Sentences with phrase «common in developing countries»

Pet ownership is less common in developing countries; third world strays are seldom dogs that simply wandered off an owner's property.

Severe zinc deficiency in children is common in developing countries.

Iodine deficiency is common in developing countries, but was virtually eliminated in the United States after iodized salt was introduced almost a century ago.

Iodine deficiency is far more common in developing countries.

Soot, which climatologists call black carbon, emanates from diesel engines, power plants, the clearing of forests or burning of fields, and open cookstoves common in developing countries.

Derek Summerfield, a consultant psychiatrist with the British National Health Service, is one of the few people to speak out against the premise that mental illnesses are common in developing countries.

E. delegorguei is a good protein supplement to the kind of grain - based diets that are common in developing countries, the researchers conclude.

At the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany, Bill Gates discussed the challenges of research on diseases common in developing countries in a market - driven biomedical research environment.

While home births are very common in developing countries, only 13 % of women in these countries receive postnatal care in the first 24 hours.

Consumption subsidies are most common in the developing countries that can least afford such inefficiency.

Home visiting programs are common in developed countries reflecting efforts to optimize child development and maternal life course.

Although pacifier use is common in developed countries, 14 there are no published reports of the effects of pacifier use on the duration of breastfeeding in a cohort of US mothers and infants.

Liver damage caused by the typical «Western diet» — one high in fat, sugar and cholesterol that's common in developed countries such as the United States — may be difficult to reverse even if diet is generally improved, a new study shows.

Goiters used to be common, but they have become much less common in developed countries because of iodine - fortified foods.

Home visiting programs are common in developed countries reflecting efforts to optimize child development and maternal life course.

Not exact matches

But three types remain common: consumption subsidies in developing nations, consumption subsidies in rich developed countries, and subsidies for fossil - fuel producers.

While the experiences of women entrepreneurs in the developing world are as diverse as the countries they inhabit, since the difficulties facing a small woman - owned business in Vietnam looks nothing like that of a new venture in, say, Turkey or India, there are some common challenges.

Composition of debt (household, non-financial corporate, financial corporate, and government) varies by country, but the common theme is that developed countries are awash in debt.

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The most common cause of death in young children in developing countries is diarrhea (also a major fatal disease in New York at the turn of the century).

Young children with vitamin A deficiency also have impaired immune systems, a condition which increases the risk of death from certain common childhood infections and claims the lives of 670,000 children each year who live in less developed countries.

To give you an idea of the scale of counterfeiting within the global beverage industry, earlier this year Interpol reported it had seized a staggering one million litres of illicit drinks across 57 countries as part of an operation Opson V. 1Some 10,000 litres of fake or adulterated alcohol were seized in the UK, while 36,000 litres were seized in Burundi, highlighting the fact that counterfeiting is common in both developed and under - developed countries.

«For 80 percent of the common chemicals in everyday use in this country we know almost nothing about whether or not they can damage the brains of children, the immune system, the reproductive system, and the other developing organs,» said Dr. Phil Landrigan, a pediatrician and director of the Children's Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

10 - 20 % of all infants in developed countries are diagnosed with colic and it is just as common among breastfed babies as formula fed.

Dr. Lack also mentions something I've never heard before: in developing countries (where allergies are less common), food is often pre-chewed by a parent before being fed to an infant, leading to the speculation that the enzymes and antibodies in the parent's saliva might naturally prevent an allergenic response.

In developed countries, re-lactation is common after early medical problems are resolved, or because a mother changes her mind about breastfeeding.

Although diarrhoea is less common in the UK and often less serious than in developing countries, a number of babies do die every year in the UK as a result of diarrhoeal dehydration, deaths which could easily be prevented by the timely use of ORT.

Gastrointestinal infections like diarrhea — which can be devastating, especially in developing countries — are also less common.

There is consistent evidence of a protective effect of exclusive breast feeding against diarrhoeal disease in the first 4 — 6 months of life.4 Likely causes are the immune properties of breast milk and less exposure to pathogens in contaminated milk, food, bottles, or teats.5 Contamination and inadequate sterilisation pose less of a problem in developed than developing countries, and this explains the greater protection of breast feeding in developing countries where poverty, poor hygiene, and infectious diseases are common.

Child malnutrition remains a common problem in developing countries.

It is common sense that transformative outcomes in so - called developing countries are dependent upon, above all but not exclusively, human agency and the position and role of the old guard and the military.

Moyo was thus uncriticically regurgitating the old Malthusian argument about «tragedies of the commons» occurring, mostly in developing countries, with population growth and environmental factors as the cause of growing poverty and civil strife.

Common problem but differing approaches Climate change is every country's problem, but the developed and developing worlds have very different challenges ahead of them in transitioning their energy systems away from fossil fuels, according to the IEA report.

Scientists have long suspected that allergies and asthma — common in the developed world and relatively rare in poor countries — are the result of lack of exposure to microbes.

It is becoming increasingly common, more so in children than adults, in both developed and developing countries.

The WHO - ORS solution is a scientifically sound method of body fluid loss replacement, which was developed for use in developing countries where cholera or other diarrheal diseases are common.

Chest pain is the most common reason people go to the emergency room in developed countries and accounts for more than 5 million ER visits each year in the United States.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disorder in developed countries, affecting up to one in four adults.

The pollution problem is not restricted to outdoor air, as families in developing countries also encounter pollution inside the home; according to Pinkerton, almost half the world prepares food with wood, charcoal or coal, all common sources of air pollutants.

In an effort to make retrieval practice a common strategy in classrooms across the country, the Washington University team (with the help of research associate Pooja K. Agarwal, now at Harvard University) developed a manual for teachers, How to Use Retrieval Practice to Improve LearninIn an effort to make retrieval practice a common strategy in classrooms across the country, the Washington University team (with the help of research associate Pooja K. Agarwal, now at Harvard University) developed a manual for teachers, How to Use Retrieval Practice to Improve Learninin classrooms across the country, the Washington University team (with the help of research associate Pooja K. Agarwal, now at Harvard University) developed a manual for teachers, How to Use Retrieval Practice to Improve Learning.

Copelli's frustration — about the difficulty of getting things done in a system that, despite a recent infusion of cash, remains unwieldy and impoverished by decades of neglect — seems common among scientists working to create or overhaul research programs, especially in the country's less - developed northeast.

Such an in - depth analysis of gene expression may help clarify the course and origin of common liver disorders, including liver cancer and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which affects about a fifth of the population in developed countries.

Antibiotic therapy is complex, unsuccessful in some patients (particularly in developing countries) and relapse is common.

«Fertilizer overuse is a common problem, especially in developing countries,» agrees Zhang.

This has already been blamed for a high incidence of asthma and allergies, but might also up the risk of developing a host of other conditions common in rich countries, such as stroke and heart disease.

It is the most common liver disorder in developed countries — affecting approximately 20 % of the United States population and 25 - 30 % of people in the UK.

When we think about jobs at nonprofit organizations (NPOs), we're likely to envision those big international entities that help displaced populations relocate after a natural disaster, or immunize children in developing countries against common diseases.

The temptation for developing countries to go nuclear is particularly common when the political regime is not democratic, as happened previously in South Africa, Brazil and Argentina and as is currently happening in Iran, where national prestige can overrule rational economic decisions and sensible energy policies.

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The most common forms of this disease usually affect patients over the age of 65 and are collectively the most frequent cause of legal blindness in developed countries.