Filariasis

consequences of blindness and malnutrition. They do so by overseeing programmes based on evidence and research. Moreover, HKI programmes also address critical issues such as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) including onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. http://www.hki.org/about-helen-keller/ Helen Keller International Sierra Leone first began in 2002. HKI-SL was provided with capital support by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), NIPPON Foundation and Merck. This funding…

Most people can pinpoint the defining moment in their life. The moment that alters a person to the core. A moment so impactful that it leaves the person questioning everything about life and leave you with one gift: a purpose. At the age of six, my moment came. For a year, my three-year-old sister had been sick. At first, as a middle-class family, we were confident that we could afford any medications. However, as her condition deteriorated, our sanguine attitude vanished. For middle-class…

from villages in Mali, West Africa.”(ebscohost) All of the growth in the mosquito population which can carry harmful diseases like mosquito-borne disease, yellow fever, zika fever, tropical, dengue, Saint Louis encephalitis, La Crosse encephalitis, filariasis, chikungunya virus infection, arbovirus, and malaria according to…

my education, it became clear that I found my calling in the field of medicine. Importantly, between the age of twelve and fifteen, I volunteered through NGOs once a year to provide vaccinations against infectious and disabling diseases such as filariasis in my community. There, I had front row window to observe and partake in lifechanging benefits of medical care. Understandably, my interest in the field of medicine continue to grow. At the same time, I became aware of the obstacles that…

The first World Happiness Report was published in 2012 to better understand happiness and well-being of various countries throughout the world by ranking each country based on GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption. A country that is extremely low on the World Happiness Report—ranked one hundred thirty-six out of one hundred fifty-seven—is Haiti. Although this ranking is from the 2016 version of the World Happiness Report,…

Mosquitoes are among the most dangerous living creatures when it comes to the number of deaths they cause worldwide. Their ability to carry diseases and transmit them to humans causes thousands of deaths each year and in 2015 alone, malaria was responsible for 438,000 deaths. The statistics are scary when one compares the number of deaths from mosquito-borne diseases to that of the deadly Ebola virus, which has recently killed over 1,000 in central and west Africa. The puny size of the mosquito…

Conceptual Rising creature parasitic maladies are investigated and fitting procedures for proficient observing and reconnaissance in Nigeria are laid out. Creature and human parasitic contaminations are recognized. Developing infections have been portrayed as those sicknesses that are being perceived interestingly or maladies that are as of now recorded however their recurrence and additionally geographic range is being expanded immensely. Rise of new ailments might be because of various…

in 2014 about 94,000 deaths occurred due to diarrhea caused by lack of safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. Over 100 million people in the Region are affected by NTDs such as helminthiasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma, and lymphatic filariasis which are attributed to poor hygiene and sanitation…

Abstract: Neglected tropical diseases are a medically diverse group of tropical infections which are especially common in low-income populations in developing regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. They are caused by a variety of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. Different organizations define the set of diseases differently. In sub-Saharan Africa, the impact of these diseases as a group is comparable to malaria and tuberculosis. Some of these diseases have known…

complex. Patz et al. (2005a) list several diseases as high priority for their large global burden of disease and their high sensitivity to ecological change. For the tropics, these include malaria across most systems; schistosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis in cultivated and inland water systems in the tropics; dengue fever in tropical urban centres; leishmaniasis and Chagas disease in forest and dryland systems; meningitis in the Sahel; and cholera in coastal, freshwater and urban systems.…