No more hush-hush! End mental health stigma

This year, the World Mental Health Day theme is ‘mental health as a universal human right’, which aims to prevent, treat, and enable people with mental health conditions while providing a conducive environment through sensitising people in society. Speaking to ETHealthworld, a few experts shared insights on how the stigma and myths around mental health can be dispelled by creating awareness at the right places with the right age groups.

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Mental health is universal human right, need to destigmatise mental health issues: WHO

In countries of the WHO South-East Asia Region, which includes India, one in seven people are living with mental health conditions, she said in a statement. Anxiety and depressive disorders were the commonest conditions among both men and women, contributing to almost 50 per cent of the total number of people living with mental disorders in the WHO South-East Asia Region.

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India had world's highest number of preterm births in 2020: Lancet study

The research by authors from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, showed that over 50 per cent of all preterm births in 2020 occurred in just eight countries.

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Sun Pharma, Aurobindo recall drugs from US market

As per the USFDA, a Class III recall is initiated in a "situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences". The US health regulator stated that Aurobindo Pharma is recalling 9,890 bottles of Rasagiline Tablets, a medication indicated for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, from the US.

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Singapore experiencing another COVID-19 wave: Health minister warns

The spate of these recent cases is driven by mostly two variants - the EG.5 and its sub-lineage HK.3 - both of which are descendants of the XBB Omicron variant.

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More than 75,000 US health care workers begin 3-day strike

The walkout of more than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente, the country's largest non-profit health care organisation, comes as surging inflation has spurred industrial action across the US, from Hollywood actors to Detroit auto workers.

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MediBuddy’s workplace data underscores vital role of early diagnosis in diabetes management

India accounts for one in seven of all adults living with diabetes globally. Accessibility to high-quality healthcare through telemedicine can help facilitate the uptake of preventive care and further lower health risks, especially in developing countries with a skewed doctor-to-patient ratio.

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