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 …
At least 200 people were attacked with diarrhoea, pneumonia, jaundice and other water-borne diseases in nine upazilas in last three days. The diseases have broken out rapidly due to scorching heat in last few days, Civil Surgeon's Office sources said. Children and elderly people are the worst sufferers, they said. …
The number of diarrhoea patients is increasing day by day. Every day about 1000 people come to the ICDDR,B . The hospital cannot accommodate such a huge number of patients. The problem will persist unless arrangements are made to supply pure drinking water to the city dwellers. That appears to …
ICDDRB, the biggest centre for treating intestinal disorders, is reportedly taking 700 diarrhoea patients daily, on average, in Dhaka city. The number of people coming to it's hospital for diarrhoeal treatment, every day, appears to suggests a sort of epidemic. There are different reasons for diarrhoea attacks specially suffered by …
A bakery located in Kings Road, Trincomalee has been sealed following a report of the death of an old man and the hospitalizing of 148 others including schoolchildren after consuming buns and other bakery products. Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunaskera said Selvaraja Dhuraisingham (62) died possibly from food poisoning after …
Diarrhoea has taken an epidemic turn in northern region when at least eight people died and about 6,000 admitted to hospital during the last one week. Unofficial sources said the death toll rose to 28, including five in Dinajpur. UNB correspondent visiting the Rajshahi Medical College found a pathetic situation. …
Preventable diseases like diarrhoea, skin infections and conjunctivitis are still among the top 10 diseases in Bhutan, according to the annual health bulletin (AHB), 2009. Last year, 266,164 cases of common cold were recorded across the country, as compared to 54,781 in 2007. Diarrhoea cases also more than doubled in …
At least two lakh people, most of them indigenous in over 100 remote villages under eight upazilas in the hill district, are suffering for want of drinking water. The crisis becomes acute in dry season as most water sources dry up. According the Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) and district …
The diarrhoea situation in the city remains unchanged for more than one month, while the situation in 48 districts across the country has also worsened by this time. Though during pre-monsoon season, the ICDDR,B normally experiences some 400 to 450 patients every day, this time it has been receiving more …
The diarrhoea situation in the city remains unchanged for more than one month, while the situation in 48 districts across the country has also worsened by this time. Though during pre-monsoon season, the ICDDR,B normally experiences some 400 to 450 patients every day, this time it has been receiving more …
Diarrhoea, which has broken out in alarming proportions in Dhaka, has claimed the life of a six-year-old girl and afflicted more than 700 others till 5:00pm on Sunday. The ICDDR,B received 908 patients on Saturday, 775 on Friday and 899 on Thursday. According to the health control room, the number …
Diarrhoea outbreak has taken a serious turn in the capital as the number of patients suffering from the waterborne disease continues to increase. Some 728 patients were admitted yesterday to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), doctors said in the evening. Three of them were brought …
In just about every major contaminated food scare, Minnesotans become sick by the dozens while few people in Kentucky and other states are counted among the ill. In Kentucky, a county health worker called Lauren Threlkeld only to verify that she had fallen ill in another county. Contaminated peanuts? Forty-two …
About 13,847 were afflicted by diarrhoea and at least five people died in the country in the past seven days due to lack of pure drinking water and consumption of stale and contaminated food, said sources at the Directorate-General of Health Services
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) has been experiencing excessive pressure of the patients suffering from diarrhoeal diseases since last month. Though the rush of patients was reduced a bit, it has augmented further since last Friday. On an average some 37 patients have been seeking treatment at …
Davis, California: University of California scientists say they have found a way to combat intestinal diseases in the developing world through a type of enhanced goat milk. A decade ago, UC Davis researchers discovered a way to transfer a human gene into goats so they would produce a high concentration …
Each year, about 70,000 children die of diarrhoea in Pakistan. Simple, basic information and knowledge on hand washing or preparing oral rehydration salt (ORS) at home can save the lives of children. To ensure that all pregnant mothers know how to take care and what to do for themselves and …
One person died and seven others were admitted following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak because of suspected water contamination in Ward 20 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) over the past few days. Civic officials are yet to determine the cause of diarrhoea. The deceased, Pappu Ajay Varma, was a …
We studied the implementation of the World Health Organization protocol for the treatment of malnourished children at the largest maternal and infant hospital in the northeast of Brazil. The implementation of the protocol resulted in a reduction in the mortality rate from 38.0% to 16.2%.
Every day more than 700 diarrhoea patients from different parts of the capital flock for treatment at ICDDR,B as the government is yet to take effective measures for clean water supply. About half of the patients are infants and children. The hospital sources said the number of patients is shockingly …
