This book evaluates African healthcare systems from multiple perspectives. By examining empirical data from various African countries, it analyzes the effects of socioeconomic factors such as urbanization,
There had been a 12 per cent increase in HIV/AIDS cases in the country so far this year with 90 new victims detected compared to last year’s 81 cases, Director HIV/AIDS Dr. Sisira Liyanage revealed yesterday.
Religious festivals attract a large number of pilgrims from worldwide and are a potential risk for the transmission of infectious diseases between pilgrims, and to the indigenous population. The gathering
Mass gatherings are regarded as potential risks for transmission of infectious diseases, and might compromise the health system of countries in which they are hosted. The evidence for increased transmission
The revised international health regulations offer a framework that can be used by host countries to organise public health activities for mass gatherings. From June 8, to July 1, 2012, Poland and Ukraine
Infectious diseases of poverty, also labeled tropical diseases or neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and caused by pathogenic agents (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other parasites), are viciously more
Emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the animal reservoir forms a risk for human health. The use of antimicrobials in animals is the major cause of development of AMR in bacteria in animals.
The number of people in Japan newly diagnosed with HIV and AIDS rose slightly in 2013, according to government figures. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s National AIDS Surveillance Committee
HIV-Aids has taken its toll on Dalit settlement at Jogbudha VDC in the district. Aids (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says that in 2013, 484 individuals in Japan were newly diagnosed with AIDS. This is the largest number ever for a one-year period since the ministry began tracking
Doctors said the virus manifests itself much stronger in adults, with longer episodes of the disease, than in children. Cases of chicken pox are on the rise in the capital, with nearly 300 cases already
