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Articles for Communicable Diseases

Wastewater, infectious diseases and bird flu: what awaits the new Centre for Disease Control
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Wastewater, infectious diseases and bird flu: what awaits the new Centre for Disease Control

ABC  

Amid growing warnings of more pandemics, the Australian government will create a permanent centre to monitor and respond to public health risks like COVID-19. Australians unlikely to accept lockdowns again, independent COVID review says Photo shows People queue while wearing masks Australia's COVID-19 response frayed after early successes, damaging the public's trust, a federal government review has found. Health Minister …

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu signals cease-fire deal could be shaping up as deaths top 39,000
5 months ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu signals cease-fire deal could be shaping up as deaths top 39,000

Associated Press  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that a cease-fire deal that would free dozens of hostages in Gaza could be taking shape. Israeli raid in a Palestinian city in the West Bank kills 5, including 3 militants JERUSALEM — Israeli forces raided a Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank killing at least five people, including three militants, the …

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UP government's new uniform mandate for schools to combat communicable diseases
1 year, 3 months ago

UP government's new uniform mandate for schools to combat communicable diseases

India Today  

In a proactive move to curb the spread of communicable diseases such as Dengue, Malaria, and Chikungunya, the Uttar Pradesh government has introduced new guidelines for schools across the state. ON-SITE TESTING FOR STUDENTS SHOWING SYMPTOMS The decision to implement a dress code modification comes amid a rise in cases of communicable diseases in the state, particularly Dengue, Chikungunya, and …

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U.P. CM for dedicated isolation wards to curb communicable diseases
2 years, 2 months ago

U.P. CM for dedicated isolation wards to curb communicable diseases

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asked the officials concerned to increase Covid testing in the state and set up dedicated isolation wards in medical colleges and district hospitals and ensure proper cleanliness to control communicable diseases. Chairing a high-level review meeting here, Yogi said, “There is a need to increase testing even as Covid-19 remains in effective …

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Communicable diseases: Vision group recommends strong decentralised programs at district, taluk levels
2 years, 3 months ago

Communicable diseases: Vision group recommends strong decentralised programs at district, taluk levels

The Hindu  

The State’s Vision document on “Advancing People’s Health in Karnataka” that was released on Wednesday has recommended building strong and decentralised health systems to address communicable diseases and associated deaths across the State. “The State should constitute a separate district committee and set up an action plan to strengthen health systems functioning with micro-planning through motivated human resources, improved health …

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Biden unveils new plan to combat Omicron
3 years ago

Biden unveils new plan to combat Omicron

Al Jazeera  

US lays out strategy to fight the coronavirus, including booster jabs, free home testing, and new requirements for international travellers. 2 Dec 2021 - 18:09 GMT South Africa’s health body sees threefold higher risk of reinfection The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus poses a threefold higher risk of reinfection than the currently dominant Delta variant and the Beta strain, …

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COVID and other diseases: An Animal Farm perspective
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID and other diseases: An Animal Farm perspective

The Hindu  

It is no exaggeration to observe that the coronavirus pandemic has been the single most newsworthy event of 2020, in a way and on a scale that has not been rivalled, over decades, by any other comparably unique phenomenon. Returning to TB, a disease that is indisputably agreed to be a scourge of the poor, it is bad enough that …

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Opinion | 21st year of 21st century India: Prioritizing Sanitation & Hygiene
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | 21st year of 21st century India: Prioritizing Sanitation & Hygiene

Live Mint  

The news about vaccines brings a sense of relief, and assuming all goes well, life could revert to ‘normalcy’ by mid-end of 2021. These gains are significant and health authorities must continue the pursuit of improved sanitation and adoption of hygienic behaviors especially among the slum populations where due to the excessive population densities, vulnerabilities remain high. Given the massive …

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Is Low COVID-19 Fatality Linked to Low Hygiene & Water Quality?
4 years, 1 month ago

Is Low COVID-19 Fatality Linked to Low Hygiene & Water Quality?

The Quint  

Dr Shekhar Mande, director-general, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research told The Indian Express that certain richer countries had demographic differences, better hygiene and higher incidence of autoimmune disorder that were linked to higher COVID-19 mortality. Why does lower sanitation and therefore higher communicable diseases like malaria and dengue result in better immunity? According to the study, “As the parasite …

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How the poor die
4 years, 4 months ago

How the poor die

The Hindu  

For the human race that has seen approximately 100 billion of its species die in the past 50,000 years, death is an inescapable reality. More than 15 years into its existence, the country’s “revamped” public health surveillance still lacks coordination, adequate resources, and is ridden with significant gaps in the monitoring of many infectious diseases. This apart, the country’s disease …

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