Communicable Diseases News

8:22 AM EST
2/9/2012 Looking to low-tech wastewater treatmentIn Nepal where one of the biggest childhood killers is water-borne diseases, officials are slowly adopting decentralized ways of treating urban wastewater.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Science And Technology, Technology, Environmental Issue, Water

12:40 PM EST
2/3/2012 Malaria twice as deadly as thoughtMalaria may be killing twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be affecting older children and adults, long considered to be the least susceptible, according to a study published Friday in the journal Lancet.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Healthcare Policy

12:32 PM EST
2/3/2012 Malaria mortality 'underestimated'A new attempt to quantify malaria deaths over the past 30 years suggests the death toll, especially among adults, has been greatly underestimated. The figures also show the fragility of the gains made in fighting the disease.

Source:IRIN Topics:Social Issue, People, Children, Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Healthcare Policy

10:29 AM EST
2/2/2012 Meningitis spreads as people scramble for vaccineEleven people have died from meningitis out of 40 reported cases in four departments across Côte d'Ivoire as of 31 January, leaving people scrambling to access the vaccine for their families.

Source:IRIN Topics:Social Issue, People, Children, Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases

7:40 AM EST
2/2/2012 Good results in program to boost TB detectionA pilot community programme to improve TB detection in northern Tanzania has shown good results and could be replicated nationwide as the country seeks to improve its TB treatment and prevention systems.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Government Health Care

8:08 AM EST
2/1/2012 Good results in program to boost TB detectionA pilot community program to improve TB detection in northern Tanzania has shown good results and could be replicated nationwide as the country seeks to improve its TB treatment and prevention systems.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Government Health Care

7:08 AM EST
1/17/2012 How "totally drug-resistant" is a misnomer - for nowThe "totally drug-resistant" tuberculosis (TDR-TB) reportedly emerging in India is actually an advanced stage of drug-resistant TB, which researchers called totally drug-resistant for lack of a better term.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Health Treatment, Medical Procedure/test

11:56 AM EST
1/16/2012 Drug resistant TB strain emerges in IndiaIndian doctors have reported the country's first case of totally drug-resistant tuberculosis. Experts are not fearful that the Indian TB strains will rapidly spread.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Science And Technology, Research, Medicine, Western

10:49 AM EST
1/5/2012 Mindanao hospitals alert for leptospirosis in storm aftermathHospitals in Northern Mindanao are preparing for more cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread by rodents, following Tropical Storm Washi.

Source:IRIN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Meteorological Disaster, Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Hospital And Clinic

8:26 AM EST
12/29/2011 Action against dengue beginning to pay offSri Lanka is making progress in the battle against mosquito-borne dengue fever, say health officials.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Politics, Government, Safety Of Citizens