Sentences with phrase «about cholera»

They started to talk about the cholera outbreak situation that Haiti is facing now and also the serious challenge of climate change in their countries.

My scientific training ensured I understood everything there was to know about cholera, but I knew nothing about craft.

A few years ago, I began researching a project about cholera in the 19th century, and I stumbled across a Web site devoted to the legendary doctor and epidemiologist John Snow.

Some worried about cholera, but the CDC «does not anticipate» cholera cases, writes Politifact.

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Roseann Dennery, a relief worker with Samaritan's Purse, writes a column about the face of cholera in Haiti.

About 80 per cent of the Anlo Beach town is currently covered in water, and NADMO fears the insanitary conditions in the area could cause a cholera outbreak in the midst of the flood.

... Have we forgotten about dumsor, unemployment, lack of potable water, people who are suffering from cholera and malaria?»

But in 2013 the numbers dropped, and Haitian clinics now record about 290 cases per week; perhaps hundreds of others contract cholera but don't seek treatment.

The move to drop the campaign reverses a difficult decision taken last month by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, which agreed to ship out about half of its total supply of cholera vaccine to the war - torn country.

«Also by studying how the gut microbiota usually recover after cholera, we gain new ideas about how to manage severely disturbed microbial communities, ideas that can be used to protect against diseases that often follow such disturbance, such as infections that commonly follow antibiotic use.»

The site is a potpourri of useful material: audio files telling the story of Snow's investigations; an exhaustive collection of Snow's original writing; a vast library of articles written about Snow's legacy; annotated maps of London, including Snow's famous map of the Soho outbreak; short biographies of the major figures in Snow's life; excerpts from books that mention him; dozens of photographs, including images of Snow and landmarks in London related to his life; modern - day scientific explanations of the cholera bacteria; and much more.

Two years after the earthquake and thousands of deaths later, the debate about whether to use the cholera vaccine in Haiti continues

While the new discovery confirms scientists» ideas about the evolution of disease, the worrying implication is that the same process could cause other virulent strains of cholera to emerge at any time.

«We interviewed people in focus groups before the vaccination campaign and they had very emotional stories to tell about their experience with cholera.

The ideal glucose concentration used in Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT - for patients with cholera or other diseases affecting the GI system whose lives depend on absorbing water and electrolytes, but who may not have access to an IV)- about 7 grams of carbohydrates per 8 ounces of fluid.

We got a letter a while back from The City Utility company telling us that there had been cholera «incident» with our drinking water but that they had «taken care of it» and we had nothing to worry about anymore!

Having sat in the director's chair for previous movies about a trek across 1700 miles of Western Australia («Tracks») and a cholera epidemic in a Chinese village («The Painted Veil»), he gives no hint at the subject matter for this work.

Deborah Hopkinson is the author of titles such as The Great Trouble (about the history of cholera), Sky Boys, How They Built the Empire State Building (construction and engineering) and Who Was Charles Darwin?

Also included are the history of salt, facts about microbiology & osmosis, ancient history, an explanation of the relationship between cholera & cystic fibrosis, DNA, proteins, much more.

Greater awareness about the cruelty involved and the very real risks to human health from diseases such as cholera and rabies will eventually extinguish the industry.

About 8,600 died in the largest German epidemic of the late 19th century, and the last major cholera epidemic in a major city of the Western world.

He argues persuasively: «It would be akin in the time of cholera saying, «We've got this engineering approach that involves separating our water from our sewage, and it involves digging up the street — what do you think about this?

And that's not even talking about much more serious conditions such as cholera and typhoid.