Nadia Agha

Jan 26, 2025 | dawn.com | Nadia Agha |Abbas Nasir

MATERNAL health involves different aspects of women’s physical, social, emotional and mental well-being during pregnancy, childbirth and post-delivery. Currently, Pakistan carries a heightened burden of maternal and child health vulnerabilities, with unusual maternal and neonatal mortality, stillbirth, and preterm birth rates that are said to be higher than many other low-resource countries.

Mar 7, 2024 | dawn.com | Nadia Agha

SOCIAL inclusion is fundamental to attaining economic prosperity and sustainable development. Progress is unlikely to be achieved unless each individual contributes to society’s development. This is why gender-inclusive societies are safer and healthier and ensure increased productivity and economic growth. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals have been designed to achieve prosperity for all and protect the planet. These goals are interrelated and intersect.

Sep 14, 2023 | nature.com | Sung Yun Jung |Nadia Agha |Christopher Ward |Denise G. Lanza |Pumin Zhang |George G. Rodney | +1 more

AbstractHere we show that striated muscle preferentially expressed protein kinase α (Spegα) maintains cardiac function in hearts with Spegβ deficiency. Speg is required for stability of excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) complexes and interacts with esterase D (Esd), Cardiomyopathy-Associated Protein 5 (Cmya5), and Fibronectin Type III and SPRY Domain Containing 2 (Fsd2) in cardiac and skeletal muscle.

Jun 22, 2023 | dawn.com | Blaming IMF |Nadia Agha

MATERNAL health vulnerabilities, particularly in low-income countries, are a great cause of concern. UN agencies estimate that globally a woman dies every two minutes due to complications during pregnancy or childbirth. Despite significant interventions made during the last two decades, newborns and mothers still die from otherwise preventable causes. According to the WHO, about 287,000 women died in 2022 during and following pregnancy and childbirth.