Sentences with phrase «disease in developing countries»

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Even though cancers account for a relatively small share of all disease in developing countries, the actual number of cases is greater than in the industrialised world because of the larger populations, says Indraneel Mittra, an oncologist at the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in Bombay.

More research is necessary to find the true prevalence of the disease in developing countries.

Today, as Dr. Latham points out, death and disease in developing countries are often primarily a result of malnutrition.

Doctors diagnosed an 11 - month - old baby in Spain with scurvy, a rare disease in developed countries, and believe his almond milk - only diet was to blame.

Khine uses Shrinky Dinks — a favorite childhood toy that shrinks when you bake it in the oven — to build microfluidic chips to create affordable tests for diseases in developing countries.

Their work spans 24 countries and 6 continents and addresses not only veterinary issues, but also human health issues impacted by zoonotic diseases in developing countries.

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There's an alarming rise in diabetes in our country, and it's going to cost you — and your business — even if you don't develop the disease yourself.

Since it was the first time that this mechanism was observed at such a scale in a relatively developed country, it was called «Dutch disease.»

They created or enabled the Permissive Society that shattered millennia - old values leading to the decline of marriage, a level of narcotics - abuse never seen before in a developed country, an epidemic of sexually - transmitted diseases and the industrial - scale production of bastard children.

Religious — potential disease of the past but not being eradicated at the rate it should be due to lack of education in developed and underdeveloped countries, and high birth rates in underdeveloped countries.

While many diseases kill people prematurely, the majority of people in developed countries die after the age of sixty - five, with more and more reaching the eighties, nineties, and beyond.

A huge impact could be made right now on the death and disease attributable to the synergism between infection and malnutrition — but not with fancy hospitals, such as those found in capital cities in many developing countries, or with elaborate manufactured foods or expensive infant formulas or over-trained doctors or advanced food technologies.

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).

It is also developing a «3 - in - 1» variety of Golden Rice, which will have resistance to tungro and bacterial blight, two of the most devastating rice diseases in the country.

If hunger (responsible for more deaths every year than war or disease and the loss of more lives than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined) is not attributable solely to inadequate production of food, but rather insufficient availability of food, why isn't more being done to reduce the shameful levels of food loss occurring in developing countries?

As a trainee plant pathologist, I could offer basic crop health and plant disease diagnostic support to small holder farmers in developing countries.

Washington is the Plantwise Programme Executive at CABI and he spoke about a plant pest and disease diagnostic tool which is in use in many developing countries in Africa.

Working with in - country partners, IRRI develops advanced rice varieties that yield more grain and better withstand pests and disease as well as flooding, drought, and other harmful effects of climate change.

Risk factors include: 1) age (most people are diagnosed in their 20s - 30s), 2) race or ethnicity (Caucasians have the highest risk, but IBD can occur in any race; there's an even higher risk if you are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent), 3) family history (risk is higher if a close relative has the disease), 4) cigarette smoking (the most important controllable risk factor for developing CD), 5) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (includes ibuprofen [Advil, Motrin IB, others], naproxen sodium [Aleve], diclofenac sodium [Voltaren], and others), and 6) where you live (you are more likely to develop IBD if you live in an industrialized country).

When given exclusively, breastfeeding reduces the risk of infectious diseases in infants in developing countries.21, 22 In industrialized countries, exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months seems to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections, compared with exclusive breastfeeding during only the first 3 to 4 months.23, 24 On the basis of these and other reports, the World Health Organization recommended in 2001 that all children be exclusively breastfeed for 6 months instead of 4 monthin infants in developing countries.21, 22 In industrialized countries, exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months seems to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections, compared with exclusive breastfeeding during only the first 3 to 4 months.23, 24 On the basis of these and other reports, the World Health Organization recommended in 2001 that all children be exclusively breastfeed for 6 months instead of 4 monthin developing countries.21, 22 In industrialized countries, exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months seems to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections, compared with exclusive breastfeeding during only the first 3 to 4 months.23, 24 On the basis of these and other reports, the World Health Organization recommended in 2001 that all children be exclusively breastfeed for 6 months instead of 4 monthIn industrialized countries, exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months seems to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections, compared with exclusive breastfeeding during only the first 3 to 4 months.23, 24 On the basis of these and other reports, the World Health Organization recommended in 2001 that all children be exclusively breastfeed for 6 months instead of 4 monthin 2001 that all children be exclusively breastfeed for 6 months instead of 4 months.

Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of studies that show a possible protective effect of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39

Breastfeeding has a major impact on rates of disease and death, particularly in developing countries.

Now, thanks to health workers at all levels; the major international agencies - including WHO, UNICEF and USAID; ministries of health: non-government organisations; and Dialogue on Diarrhoea, control of diarrhoeal diseases is an essential child health programme in virtually every developing country.

Effect of breastfeeding on infant and childhood mortality due to infectious diseases in less developed countries: a pooled analysis.

1.35 million people in developing countries, most of them children, die every year from diarrhoeal diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene and overcrowding.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

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.

Per Dr. Ruth Lawrence, «HIV and HTLV - 1 are the only infectious diseases that are considered absolute contraindications to breastfeeding in developed countries» (Lawrence & Lawrence 2001).

WHO Collaborative Study Team on the Role of Breastfeeding on the Prevention of Infant Mortality 2000, Effect of breastfeeding on infant and child mortality due to infectious diseases in less developed countries: a pooled analysis.

Malnutrition, caused by inadequate nutrient intake and disease, is a direct cause of 30 percent of all child deaths in developing countries and can result in a five - to - ten-fold increase in a child's risk of death from diarrhea.3 Characterized by low weight and height for age, and low weight for height, malnutrition can be prevented through optimal infant and young child feeding — exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months, along with continued breastfeeding and nutritious, hygienically prepared complementary foods during the six to 24 month period.

The dangers of this must be emphasised because of the widespread use of feeding bottles in many developing countries where diarrhoeal diseases are endemic.

The Philippines halted its dengue vaccination campaign in December 2017 and demanded the company reimburse the $ 70 million the country spent to vaccinate 830,000 children — and that it cover medical expenses for children who develop severe disease.

Infectious tropical diseases mainly affect people living in developing countries.

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.

This highlights another problem: big pharma tends to be less interested in developing vaccines for diseases endemic to developing countries.

Over the past 29 years, TDR has supported scientists both in developed countries DECs to produce new tools and strategies for controlling tropical diseases.

«There could be some truth to this because worm infection is virtually unheard of in developed countries, yet the incidence of autoimmune diseases is high.

Public health: Not just a disease of the rich (p 66) To tackle the growing threat from cancer in developing countries, the disease needs to be given the same prominence that has been accorded to HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria in recent years, says Paul Farmer in an interview published in this month's Scientific American.

A simple saliva test may be helpful for diagnosing kidney disease, especially in developing countries.

Genzyme, for example, is committed to developing innovative therapies for diseases such as malaria and sleeping sickness that have largely disappeared in the industrial nations but affect millions in Third World countries.

The population study findings, including those from the JACC study, suggest that even the partial inactivation of ANGPTL3 — carriers typically have one mutant copy of the gene and one working copy — may be powerfully protective against coronary artery disease, which has long been one of the leading causes of death in developed countries.

To investigate this, the authors conducted a study involving participants of Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Re-lease Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE) trial (published in The Lancet in 2007 and the New England Journal of Medicine in 2008), with its cohort described by the authors as being generally representative of people with diabetes in developed countries such as Australia, New Zealand, China and nations of Europe, and also including China, a developing country.

Champalimaud funded C - TRACER in an effort to prevent and treat vision - related disease and illness in Portugal, Portuguese - speaking countries and throughout the developing world.

Despite the alarming rise of this deadly disease in developed nations, cases of adenocarcinoma remain scarce in developing countries.

The main causes in developed countries are primary cardiomyopathies, or diseases of the heart muscle (which account for 60 % of children requiring a cardiac transplant), and congenital heart diseases.

The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.

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.

New technology that transforms a cell phone into a powerful, mobile microscope could significantly improve malaria diagnoses and treatment in developing countries that often lack the resources to address the life - threatening disease, says a Texas A&M University biomedical engineer who has created the tool.

The mosquito - borne disease is still one of the biggest killers in developing countries with a death toll of a million each year.