawar is also been one of the leading cities with unhealthy air quality. …”
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Quantifying snow darkening and atmospheric radiative effects of black carbon and dust on the South Asian monsoon and hydrological cycle: experiments using variable-resolution CESM by S. Rahimi, X. Liu, C. Wu, C. Wu, W. K. Lau, H. Brown, M. Wu, Y. Qian

“…This anomalous arrangement in the mass fields brings forth enhanced rising vertical motion across South Asia and a stronger westerly low-level jet, the latter of which furnishes the Indian subcontinent with enhanced Arabian Gulf moisture. …”
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Establishment of Crops under Minimal Soil Disturbance and Crop Residue Retention in Rice-Based Cropping System: Yield Advantage, Soil Health Improvement, and Economic Benefit by Nazmus Salahin, Mohammad Jahiruddin, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Md. Khairul Alam, M. Enamul Haque, Sharif Ahmed, Alaa Baazeem, Adel Hadifa, Ayman EL Sabagh, Richard W. Bell

“…-jute (<i>Corchorus culinaris</i> L.) cropping systems on seasonally flooded lowlands of the Eastern Gangetic Plain of South Asia. A field trial for consecutive three years was conducted in the Gangetic Plains of Bangladesh to evaluate the effects of zero tillage (ZT), strip-tillage (ST), bed planting (BP) and conventional tillage (CT) with two residue retention levels (RL—a low level similar to current farmers’ practice and RH—increased retention) on soil properties, yield and economic return. …”
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The burden of skin and subcutaneous diseases: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 by Aobuliaximu Yakupu, Aobuliaximu Yakupu, Rehanguli Aimaier, Bo Yuan, Bin Chen, Jia Cheng, Yaohua Zhao, Yinbo Peng, Yinbo Peng, Jiaoyun Dong, Jiaoyun Dong, Shuliang Lu, Shuliang Lu

“…The highest number of new cases and deaths from skin and subcutaneous diseases was in South Asia. Globally, most new cases were in the 0–4-year age group, with skin and subcutaneous disease incidence slightly higher in men than in women.ConclusionFungal infections are major contributors to skin and subcutaneous diseases worldwide. …”
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Incidence and risk factors for metabolic syndrome among urban, adult Sri Lankans: a prospective, 7-year community cohort, follow-up study by Shamila T. De Silva, Madunil A. Niriella, Dileepa S. Ediriweera, Dulani Kottahachchi, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Arjuna P. de Silva, Anuradha S. Dassanayaka, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Rajitha Wickramasinghe, N. Kato, H. Janaka de Silva

“…There is limited data on incidence of MetS from South Asia. This study investigated incidence and risk factors for new onset MetS in an urban adult Sri Lankan population. …”
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Chemical characteristics of submicron particles at the central Tibetan Plateau: insights from aerosol mass spectrometry by J. Xu, Q. Zhang, J. Shi, X. Ge, C. Xie, J. Wang, S. Kang, R. Zhang, Y. Wang

“…Recent studies have revealed a significant influx of anthropogenic aerosol from South Asia to the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau (TP) during pre-monsoon period. …”
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CYP2C9 Variations and Their Pharmacogenetic Implications Among Diverse South Asian Populations by Nizamuddin S, Dubey S, Singh S, Sharma S, Machha P, Thangaraj K

“…Taken together, current study greatly enriches the knowledge of naturally occurring CYP2C9 variants and its diversity in South Asia, which are relevant to further CYP2C9-related functional research and for personalized medicine.Keywords: pharmacogenetics, CYP2C9, South Asians, genetic diversity…”
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Incentives for pregnant mothers during antenatal care for better maternal and neonatal health outcomes in low and middle income countries: A systematic review protocol [version 2;... by Prasanna Mithra P, Rekha T, Vaman Kulkarni, Nithin Kumar, Bhumika T V, Ratheebhai Vijayamma, Darshan BB, Anju Sinha, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Ramesh Holla, Rosemol Johnson K, Ravishankar N

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Effects of disability on adverse health outcomes and anthropometric deficits among under-five children in South Asian countries: evidence from multiple indicator cluster surveysRes... by Md Badsha Alam, Shimlin Jahan Khanam, Md Shohel Rana, Gulam Khandaker, Md Awal Kabir, Md Nuruzzaman Khan

“…Findings: We found average disability prevalence in South Asia was 8.7% (8.3–9.0; n = 8072), varying from 3.4% (3.0–3.8; n = 446) in Bangladesh to 12.3% (11.4–13.3; n = 1259) in Afghanistan. …”
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Factors associated with adolescent pregnancy in Maharashtra, India: a mixed-methods study by Shruti Shukla, Andrés F. Castro Torres, Rucha Vasumati Satish, Yulia Shenderovich, Ibukun-Oluwa Omolade Abejirinde, Janina Isabel Steinert

“…The findings underscore the significance of social position and behavioural factors and the impact of external shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic in predicting adolescent pregnancy in Maharashtra, India.Plain Language Summary: Adolescent pregnancy is an important health issue for young girls. In South Asia, one out of every five adolescent girls becomes a mother before turning 18, and in India, around 9% of girls aged 15–19 get pregnant yearly. …”
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The terrestrial carbon budget of South and Southeast Asia by Matthew Cervarich, Shijie Shu, Atul K Jain, Almut Arneth, Josep Canadell, Pierre Friedlingstein, Richard A Houghton, Etsushi Kato, Charles Koven, Prabir Patra, Ben Poulter, Stephen Sitch, Beni Stocker, Nicolas Viovy, Andy Wiltshire, Ning Zeng

“…With this in view, this study synthesizes the carbon source/sink due to net ecosystem productivity (NEP), land cover land use change ( E _LUC ), fires and fossil burning ( E _FIRE ) for the South Asia (SA), Southeast Asia (SEA) and South and Southeast Asia (SSEA = SA + SEA) and each country in these regions using the multiple top-down and bottom-up modeling results. …”
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AVRUPA’YA İKİNCİ KAVİMLER GÖÇÜ (MÜ?): SORUNLAR, FIRSATLAR, TEHDİTLER, ÇÖZÜMLER by Süleyman DOST

“…Hundreds of thousands of people from war and internal turmoil, authoritarian regimes or because of poverty especially in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa or Turkey or on the right passes to the European countries. …”
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Assessing the risk of spread of Zika virus under current and future climate scenarios by Ye Xu, Jingni Zhou, Tong Liu, Peiwen Liu, Yang Wu, Zetian Lai, Jinbao Gu, Xiaoguang Chen

“…Approximately 6.22 billion people (78.69% of the global population) live in the risk area, with the vast majority in South Asia, tropical Africa, South America, North America, and countries around the Mediterranean Sea. …”
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Carbonaceous aerosol transport from the Indo-Gangetic Plain to the Himalayas: Carbon isotope evidence and light absorption characteristics by Pengfei Chen, Shichang Kang, Chaoliu Li, Zhaofu Hu, Lekhendra Tripathee, Mukesh Rai, Tao Pu, Xiufeng Yin, Örjan Gustafsson

“…The Δ14C analysis revealed that the contribution of fossil fuel combustion (ffossil) to EC was 47.9% ± 11.5%, which is consistent with observations in urban and remote regions in South Asia and attests that EC likely arrives in Jomsom from upwind IGP sources via long-range transport. …”
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5Nx) Virus of Clade 2.3.4.4b Emerging in Tibet, China, 2021 by Yi Li, Xiang Li, Xinru Lv, Qiuzi Xu, Zhenliang Zhao, Siyuan Qin, Peng Peng, Fengyi Qu, Rongxiu Qin, Qing An, Meixi Wang, Zhen Zhang, Hua Luo, Xiangwei Zeng, Yulong Wang, Zhijun Hou, Heting Sun, Yajun Wang, Yu Xu, Yanbing Li, Hongliang Chai

“…Phylogenetic analyses showed that the viruses isolated in this study may have spread from wintering or stopover grounds of migratory birds in South Asia. We monitored two disparate clade 2.3.4.4b H5Nx viruses in migratory birds in Tibet during their breeding season. …”
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Prioritising Cochrane reviews to be updated with health equity focus by Eve Tomlinson, Jordi Pardo Pardo, Torunn Sivesind, Mindy D Szeto, Melissa Laughter, Ruth Foxlee, Michael Brown, Nicole Skoetz, Robert P Dellavalle, Juan VA Franco, Mike Clarke, Alison Krentel, Ludovic Reveiz, Ashrita Saran, Frances Tse, George A Wells, Robert Boyle, Jennifer Hilgart, Euphrasia Ebai-Atuh Ndi, Vivian Welch, Jennifer Petkovic, Peter Tugwell

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Responses of Arctic black carbon and surface temperature to multi-region emission reductions: a Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution Phase 2 (HTAP2) ensemble modeling study by N. Zhao, X. Dong, K. Huang, K. Huang, J. S. Fu, J. S. Fu, M. T. Lund, K. Sudo, D. Henze, T. Kucsera, Y. F. Lam, M. Chin, S. Tilmes

“…Emission reductions from East Asia (EAS) had the most (monthly contributions: 0.2–1.5 ng m<span class="inline-formula">⁻³</span>) significant impact on the Arctic near-surface BC concentrations, while the monthly contributions from Europe (EUR), Middle East (MDE), North America (NAM), Russia–Belarus–Ukraine (RBU), and South Asia (SAS) were 0.2–1.0, 0.001–0.01, 0.1–0.3, 0.1–0.7, and 0.0–0.2 ng m<span class="inline-formula">⁻³</span>, respectively. …”
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Implementation research on management of sick young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when referral is not possible in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: Challenges and solution... by Melkamu Berhane, Tsinuel Girma, Workneh Tesfaye, Nega Jibat, Mulumebet Abera, Sufian Abrahim, Samira Aboubaker, Yasir Bin Nisar, Shamim Ahmad Qazi, Rajiv Bahl, Alemseged Abdissa

“…However, manysick newborns in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia do not have access to inpatientcare. A World Health Organization (WHO) guideline recommends simplified antibiotic treatment atan outpatient level for young infants up to two months of age with possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI), when referral is not feasible.We implemented this guidelinein Ethiopia to increase coverage of treatment and to learn about potential facilitating factors and barriers for implementation.…”
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Impact of the CARE Tipping Point Program in Nepal on adolescent girls’ agency and risk of child, early, or forced marriage: Results from a cluster-randomized controlled trial by Kathryn M. Yount, Robert L. Durr, Irina Bergenfeld, Sudhindra Sharma, Cari Jo Clark, Anne Laterra, Sadhvi Kalra, Anne Sprinkel, Yuk Fai Cheong

“…Background: Girl child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM) persists in South Asia, with long-term effects on well-being. CARE's Tipping Point Initiative (TPI) sought to address the gender norms and inequalities underlying CEFM by engaging participant groups on programmatic topics and supporting community dialogue to build girls' agency, shift power relations, and change norms. …”
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Genome-wide association studies for phenological and agronomic traits in mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) by P. B. Manjunatha, Muraleedhar S. Aski, Gyan Prakash Mishra, Soma Gupta, Narayana Bhat Devate, Akanksha Singh, Ruchi Bansal, Shiv Kumar, Ramakrishnan Madhavan Nair, Harsh Kumar Dikshit

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