Progress towards Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) implementation in Iran: obstacles and bottlenecks

Progress in south Asia after the launch of the Global Every Newborn Action Plan.

Since the launch of the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) at the World Health Assembly in 2014, and, in 2015, the launch of the UN Secretary General’s second Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, there has been a renewed focus on improving newborn health globally. South Asia has reduced neonatal mortality since 1990, when more than 2 million newborn babies died in the ...

Barriers of molecular epidemiology in Iran: Action plan and necessary steps

Technical Progress Report: Implementation Plan for Probabilistic Ecological Assessments

In vivo tau imaging: Obstacles and progress

The military conflicts of the last decade have highlighted the growing problem of traumatic brain injury in combatants returning from the battlefield. The considerable evidence pointing at the accumulation of tau aggregates and its recognition as a risk factor in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease have led to a major effort to develop selective tau ligands that would allow...

Towards universal newborn screening in developing countries: obstacles and the way forward.

Newborn Screening is a well recognised public health programme aimed at the early identification of infants who are affected by certain genetic/metabolic/infectious conditions. Early identification of these conditions is particularly crucial, since timely intervention can lead to a significant reduced morbidity, mortality, and associated disabilities in affected infants. Establishing sustainabl...