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Researchers say getting a global picture is a key step in targeting prevention screening and treatment programs.
The condition involves persistent sadness and difficulty functioning day to day.
The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet Psychiatry, found that rates of major depressive disorder were the highest in southern sub-Saharan Africa, at around 15% of postpartum women, and the lowest in high-income parts of Asia Pacific, dipping to just about 3%.
Women in North America experienced rates between 4 and 5 percent.
Researchers say getting a global picture is a key step in targeting prevention screening and treatment programs.
High-income countries could eliminate cervical cancer before 2050 with HPV vaccinations and regular screening programs.
However, the study published in the medical journal The Lancet found low- and middle-income countries are on track to see only a 23% drop in cervical cancer rates by then.
Researchers say recent advancements, including cheaper-cost HPV vaccines and more than 40 lower-resource countries rolling out the immunizations, could help close the projected gap.
For those with weakened immune systems, infections from fungi, such as yeast infections, can be severe.
These fungi have become more resistant because fungicides used to protect crops closely resemble antifungal drugs used in medical settings.
Paul Verwey is at the Rodboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands and leads the group.
He says it's hard to develop new antifungal medications.
Later this year, the World Health Organization is coming out with a new action plan on antimicrobial resistance.
Verwey is hoping fungi will be included.
His team's call to action appears in Nature Medicine.