Dengue fever is a viral infection caused by Aedes mosquitoes that has recently expanded fast in many of the WHO member states globally. Female mosquitoes, mostly Aedes aegypti and, to a smaller degree, Aedes albopictus, disseminate dengue virus. Dengue fever has been more common in recent decades all across the world, and Bangladesh is no exception. As the COVID-19 outbreak wreaks havoc, the following rise in dengue illnesses has been a source of considerable concern. As the health care has been stretched thin in these dangerous times, the vulnerable population has been left at the mercy of these two viral infections. Lack of knowledge, major legislative changes, poor eradication initiatives, and a lack of financing resources have all contributed to the increase in numbers. Stakeholders and policymakers must begin taking meaningful actions and implementing well-thought-out adjustments immediately, or the situation will worsen, resulting in the loss of thousands of innocent lives.

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The immunization programs have been jeopardized all over the world due to the stay-at-home constraints imposed, to mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This has directly or indirectly placed the global health care system in peril, resulting in an overlapping public health crisis. With this commentary, we aim to accentuate the need to reinforce vaccination in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in lieu of the intersecting COVID-19, measles, and yellow fever outbreak, besides, providing recommendations so as to help alleviate the situation.

Palestine, a country afflicted by protracted political instability, has suffered vast crises throughout its history. The recent turmoil between Israel and Palestine that started in May 2021 has aggravated the challenges posed by poverty, the COVID-19 pandemic, political occupation, and a deficient healthcare system. 1 As health care is already considered a stressful field, facing this upscale in events not only puts healthcare workers (HCWs) in physical stress but also affects their psychological capability and mental health. 2,3 The healthcare system in Palestine already faces shortages in infrastructure and HCWs. This additional psychological pressure will decrease the working efficiency of HCWs.Mental health services in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are based entirely upon community care and are quite limited in terms of the extent of healthcare delivery. The Ministry of Health provides the main services but there are only 13 community mental health clinics. 4 Psychiatric services provided by Ministry of Health include 280 beds in West bank and 39 beds in Gaza. 5 Mental health disorders in Palestine remain underreported and under-treated. 6 These services are unable to meet the burden of need, as there is no proper funding and policy. 7 Concurrently, services have suffered through an upsurge in the demand, lack of latest medications and an ineffective management structure. 8 In effect of the ongoing political turmoil and conflict, a majority of Palestinian people, especially HCWs, children and young adults are at great risk of developing some form of psychopathology. 9 Research suggests about a third of the Palestinians are in need of mental health services and more than 40% of them suffer from depression. 10 This is due to the ongoing events of violence specifically bombings in civilian areas which compounds the country's challenges such as poverty and social mobility; more than 72,000 people have been displaced because of hostilities in the Gaza strip. 11

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There is a high prevalence of infant mortality in South Asia and other parts of Asia, but overall, the bulk of neonatal deaths occur in developing countries. Although Pakistan has made great strides in the past decade to reduce child mortality with the help of foreign donors and the government, very little progress has been made in reducing neonate and infant mortality. Several studies have demonstrated the potential for low-cost therapies to greatly reduce neonatal mortality by helping pregnant mothers and their newborns. We need to shed light on the efforts and problems surrounding this topic in order to find and implement solutions backed by research to lower newborn mortality. This brief overview was produced using international standards for conducting reviews. Researchers opted for an explanatory methodology. Our findings were based on research conducted through PubMed, Google’s literature database, Journals Online, and the Internet Library. All of the works consulted primary sources, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank. The desired findings were obtained by using the term "neonatal mortality." The study’s authors were interested in tracking variations in neonatal mortality over time. The increasing prevalence of neonatal death in Pakistan emphasizes the need for policies and programs that prioritized the health of children. Neonatal survival can be improved with the help of basic obstetric and newborn care in Pakistan.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and regenerative medicine are becoming inextricably linked. As a result, the long-term outlook for the advancement of AI, regenerative medicine, and stem cells in the healthcare industry is incredibly bright. AI is being used in healthcare to discover new drugs and to provide personalized medicine based on big data. It can improve medical diagnosis and treatment plans. Regenerative medicine has the potential to repair damaged tissues and organs through stem cell-based regenerative medicine. Stem cell research is also undergoing significant development as a major component of the approach to regenerative medicine. In the future, it is expected that it will contribute to more personalized and more effective treatments. Integrating AI can help model and simulate cellular behavior, analyze, and process images for cell tracking and tissue engineering, and analyze large amounts of genomic and proteomic data. Together, these fields have the potential to transform healthcare and improve patient outcomes.

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