Worm infections represent
a major global public health problem, leading to a variety of debilitating diseases and conditions, such as anemia, elephantiasis, growth retardation and dysentery.
Not exact matches
Problems resulting from these deficiencies — such as blindness, anemia and death, particularly among children and women — are a
major public health challenge,» said Dr. Saurabh Mehta, associate professor of
global health, epidemiology and nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and a senior author on this new research.
When it comes to
major environmental
problems such as
global warming, he believes that our ability to cope depends on a broad - based educational push for earth sciences, of the kind we already have for biology and
public health.
«Tuberculosis (TB) remains a
major global health problem and identifying new drug targets and candidate drugs is a major priority,» said David S. Perlin, Executive Director and Professor at the Public Health Research Institute and Rutgers Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the International Center for Public Health at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in N
health problem and identifying new drug targets and candidate drugs is a
major priority,» said David S. Perlin, Executive Director and Professor at the
Public Health Research Institute and Rutgers Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the International Center for Public Health at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in N
Health Research Institute and Rutgers Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the International Center for
Public Health at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in N
Health at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark.
Influenza remains a
major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with
health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected
global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important
public health implications.