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Azienda News:
- Malaria Surveillance — United States, 2012
Among the 257 cases among persons aged <18 years, 130 (51%) occurred among U S civilian children, 106 (41%) occurred among children of persons categorized as having a foreign resident status at the time their malaria infection was acquired, and 21 (8%) occurred among children of unknown resident status
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
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- Cervical cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)
Cervical cancer disproportionately affects younger women, and as a result, 20% of children who lose their mother to cancer do so due to cervical cancer (2) Causes Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection which can affect the skin, genital area and throat
- 2023 Africa Malaria Progress Report - African Leaders Malaria . . .
Malaria Progress Challenges Progress towards 2030 targets According to the WHO, there were an estimated 236 million malaria cases (95% of global cases) and 590,935 malaria deaths (97% of global deaths) in African Member States in 2022 1 As was the case in last year’s report, just four Member States account for nearly half of global malaria cases: Nigeria (27%), the Democratic Republic of
- Prevalence and risk factors of malaria in Ethiopia
Background More than 75% of the total area of Ethiopia is malarious, making malaria the leading public health problem in Ethiopia The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence rate and the associated socio-economic, geographic and demographic factors of malaria based on the rapid diagnosis test (RDT) survey results Methods From December 2006 to January 2007, a baseline malaria
- Pollution from Fossil-Fuel Combustion is the Leading . . .
However, in contrast to pollution-related deaths, which largely occur among adults over 60, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) resulting from pollution-related disease are highly concentrated among infants and young children, reflecting the vulnerability of the young and the many years of life lost with each death of a child
- Vitamin A Deficiency in Children - UNICEF DATA
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness and increases the risk of death from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea Periodic, high-dose vitamin A supplementation is a proven, low-cost intervention [1] which has been shown to reduce all-cause mortality by 12 to 24 per cent [2], and is therefore an important programme in support of efforts to reduce
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