Health & wellbeing
- Afghanistan, Contraception and family planning, Family, Global development, Global health, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, Pregnancy, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraceptionParwana* no lo…
- Acupuncture, Alternative medicine, Global development, Global health, Health, Health & wellbeing, Homeopathy, India, Life and style, Medical research, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, World Health Organization, World news
‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcareFrom herbalists …
- Asia Pacific, Digital media, Health, Health & wellbeing, Internet, Japan, Mental health, Smartphones, Social media, Technology, Young people
‘It made my day more meaningful’: the Japanese gen Zers attempting a two-hour limit on smartphone use
Authorities in Japan are taking action against excessive phone time – but what is it like to restrict scrollin…
- Education, Environment, Food, Foraging, Global development, Global health, Health & wellbeing, India, Indigenous peoples, Life and style, Nutrition, School meals, Schools, South and Central Asia, Stunting, World news
Fish mint, Himalayan chives and berry pickle: how wild ingredients are transforming school dinners in India
In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chr…
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Giraffepods, hot masks and a massage pillow: testing Japan’s answers to the perfect power nap
In a country where more than 40% get less than six hours’ sleep a night and millions nap at work, new ways to …
- Body image, Global development, Health, Health & wellbeing, India, Life and style, Mental health, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
So many Indian women struggle with their body image. We need to talk about why | Pragya Agarwal
It is easy to blame Bollywood and the media for unrealistic expectations of beauty – but there are deeper soci…
- Afghanistan, Coronavirus, Europe, Finland, Health, Health & wellbeing, Russia, Society, UK news, Ukraine, World news
Covid has not affected people’s happiness around world, study reveals
World Happiness Report finds higher levels of benevolence in all global regions than before the pandemicIt cla…
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The sento owners making group bathing in Japan cool again
Covid accelerated a decline but a new breed of bathhouse is reimagining a Japanese traditionIt is a Japanese r…
- Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Europe, Finland, Health, Health & wellbeing, Iceland, Lebanon, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, US news, Zimbabwe
Finland named world’s happiest country for fifth year running
Experts say social support, honesty and generosity key to wellbeing, as Afghanistan and Lebanon struggle in gl…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Business, Childbirth, Children, Dominic Raab, Economics, Education, Foreign policy, Global development, Global economy, Health, Health & wellbeing, Human rights, Infant and child mortality, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Law, Life and style, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Politics, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Teaching, UK news, United Nations, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World Bank, World Health Organization, World news
The Taliban are not the only threat to Afghanistan. Aid cuts could undo 20 years of progress
The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapseWatching Afgha…
- Bollywood, Culture, Family, Film, Health & wellbeing, India, Life and style, Parents and parenting, Pregnancy, South and Central Asia, World news
Kareena Kapoor Khan on breaking pregnancy taboos: ‘No one wants to talk about belching and swollen feet!’
One of Bollywood’s most bankable actors has written a revolutionary pregnancy book that lifts the lid on libid…
- Asia Pacific, China, Health & wellbeing, Human rights, Life and style, Mental health, Protest, Society, Work & careers
The low-desire life: why people in China are rejecting high-pressure jobs in favour of ‘lying flat’
It’s been dubbed ‘tangping’ – shunning tough careers to chill out instead. But how is the Communist party taki…
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Goa party leader hopes to swing the siesta vote
The Forward Party’s Vijai Sardesai says he will make a one-hour power nap mandatory if he becomes chief minist…
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Goa party leader hopes to swing the siesta vote
The Forward Party’s Vijai Sardesai says he will make a one-hour power nap mandatory if he becomes chief minist…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus outbreak, Health & wellbeing, Infectious diseases, Life and style, Medical research, Parents and parenting, Pregnancy, Science, UK news, World news
No elevated risk of coronavirus in pregnancy, experts say
No evidence virus passes to foetus during pregnancy, according to latest researchCoronavirus – latest updatesP…