Postage stamps as a health promotion tool in the Nepalese community

Pramanik,; Pramanik, Santanu; Chanda, Renusha R.

doi:10.26719/2004.10.3.442

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“…Innate immunity upregulation has been postulated as a compensating mechanism, as humoral immunity is expected to remain strong during pregnancy but cell-mediated immunity is severely weakened. A surge in white blood cell count, primarily induced by neutrophilia, implies a significant alteration in innate immunity (8,10) . This observation is supported by total WBC counts in both pregnant and nonpregnant individuals.…”

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White Blood Cells Exchange Prevalence among Pregnant Women in Duhok and Zakho Governorate, Iraq

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2024

Ain Shams Medical Journal

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Aim of the work:To identify the white blood cell counts that take place during pregnancy, and to assess these changes during the first, second, and third trimesters in pregnant women in Duhok, Zakho Governorate, Iraq. Hospitals, 400 participants; 200 control and, 200 cases pregnant women were subjected to this study. Types of pre-tested questionnaires were used to gather socio-demographic data for trimester changes in white blood cells through an autoanalyzer blood count coulter, after withdrawal of 3 milliliters of venous blood were collected into EDTA tube from each participant, and they had their Complete blood count was checked by Swelab alfa auto analyzer. Methods: At the Duhok and Zakho MaternityResults: Of the pregnant women; 140 of pregnant women were in their third trimester, 34 were in their second trimester, and 26 were in their first trimester. The non-pregnant controls' mean age was 32 years (S.D. 8.6), with a range of 17 to 50 years. The difference between the cases' and controls' total white blood cell counts (WBC) was 10.5 ± 3.39 x10 9 /L vs. 8.2 ± 1.83 x10 9 /L (P= 0.0001), which is significant. Also no significance between trimesters regarding white blood cells counts and percentage. Conclusion:A white blood cell (WBC) differential helps determine the cause of abnormal results on a WBC count. It is an important factor in diagnosing and/or monitoring an illness affects the immune system, like infection or inflammatory condition, or cancers of white blood cell count, such as leukemia or lymphoma.

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White Blood Cells Exchange Prevalence among Pregnant Women in Duhok and Zakho Governorate, Iraq

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2024

Ain Shams Medical Journal

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New Zealand children's health stamps: Ideological artefacts linking health and place

Kearns

Coleman

Edmeades

2019

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Analysing malaria events from 1840 to 2020: the narrative told through postage stamps

Brabin

2021

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The role played by postage stamps in the history of malaria control and eradication has largely gone unrecognized. Scientific investigators of malaria, especially Nobel laureates, were commemorated with special issues, but the work of the World Health Organization (WHO), which promoted an ambitious and global philatelic initiative in 1962 to support global eradication, is generally overlooked. This review examines the philatelic programme that helped to generate international commitment to the goal of malaria eradication in 1962 and established philatelic malaria icons that had worldwide recognition. Malaria-related postage stamps have continued to be issued since then, but the initial failure of malaria eradication and the changing goals of each new malaria programme, inevitably diluted their role. After the first Global Malaria Eradication Campaign was discontinued in 1969, few Nations released philatelic issues. Since the Spirit of Dakar Call for Action in 1996 a resurgence of postage stamp releases has occurred, largely tracking global malaria control initiatives introduced between 1996 and 2020. These releases were not co-ordinated by the WHO as before, were more commercialized and targeted stamp collectors, especially with attractive miniature sheets, often produced by photomontage. Having a different purpose, they demonstrated a much wider diversity in symbolism than the earlier stylized issues and at times, have been scientifically inaccurate. Nonetheless postage stamps greatly helped to communicate the importance of malaria control programmes to a wide audience and to some extent, have supported preventive health messages.

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Postage stamps as a health promotion tool in the Nepalese community

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White Blood Cells Exchange Prevalence among Pregnant Women in Duhok and Zakho Governorate, Iraq

White Blood Cells Exchange Prevalence among Pregnant Women in Duhok and Zakho Governorate, Iraq

New Zealand children's health stamps: Ideological artefacts linking health and place

Analysing malaria events from 1840 to 2020: the narrative told through postage stamps

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