Jeremiah Chakaya, Mishal Khan, Francine Ntoumi, Eleni Aklillu et al.
The October 2020 Global TB report reviews TB control strategies and United Nations (UN) targets set in the political declaration at the September 2018 UN General Assembly high-level meeting on TB held in New York. Progress in TB care and prevention has been very slow. In 2019, TB remained the most c...
Sadia Afrin, Abu Talha Khan, Mahrin Alam Mahia, Rahbar Ahsan et al.
Bangladesh, a nation renowned for its rich fertile land and a population around 160 million, earns most of its living from agriculture. The nutrient rich lands help us providing year-round crop yields that play a crucial role for the economy of Bangladesh. Thus, this is important to deliberately wor...
Mishal Khan, Solomon Salve, John Porter
There has been a huge expansion in the private health-care sector over the past two decades, particularly in South Asia, resulting in over 80% of patients seeking care from private health providers. Despite concerns about the quality and equity of private sector service provision, most government pu...
Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene, Ayelet Berman, Ana B. Amaya et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the failures of global, multilateral cooperation to respond and adapt to health emergencies while observing the principles of solidarity and equity. This response has raised the question of whether the global architecture for health emergencies is fit for purpose. In t...
Marc Lipman, Christopher Finn McQuaid, Ibrahim Abubakar, Mishal Khan et al.
March 24 is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. In many countries, events marking World TB Day in 2020 were cancelled as national lockdowns began. This was not due to TB, but the ‘other pandemic’ and the year will be remembered as one where the virus SARS-CoV-2 and its disease COVID-19 dominated global hea...
Turki M. Bin Mahfoz, Meshari A. Alzahrani, Riyaz Ahamed Shaik, Mohammad Shakil Ahmad et al.
OBJECTIVE: Cognitive dysfunction among the elderly is a devastating condition preceded by accumulation of neuropathology leading to accelerated cognitive decline. Many epidemiologic studies have reported the relation between indoor air pollution exposure and cognitive impairment. To clarify the natu...
Salma Zahan, Mohammad Abdur Rashid, Tamanna Afroze, Mishal Khan
The structural, mechanical, optoelectronic , and thermoelectric properties of Sr 2 VInO 6 and Sr 2 VTlO 6 were investigated using the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method. The structural and thermodynamic stability were confirmed by calculating their tolerance factors of 0...
Sufyan Shahid, Ahmedyar Hasan, Minahil Iqbal, Mishal Khan et al.
BACKGROUND Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) are used to manage multiple sclerosis (MS), particularly in individuals with relapse-onset MS, to slow disease progression, reduce inflammation and demyelination and improve quality of life. Discontinuing treatment may pose a greater relapse risk for you...
Ahmad Nabeel Siddiquei, Zeeshan Ahmed, Khansa Zaman, Kamal Badar et al.
Achieving sustainable competitive advantage has become increasingly complex amid intense global environmental pressures. While leadership is widely recognized as an enabler of competitiveness, little is known about how top management's green inclusive leadership fosters sustainable competitive advan...