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Simone Biles is redefining athletic resilience
News, Published on 31/07/2024
» With the Olympics underway in Paris, the world has a front seat to something truly magical: the gravity-defying skills of US gymnast Simone Biles. And although I'm, of course, looking forward to watching her attempt the Yurchenko double pike vault -- a jump she is the only woman to even attempt in competition, and which she smashed during practice in Paris last week -- I'm really just glad to see her back in a leotard, beaming while high-fiving her teammates.
Time to boost region's oral health
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 22/03/2023
» On World Oral Health Day which fell on Monday, WHO urge Southeast Asian countries to accelerate implementation of the region's new Action Plan for Oral Health 2022–2030, which aims to ensure that everyone, everywhere in Southeast Asia can enjoy the highest attainable state of oral health, with a focus on achieving universal coverage for oral health by 2030.
PM2.5 nightmares
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/03/2023
» Re: "PM2.5: Endless deja vu in Thailand", (Opinion, March 12).
The varieties of climate-driven medical risk
Oped, Published on 04/08/2022
» When natural disasters force people to pack a bag and flee to safety, important items are often forgotten. Following California's 2007 wildfire season, estimates were that for every household at least one person left behind prescription medication during evacuation. Likewise, when Hurricane Harvey threatened to flood my own mother's Texas home in 2017, she forgot to grab her medication in her rush to escape the storm's path -- even though she was normally meticulous when packing for a trip.
Truth via debate
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/07/2021
» Re: "PM orders ban on 'fake news'," (BP, July 30).
Ramp up action against NCDs
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 24/06/2021
» Amid the Covid-19 response, opportunities to prevent, detect, control and treat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) must be fully harnessed.
Too speedy indeed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/01/2021
» The Road Safety Directing Centre provided holiday accident statistics from around the country up to and including Saturday (published on Sunday, Jan 3). On closer inspection, however, the figures suggest they have been compiled with perhaps undue haste.
HPV vaccine can harness 'girl power'
News, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Published on 15/08/2016
» When you think of teenage girls, you might imagine common stereotypes, from the "mean girl" to the sullen high school student locked in her bedroom. The reality is that teenage girls are not only some of the world's most marginalised people; they also have virtually unmatched potential to help build a better future for all.
Act now to wipe out cervical cancer
News, Published on 16/04/2015
» For women, the act of bringing life into this world has historically meant risking their own lives, with the real prospect of death during childbirth. But, although great strides are being made in reducing maternal deaths in lower-income countries, those gains could be undone by a growing threat to women's health. For the first time, the number of deaths caused by cervical cancer every year is poised to outstrip the total caused by childbirth.