COVID-19: Understanding the New Variants of Concern by Ke-Yan Loo, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“… The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, part of the Coronaviridae family, was discovered in December 2019 in China. World Health Organization named it COVID-19 and by March 2020, it had spread worldwide, causing a global pandemic. …”
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Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Developed and Developing Countries by Enos, Mirembe Masereka, Clement, Munguiko, Alex, Tumusiime, Linda Grace, Alanyo

“…These statistics are far below the World Health Organization targets of 50% and 70% by 2025 and 2030, respectively. …”
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Gendered time-budgeting, affective wellbeing, and its implication for cognitive health among older adults in India by Dipti Govil, Harihar Sahoo, Srei Chanda, K. S. James

“…Using unit-level data on 4951 older adults from the World Health Organization’s Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (WHO-SAGE-1), the paper aims to understand the plausible effect of time-weighted experienced wellbeing on gendered cognitive aging in India. …”
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Assessment of Trace Element Levels in Muscle Tissues of Fish Species Collected from a River, Stream, Lake, and Sea in Sakarya, Turkey by Tülay Küpeli, Hüseyin Altundağ, Mustafa İmamoğlu

“…Trace element levels in various fish species collected from waters in Sakarya region were found to be below limit values provided by Turkish Food Codex (TFC), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and World Health Organization (WHO).…”
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Robustness of Dengue Complex Network under Targeted versus Random Attack by Hafiz Abid Mahmood Malik, Faiza Abid, Mohamed Ridza Wahiddin, Zeeshan Bhatti

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3.6 billion individuals are at risk because of the dengue virus sickness. …”
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Orthodontic-logaoedic treatment using a modified Hawley device. by Clotilde Mora Pérez, Raúl López Fernández, Liliam Farray Domínguez, Raiza I. Domínguez Garcia, Yordanis Boza Mejias, Danibis Boza Mejias

“…<strong>Introduction: </strong>According to the World Health Organization, malocclusion ia a higly risky entity that is placed in the 3rd position worldwide within oral diseases. …”
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Smart Bracelet for Tracking the Location of Dementia Patients by Ervin Masita Dewi, Ikhsan Malik Nurmajid, Trisno Yuwono Putro, Nurista Wahyu Kirana, Didin Saefudin

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 55 million people currently live with dementia. …”
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Adaptation of health systems to climate change-related infectious disease outbreaks in the ASEAN: Protocol for a scoping review of national and regional policies. by Adriana Viola Miranda, Bony Wiem Lestari, Annisa Indrarini, Fadilah F Arsy, Saut Sagala, Mizan Bustanul Fuadi Bisri, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno

“…Literature search will be conducted on the ASEAN Secretariat website, government websites, Google, and six research databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Embase, World Health Organization (WHO) Institutional Repository Information Sharing (IRIS), and Google Scholar). …”
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Gambaran Tingkat Kebisingan Akibat Suara Kendaraan Bermotor di Beberapa Sekolah Berlokasi di Sekitar Jalan Raya kota Padang by Galan Eko Saputro, Meifal Rusli

“…According to World Health Organization (WHO), traffic is one of the main sources of environmental noise exposure in urban communities, including school. …”
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SPECT and PET Imaging of Meningiomas by Varvara Valotassiou, Anastasia Leondi, George Angelidis, Dimitrios Psimadas, Panagiotis Georgoulias

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, meningiomas can be classified into grade I meningiomas, which are benign, grade II (atypical) and grade III (anaplastic) meningiomas, which have a much more aggressive clinical behaviour. …”
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Two Cases of Delayed Diagnosis of Leprosy in Mauritania by Boushab Mohamed Boushab, Fatima-Zahra Fall-Malick, Leonardo K. Basco

“…A multilevel chemotherapeutic regimen recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) was effective, and the patients’ condition evolved satisfactorily. …”
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Thyroid-Like Follicular Carcinoma of the Kidney in a Young Patient with History of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by William W. Wu, Julia T. Chu, Ali Nael, Sherif A. Rezk, Stephen G. Romansky, Lisa Shane

“…Thyroid-like follicular carcinoma of the kidney (TLFCK) is a rare histological variant of renal cell carcinoma not currently included in the World Health Organization classification of renal tumors. Only 24 previous cases of TLFCK have been reported to date. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Dental Caries in Primary Schoolchildren: An Iranian Setting by Mohammad Ali Youssefi, Solaiman Afroughi

“…Dental examination was performed at school according to the World Health Organization criteria. Sociodemographic data were collected using a structured questionnaire, and caries statuses of children’s teeth were recorded through a dental chart. …”
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Road safety behavior and related injuries among college students of urban Bengaluru by Rana Sarvar, P. K. Sreenath Menon, M. D. Sangeetha

“…Data were collected using the World Health Organization STEP-wise approach to surveillance violence and injury module, administered through Google Forms. …”
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Use of Artemisinin- Combination Therapies in Port Harcourt by OA Shorinwa, OO Ebong

“…The emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum parasite resistance to commonly used antimalarials such as chloroquine and  sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine has posed challenges to malaria control. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of Artemisinin- based combination therapies (ACTs) as the first line of treatment for malaria in Sub –Saharan Africa. …”
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A Review on the Cosmeceutical and External Applications of Nigella sativa by Ahmad M. Eid, Nagib A. Elmarzugi, Laila M. Abu Ayyash, Maher N. Sawafta, Hadeel I. Daana

“…It is estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) that most of the world’s population depends on herbal medicine for their health care. …”
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Pure Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Ovary: A Rare Clinical Entity and Review of Literature by P. N. Shakuntala, K. Uma Devi, K. Shobha, U. D. Bafna, M. Geetashree

“…Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) of the ovary is a rare tumor and is now included in the World Health Organization tumor classification. Its prognosis is generally very poor even when the diagnosis is made at an early stage. …”
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Consequence of War on Diabetic Mellitus patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a longitudinal study by Mehari Gebre Teklezgi, Mengstu Berhe Tekle, Gebru Gebremeskel Gebrerufael, Tesfu Solomon Yeebyo

“…Abstract Background Studies of the world health organization indicated that Diabetes is on the rise. …”
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Antibiotic Residues in Animal Products from Some African Countries and Their Possible Impact on Human Health by Oluwaseun Mary Oladeji, Liziwe Lizbeth Mugivhisa, Joshua Oluwole Olowoyo

“…Tetracycline showed the most prevalent antibiotic residue with 43% mostly from East Africa, followed by sulfonamides at 19%, and β-lactams at 16%; most of the antibiotic residue levels were higher than the World Health Organization permissible limit. Noncompliance with withdrawal periods and maximum residue limits for antibiotics used in food-producing animals may lead to negative outcomes such as allergic reactions, teratogenicity, carcinogenicity, microbiome alterations, and, most notably, antibiotic resistance. …”
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Characterization of Suicidal Attempt in Adolescents of the Cumanayagua Municipality by Tamara Montenegro Calderón, Juan Carlos Fernández Wilcapi, Julio César Díaz Marrero, Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Alexis Díaz Brito

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> the World Health Organization has determined that suicide in an important health problem since it is among the first causes of death in all ages. …”
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