PERIOD POVERTY AND MENTAL HEALTH OF MENSTRUATORS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE

Period poverty and mental health of menstruators during COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons and implications for the future

Menstruation is a naturally occurring phenomenon; however, millions of adolescent girls and women, as well as nonbinary persons who bleed every month, are deprived of menstruating safely and respectfully.Those belonging to marginalized sections face the brunt of lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities; affordable menstrual suppl

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Exposure of honey bees and other pollinating species to pesticides

halloween cookie card Background: When considering the risk to bees a thorough understanding of the relevant routes of exposure and the magnitude of exposure is necessary.Results: Bees forage on plants and in particular flowers to obtain food for themselves and for provisioning their young.Foliar applications during flowering will present the most

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Study on insect pest diversity and their risk management options in potato among extension personnels of Bangladesh

The study was conducted in the 20 upazila of 10 selected major potato growing districts of Bangladesh during the period from December 2014 to February 2015 to find out the present status and diversity of insect pests of potato, their risks and management options.The data were collected through interview of 60 field level officers of DAE including o

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HIV incidence in a multinational cohort of men and transgender women who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from HPTN 075.

Few studies have assessed HIV incidence in men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).We assessed HIV incidence and its correlates among MSM and TGW in SSA enrolled in the prospective, multi-country HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 075 study, conducted from 2015 to 2017.Participants were enrolled at

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Chinese and Indian Public Pension Systems and Universal Old-age Security in Times of Rapid Demographic Changes

India and China have become countries of rapid economic growth and at the same time of socio-economic contrast.The classical old-age security arrangement has focused mainly on bengals lunch box the formal sector and excluded a majority of the population working in the informal sector.Consequently, along the road of economic growth, increasing livin

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