Tag: Global Health
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Decolonizing Global Health: Key Concepts, Actions, and Contributors—A Scoping Review
Introduction: Reframing Global Health through Decolonization Decolonizing global health is more than a slogan—it is a framework for dismantling power imbalances, redistributing decision-making, and legitimizing non-Western knowledge in global health practice. A comprehensive scoping review of 91 articles (newer than 2020) identifies three core pillars: redefining the field, enabling agency for the global south, and…
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Decolonizing Global Health: Key Concepts, Actions, and Contributors
Introduction Decolonizing global health is a growing movement that seeks to dismantle the enduring power imbalances and colonial legacies that shape global health, from funding to knowledge production. A comprehensive scoping review of 91 articles published since 2020 highlights three core objectives: redefining power structures, restoring agency to the global south, and reforming epistemic foundations…
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HIV Research: A Catalyst for Breakthroughs Across Medicine
The Enduring Impact of HIV Research HIV/AIDS research has become more than a focused effort against a single disease. Over the past four decades, U.S.-funded HIV research has advanced science in ways that touch immunology, cancer therapy, vaccines, and global health at large. A recent Nature Medicine commentary by leading researchers highlights how this sustained…
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HIV Research: A Catalyst for Global Medicine and Innovation
Introduction: A Forty-Year Arc of Impact HIV/AIDS research has not only transformed care for people living with HIV but has become a powerful engine of scientific discovery across medicine. In a recent Nature Medicine commentary, leading researchers reflect on four decades of U.S.-funded HIV science and its outsized influence on immunology, cancer therapy, cardiovascular and…
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How HIV/AIDS Research Transformed Global Health: From Immunology to Cancer Therapies and Beyond
HIV Research as a Catalyst for Broad Scientific Advances Four decades of U.S.-funded HIV/AIDS research have done more than extend lives affected by the virus. In a recent Nature Medicine commentary, scientists emphasize that the pursuit of HIV prevention, treatment, and cure has become a powerful engine for understanding human biology and developing therapies for…
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India Faces a Deepening Killer Superbug Crisis: The AMR Wake-Up Call
Introduction: A Global and Indian AMR Alarm Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is not a distant threat. It is a present crisis that is reshaping how doctors treat common infections. Recent analyses from The Lancet and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that India is among the epicenters of this crisis, with resistant bacteria increasingly escaping last-resort…
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Why India Is a Leading Driver in the Global Killer Superbug Crisis
Introduction: A Global AMR Alarm Becomes Personal for India Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is not a distant threat. It is shaping real-world outcomes where common infections once easily treated are turning deadly. Recent findings from the World Health Organization (WHO) and landmark studies reported by The Lancet reveal that India is among the countries bearing a…
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Antibiotic Resistance: WHO Warns of Rapid Spread and What You Can Do
Introduction: A Quiet Crisis Gaining Ground Antibiotics transformed medicine, turning once-lethal infections into manageable illnesses. Yet a new WHO report warns that antibiotic resistance is rising rapidly, threatening to erase decades of medical progress. Between 2018 and 2023, resistance increased in more than 40% of monitored bacteria-antibiotic combinations. Infections that were easily treated just a…
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Global drug addiction mortality rates surge despite fewer cases
Introduction: A paradox in global drug use New international data reveal a troubling paradox: the incidence of drug use disorders (DUDs) is not rising as rapidly as death and disability from drug use. A comprehensive analysis based on the 2021 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study shows that while new cases of drug addiction have…
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Pioneering personalized medicine by deciphering depression’s complex biological web
Reframing depression through a systemic, multi-omics lens In a groundbreaking Genomic Press interview, Dr. Najaf Amin—Oxford University Associate Professor and a leading figure in molecular epidemiology—reveals how her research reshapes international understandings of depression genetics. Moving beyond traditional genome-wide association studies, she unveils a holistic approach that integrates genomics, epigenomics, metabolomics, and gut microbiome data…