Diarrhoeal

"Control of communicable diseases, such as diarrhoeal diseases and respiratory infections, will be another major concern in coming days," it warned in a statement. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For example, some of the top health problems globally, such as diarrhoeal and respiratory diseases, have their solutions through urban services like improved water, sanitation and household ventilation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Control of communicable diseases, such as diarrhoeal diseases and respiratory infections, will be another major concern in coming days. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He noted that in sub-Saharan Africa more children die from diarrhoeal diseases caused by a lack of sanitation and safe water than they do from measles, HIV and Aids, and malaria combined. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to sell a vaccine against diarrhoeal disease in the poorest countries for £1.50 a dose, a twentieth of its £30 price in developed countries. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As chairman of the WHO Task Force on child health research, he was also part of the team that developed the low osmolarity oral rehydration solution which is now used worldwide in the diarrhoeal control programme. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The lives of most Afghans will still be dominated by poverty rather than insecurity, illiteracy will still be high, and children will still be at risk from respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases which are responsible for the highest infant mortality rate in the world. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The estimate includes the cost of diarrhoeal diseases caused by water and soil pollution, as well as by the lack of sanitation and by food poisoning. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The main environmentally caused diseases are diarrhoeal disease, lower respiratory infections, unintentional injuries, and malaria. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Better environmental management could prevent 40% of deaths from malaria, 41% of deaths from lower respiratory infections, and 94% of deaths from diarrhoeal disease – three of the world's biggest childhood killers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We began to look at the figures of belly illnesses in India and found out that 1,000 Indian children die of diarrhoeal sickness EVERY DAY. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The health status of millions of people is projected to be affected through, for example, increases in malnutrition; increased deaths, diseases, and injury due to extreme weather events; increased burden of diarrhoeal diseases; increased frequency of cardio-respiratory diseases due to higher concentrations of ground-level ozone in urban areas related to climate change; and the altered spatial distribution of some infectious diseases. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This may jeopardize National Health Programmes for control of Tuberculosis (already struggling with MDR/XDR tuberculosis), diarrhoeal diseases, sexually transmitted diseases etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

* In 1998, 308,000 people died from war in Africa, but more than two million (six times as many) died of diarrhoeal disease. ... www. worldviewsblog.blogspot.com/ ❋ Unknown (2008)