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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

In the move to a more sustainable and safer future, tackling road accident injuries and fatalities will require a more concerted effort.

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Cyber scams are rising globally, targeting the vulnerable, especially youth. Understanding tactics and regional efforts is key to a safer cyberspace.

Thinking about freezing your eggs? Beware the spin

It’s sold as a procedure that empowers women, but freezing eggs is costly, time-consuming and not guaranteed to be a success.

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Indonesia’s low-cost watch on antimicrobial resistance

Indonesian researchers have tested a cheaper way of monitoring antimicrobial resistance that could be a key tool for developing countries.

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How your brain tricks you into pain relief

Is it possible to trick the brain into thinking a placebo will help reduce pain? The signs are good.

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There’s no safe level of air pollution

Emissions that meet air-quality standards still cause illness and early death. Planning decisions need to help drive down exposure.

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India: Substandard medicines threaten the goal of zero malaria

Fraudulent and substandard antimalarials drive up case numbers, suffering and death. They are the main obstacle as India pursues malaria eradication by 2030.

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When shopping online is deadly

Buying medicines on the internet saves time and money, but it could be deadly. Indonesia is working to regulate online pharmacies and improve public safety.

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When the choice is between poor-quality medicine and no medicine at all

Poverty drives the market in inferior medicines just as it drives other examples of inequality. A socially integrated approach is needed to fight the problem.

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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

The battle to reduce road deaths

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Thinking about freezing your eggs? Beware the spin

Indonesia’s low-cost watch on antimicrobial resistance

How your brain tricks you into pain relief

India: Substandard medicines threaten the goal of zero malaria

When shopping online is deadly

When the choice is between poor-quality medicine and no medicine at all

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