In 1990, most years of healthy life were lost reportedly to undernutrition, such
as diarrheal diseases in malnourished children, but now the greatest disease burden may be attributed to high blood pressure, a disease of overnutrition.
Children with vitamin A deficiency are often deficient in multiple micronutrients and are likely to be anemic, have impaired growth, and be at increased risk of severe morbidity from common childhood infections such
as diarrheal diseases and measles.
The impact of other ailments, such
as diarrheal diseases, neonatal preterm birth complications, and lower respiratory infections, has significantly declined.
Dulu's story is heartbreakingly common in the developing world: 3 billion people survive on diets that lack micronutrients such as Vitamin A and Zinc, and are at increased risk of illness from common infections such
as diarrheal disease, which kills nearly 2 million children annually.
Not exact matches
Each day 9,000 children around the world die from
diseases such
as acute respiratory illness and
diarrheal diseases which can be prevented by washing with soap.
During his time
as a fellow, the U.S. was getting lots of produce from Central America, and some of it was contaminated with pathogens that cause
diarrheal disease, he said.
For the near term, groups known
as accelerated development and introduction plans (ADIPs) have studied the possibility of more rapidly introducing new vaccines for rotavirus, a common
diarrheal disease, and pneumococcus, a bacterium that causes pneumonia.
The paper, published in The Lancet Global Health, also finds that chronic
diseases, such
as ischemic heart
disease and diabetes, cause a greater burden to health in the region overall than communicable
diseases like
diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis.
It is an estimation of the current (
as of 2000) existing rate of annual deaths reasonably attributable to climate change, albeit from a limited subset of climate - related health impacts: malaria due to an increase in the geographic range of
disease - bearing mosquitoes, malnutrition associated with loss of agricultural productivity, water - borne
diarrheal diseases, and deaths from flooding, McMichael says.
As it stands, more than 1.5 million children die of
diarrheal disease annually around the world, mostly due to bad drinking water.
Many of the activities focus on health issues, like water and sanitation,
diarrheal disease and preventing accidents, but Child - to - Child has also been successful in meeting the social and emotional needs of children such
as addressing the prevalence of psychological problems including PTSD.
Metronidazole is an antibiotic and antiprotozoal medication used to treat various conditions such
as inflammatory bowel
disease, nonspecific
diarrheal disorders, infections caused by Giardia (a cause of diarrhea), and periodontal
disease.
Determining the effects of climate change on infectious
diseases is complex because of confounding contributions of economic development and land use, changing ecosystems, international travel, and commerce.38 Currently, climate warming has been identified
as contributing to the northern expansion of Lyme
disease in North America39 and has been projected to increase the burden of child
diarrheal illness, particularly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.40 Concern has also been raised for climate links to emerging infections, including coccidioidomycosis41 and amoebic meningoencephalitis.42 Further investigation into climactic influence on infectious
diseases is needed.
The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that
as high
as 50 percent of international travelers suffer some form of traveler's diarrhea and
diarrheal diseases account for 1 in 9 child deaths worldwide, making diarrhea the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.
This organism has two nuclei and eight flagella, and can cause a persistent
diarrheal disease called giardiasis (colloquially known
as «beaver fever»).