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Easy to administer oral diarrhoea vaccine tested in Bangladesh
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Energising solutions
An improved ORS formulation would not only cure dehydration but even diarrhoea and cholera
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An uphill task
Sustainability still a long way off, says Worldwatch
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Under the weather
Scientists say a change in temperature could play a role in spreading childhood diarrhoea
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Under attack
New York city battles with E coli bacteria
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Ulcerous!
A bacterium found in water wells causes ulcers
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Jaundice arrives early
it is only May, but Delhi is already under the grip of jaundice and diarrhoea. Such water-borne diseases generally happen during mid summer but the number of cases have already started rising.
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Blame it on superstitions
the effectiveness of the healthcare deli very system in Andhra Pradesh is coming under intense scrutiny after 400 tribals reportedly died in Adilabad district due to gastroenteritis. The deaths
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GASTRO ENTERMS DEATHS
Over 100 people have died of gastro-enteritis epidemic in eastern Nepal. The disease has killed 40 people in the Rautahat district while 60 people died in Siraba district. More than 2,500 people have
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RESPIRATORY ILLNESS
Since April this year, about 332 persons have died due to communicable diseases in Humla, Nepal. An investigation committee confirmed the death toll to be 332 after conulting Village Development
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HEALTH IN PERIL
Serious diseases have been reported in remote villages of northern Afghanistan, which were severely damaged by a recent earthquake. The United Nations and Red Cross have evacuated 102 of the most
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Not enough to drink
fresh water supply is gradually becoming a matter of serious concern, says a report of the United Nations ( un ). With nearly 900 million people affected by diarrhoea each year and an
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Germ warfare
Oral vaccines could soon be available for rotavirus infection a major cause of diarrhoea
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Monsoon deaths
measles , diarrhoea, and rabies have claimed 121 lives in Nepal in this year's rainy season. Three districts of the mid-west and two districts of the central region have been worst affected with
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DEATH BY WATER
There were reports of epidemics among the victims of flood disaster in Bangladesh in mid-July as the death toll rose to 84. The health ministry's permanent epidemic monitoring centre in Dhaka
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Good motion
A CHANCE discovery' by. virologists of Baylor college of, medicine in Houston, Texas, could stop life-threatening diarrhoea in children, dead in tracks. Led by Mary Estes, the virologists were
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Bihar's rural Nightingales
Healthcare receives a boost in starkly poor villages
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Childish foibles
Infected food and unhygienic feeding habits lead to a high incidence of infantile diarrhoea
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Dying of progress
As the reckless plundering of the world"s limited resources continues, nature is striking back where it hurts humans most: disease. People in some places are still paying the price of other people"s progress. So what makes planners think that they have a
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On the way out
The drug controller of India is considering banning anti- diarrheal drugs for children because they are increasingly replacing oral rehydration solutions -- the first-line treatment for replenishing