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 …
Dr Jude Oko, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abuja chapter, has said that no fewer than 190,000 children die of diarrhoea in Nigeria every year. Oko, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday, described the situation as regrettable, and emphasised …
Women in Kenya are enjoying a higher life expectancy than men, living to an average of 67.5 years compared to 63 for men. On the whole, life expectancy has been increasing over the last two decades but has been strained by HIV/Aids and respiratory and diarrhoeal infections. A health research …
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age–sex groups, and countries. The GBD can be used to …
NINE people died of diarrhoea countrywide during the first week of this month, Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the total number of people who have died of diarrhoea so far this year to 323 out of 294 124 reported cases. According to the ministry's weekly …
BERHAMPUR: Altogether 3,434 students of government-run residential schools in Kandhamal district have tested positive for malaria. "The affected students have been administered drugs. The health officials are keeping a watch on their condition," said collector (Kandhamal) Yamini Sarangi. Official sources said blood samples of 19,767 students of 214 residential schools …
Water-logged Howrah, South 24 Parganas adding to number of cases The health scenario in Bengal remained grim with 79 fresh cases of diarrhoea being registered in the last 12 hours. The new patients had been admitted to the Beliaghata Infectious Diseases (ID) Hospital where one patient died on Saturday. The …
With pneumonia emerging as one of the leading causes of mortality amo-ng children under five years of age, the government is considering introduction of Pneumococcal vaccine in the Universal Immunisation Program-me (UIP). Taking its first foot forward, the government has asked the national technical advisory group on immunisation (NTAGI) to …
The health department found over 70,000 children suffering from diarrhoea in a door-to-door survey of houses conducted in the state. The survey started from July 27 under Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF). Till August 6, the health workers found 70,000 children suffering from diarrhea. The ailing children were provided with …
PATNA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in Bihar have made it mandatory for candidates contesting village elections to have a toilet in their home as part of a move to improve sanitation in the country, a senior official said. The Bihar state assembly on Wednesday passed an act stating that …
Doctors Should Avoid Prescribing Them As They Create Resistance To Condition Use of antibiotics to treat acne can have serious consequences, new research suggests. In India, dermatologists often prescribe antibiotics of all sorts to treat skin diseases. High-end antibiotics like azithromycin (normally used to treat sore throat and respiratory infections) …
Taking note of the death of children of diarrhoea in Batra Colony here, Health Minister Anil Vij has sought a report from the health authorities and directed them to take measures to control the spread of the disease. Sources said Vij had asked about the reasons behind the outbreak of …
This entire fortnight paediatricians from the city will be focusing their attention on spreading awareness about the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORS) and benefits of breastfeeding. While they will draw attention towards preventing lakhs of infant deaths because of diarrhoea between July 26 and August 1 to mark World …
Fourteen people died of diarrhoea countrywide during the first week of this month, Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the total number of people who have died of diarrhoea so far this year to 270 out of 255 735 reported cases. According to the ministry surveillance …
Workers are cleaning up a layer of rubbish floating along the banks of the Yangtze River in Chongqing province. The river has suffered from waste pollution for many years, and household rubbish is often dumped directly into the river, the state-run China Central Television reported. But recent heavy rainfall upstream …
Most studies of the causes of diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries have looked at severe disease in people presenting for care, and there are few estimates of pathogen-specific diarrhoea burdens in the community. The researchers undertook a birth cohort study with not only intensive community surveillance for diarrhoea but …
Toilets in the Chinese countryside have earned a nasty reputation, with some little more than ramshackle shelters surrounded by bunches of cornstalk and others just open pits next to pigsties. However, a toilet revolution is under way as the Chinese government scrambles to meet a UN health target requiring 75 …
A small plastic box decorated with smiling frogs and a bright green logo, Labobo looks like a toy, but it could help prevent thousands of people from getting sick with diarrhoea and other diseases. The portable plastic sink aims to encourage regular handwashing, in particular after using a toilet and …
A virus that caused a spate of vomiting and diarrhea in Asia last winter appears to be spreading globally, threatening larger outbreaks of gastro infections that are a bane of luxury cruises. The new strain of norovirus known as GII.17 that emerged in southern China has the potential to spread …
TWELVE people died of diarrhoea countrywide last week, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the number of people who have died of diarrhoea in the first half of the year to 234 out of the 227 968 reported cases. According to the ministry weekly disease …
Those who make do without are polluting water and jeopardising health for millions Toilets are still a luxury for a third of the world's people, who have no access to them, according to a report by the World Health Organisation and Unicef. Those who make do without toilets continue to …
