Dr. Jemish Acharya

Dr. Jemish Acharya, BDS, MPH, is a PhD scholar majoring in global health. Her areas of expertise include health research in epidemiology and international health, global disease prevention and control, equity in healthcare, non-communicable diseases, tobacco use and other health risk behaviors, and migration and health. jemish.acharya@gmail.com

Coronavirus, a Global Health Emergency

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, that is, a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The UN health agency on February 12, 2020, announced that “COVID-19” will be the official name of the deadly virus from China, saying that …

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For the Love of Baby

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Currently, tobacco products are estimated to be responsible for 3 million deaths annually worldwide, or about 6% of all deaths. But, by the 2020s or early 2030s, it is expected to cause 10.9% of all deaths in developing countries and 17.7% of those in developed countries, more than any single …

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A Global Health Issue

Global health addresses social issues and attributes that are contextual and knocks on the social determinants of health of an individual and the community and the society when looking for solutions. Global health is a relatively new term, a few years or decades old, coming of age of late measured …

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