Half of the world’s population still does not have adequate access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) which could have prevented at least 1.4 million deaths and 74 million disability-adjusted life years in 2019, according to this latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report summarizes …
With the mercury and humidity levels rising, which are conducive for the growth of bacteria, more and more city residents are falling prey to diarrhoea and gastrointestinal infections. Going by the daily registrations at the general medicine OPDs in city government hospitals, at least 25 new cases of such infections …
Nearly 25% of the global population (1.8 billion people in 2012) is consuming fecally-contaminated water. This water can contain bacteria, protozoa, and viruses that can cause a variety of diseases in humans, most notably gastroenteritis. The impact on public health is staggering. Unsafe water, inadequate sanitation, and poor hygiene are …
MUMBAI: Every monsoon, the BMC is deluged with complaints of water contamination. So this year, the civic body has increased the number of sampling points in the city. Around 30 new sampling points would be added, especially in slum areas, where the number of water contamination complaints is higher. Every …
Washington D.C. — Study Found Greater Impact in Reducing Diarrhea in Children with Educated Mothers A new study has found that orange sweet potato (OSP) reduced both the prevalence and duration of diarrhea in young children in Mozambique. The OSP was conventionally bred to provide more vitamin A in the …
Twelve people died of diarrhoea across the country this week, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the number of people who have died of diarrhoea this year to 211. According to the ministry' weekly disease update, Midlands is the hardest hit. The report says 8 …
VARANASI: The supply of contaminated water in various localities across the city is threatening the lives of the people. Patients suffering from water-borne diseases, especially diarrhoea are visiting the OPDs of government hospitals daily. Over 50% patients visiting government hospitals are prone to water-borne diseases. Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) claims …
Nature threads the very fabric of human lives in remote forest areas of developing countries. Unfortunately, we do not fully understand how ecosystem services (such as human health benefits) could be secured by conserving natural capital. Thus, we analyze a rich dataset on disease, climate, demography, land uses, and conservation …
African leaders at a conference in Dakar, Senegal have committed to ending open defecation in their countries by 2030, and to work towards giving every person access to safe sanitation and good hygiene. Recognising that poor sanitation in Africa undermines the continent’s social and economic development and has serious health …
Adam C. Levine, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Rhode Island Hospital found that the World Health Organization's current weight-based guidelines for assessing malnutrition in children with diarrhea are not as reliable as measuring the child's upper arm circumference. His research was published in the Journal of Nutrition. Diarrhea is …
KANPUR: More than 65% Kanpurities are suffering from the problem of abdominal obesity, also known as beer belly, a prime reason behind cardiovascular diseases, informed experts during the continuing medical education (CME) programme of All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity (AIAARO), organised here on Saturday. The CME was …
Khartoum — As of 3 May, 4,127 suspected cases of measles have been reported in Sudan, with 2,336 cases confirmed. The total number of deaths in 2015 has risen to 35, with recent fatalities reported in East Darfur. East, West, and North Darfur account for 25 of the 35 reported …
With Canadian government funding, medical scientists have created and demonstrated a new tool that could dramatically lower the tragic annual toll of 760,000 infants and children killed, and millions more stunted, due to severe diarrhea. Using an inexpensive innovation in specimen collection, the Canadian-led team diagnosed previously unrecognized pathogens that …
LATEST statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) show that men and women are living longer by six years even as child deaths have almost halved – falling from an estimated 90 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 – to 46 deaths per 1000 live births in 2013. According …
The government should formulate a policy for bettering water and sanitation services in slums and coordinating relevant non-government organisations' activities, speakers told a workshop yesterday. Stakeholders' collaboration will expedite the urban climate resilience process and reduce overlapping of activities, they said, adding that the five million slum dwellers in Dhaka …
India has met only four of ten health targets under the Millenium Development Goals (MDG), and has made next to no progress on another four, according to new data from the World Health Organisation. The deadline for achieving MDGs runs out this year.The WHO’s annual World Health Statistics for 2015 …
To adopt a model slum where a osmosis plant will be placed Each summer, the city sees a spike in water-borne diseases. However, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has decided to educate and bring in a positive change this summer with ‘one slum at a time.’ The association has announced …
The weekly diseases surveillance report of the Ministry of Health and Child Care shows that 12 people have died of diarrhoea throughout the country, bringing the death toll so far this year to 183.Mashonaland Central is the hardest hit. The Ministry of Health and Child Care weekly surveillance report shows …
Measles, while not always fatal, is a potentially serious and highly communicable respiratory disease caused by a virus and spreads in the air.(Reuters) The measles virus can cause serious disease in children by temporarily suppressing their immune systems for as long as three years and not just a few months, …
DHAKA : Although chlorine is widely used for making water safe and clean, an icddr,b study suggests that safe storage and handling practices are sufficient for reducing tube-well water contamination and child diarrhoea without using chlorine, reports UNB. A new randomised controlled trial led by icddr,b investigators has shown that …
Two people died last week from a diarrhoea outbreak in Mbeere South, Embu county. Twenty-two others have been treated for the condition. This has prompted Embu county to issue restrictions on food handling. Last Thursday a 15-year-old boy died in Kakawa village and on Saturday in Masamba, a 70-year-old man …
