The relationship between energy consumption and economic growth is a hot issue in today's society. This paper aims to empirically verify the growth. article analyzes relation of with taking case South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal) along macroeconomic determinants that affect total – FDI growth, CPI rate population order avoid omitted variab...

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) has been recognized as a public-health issue in developing countries. Economic constraints, sociocultural limitations, insufficient dietary intake, and poor absorption leading to depleted vitamin A stores in the body have been regarded as potential determinants of the prevalence of VAD in South Asian developing countries. VAD is exacerbated by lack of education, poor ...

The South Asian countries share common health challenges with very poor health indicators in the world. This is primarily because of political apathy, poverty and staggering health infrastructure. In resource-limited countries, an evidence-based approach can rationalize the treatment and be costeffective by reducing clinical practices that have no proven benefit. However, at present, evidenceba...

The major factors of insecurity in the East, away from the security of geopolitical area were because of the formation of political management in the nineteenth century colonial style. The security factor in the vast region of the East that encompasses at least three countries of Iran and Afghanistan and Pakistan is very important and highly effective. It reached its peak colonial Anglo-Russian...

Previous research indicates low screening uptake among South Asian women. We aimed to generate contemporary evidence of uptake by ethnicity using the screening records of eligible women resident in Manchester (n = 72613). Uptake among South Asians was lower than among other women, a difference explained by area- and practice-level confounding. A higher proportion of South Asians were recorded a...

This article attempts to highlight the prevalence of zinc deficiency and its health and economic consequences in South Asian developing countries and to shed light on possible approaches to combating zinc deficiency. A computer-based search was performed on PubMed, Google, and ScienceDirect.com to retrieve relevant scientific literature published between 2000 and 2012. The search yielded 194 ar...

BACKGROUND Physical activity and dietary change interventions can prevent or delay a range of chronic disease. Little is known in primary care about their effectiveness in South Asian populations, who are often at higher risk of developing such diseases. AIM To assess evidence for effectiveness of primary care based physical activity and dietary interventions in South Asian populations, and i...

Non-fatal self-poisoning is a challenging problem facing Sri Lanka, as well as other South Asian countries [1, 2]. Previously, the commonest method of selfpoisoning in Sri Lanka was by ingestion of pesticides, and rates were equal or higher in males compared to females [3, 4]. This gender ratio contrasted with international studies which report higher rates of attempted suicide by drug overdose...

This article discusses the rationale and method of screening for diabetes in a primary care setting. It describes guidelines laid down by international organizations, while adding pragmatic suggestions based upon reality in South Asian and other developing countries.