According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world population is growing at an alarming rate, and if not tempered, the world will face serious problems. Rapid urbanization and population growth therefore pose a challenge that social policies must address. Read more or join the discussion.
Tal como se ha comentado anteriormente (leer La urgencia de cimentar los ejes rectores hacia una sociedad saludable y La necesaria vinculación de la farmacovigilancia y la farmacoeconomía en México), México ha avanzado en materia de salud. Las enfermedades de hoy no son las de hace algunas décadas atrás, de hecho, las enfermedades que aquejan hoy en día a la sociedad mexicana son las denominadas crónico-degenerativas, dejando así en el pasado las enfermedades gastrointestinales, sarampión, entre otras. Leer más.
Monsoon clouds moved over Mumbai last week, opening up into a deluge. It's the start of the rainy season in India — a welcome relief from the summer heat and a time to recharge water levels that had dropped to drought levels. While most people celebrate the wet months ahead, the season also brings with it a number of public health and safety hazards. Malaria is among the deadly diseases that raise alarms for public health officials, and it is slum dwellers who are most widely affected. Read more or join the discussion.
Dengue fever is an infectious disease caused by a virus and transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. It is currently one of the most common public health problems around the world, especially in tropical and subtropical areas. Dengue fever has four main types, in Brazil the most common ones are the classic dengue fever and the dengue hemorrhagic fever. The former is a light virus that with cold-like symptoms. The latter is a much more complex disease that can lead to nasal, urinary, and intestinal hemorrhages, compromised organs, and even death. Read more or join the discussion.
A short man wearing a hooded coat pushes back the door to a small shed. Lying by the door, his closed eyes caught in the path of a dusty ray of sunshine, a young man of about twenty stirs. The man lying next to him scratches his arm and wraps himself tighter in his jacket. Next to them another four men are stretched out on the packed earth, unaware of the intrusion. This is Mathare and these men, like many others in shacks on either side of them, have rented a piece of floor to have a place to rest for the night. They might not have blankets and a mattress to lie on, but the warmth of their bodies is enough to stave off the worst of the cold. Read more or join the discussion.
Mexico City is ravaged every year by the seasonal flu. But in 2009, a new strain of swine flu emerged in the city, alarming enough for the World Health Organization to deem the pandemic a level 5 alert. Read more or join the discussion.
El Distrito Federal cada año sufre los estragos de la influenza estacional. No obstante, las medidas de prevención de este virus tuvieron mayor énfasis a partir del surgimiento de una nueva cepa de gripe porcina en el Distrito Federal que en el año 2009 dio origen a una pandemia inminente, clasificada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud como nivel de alerta 5. Leer más o discutir.
Demam berdarah dengue (DBD) pertama kali ditemukan pada tahun 1968 di DKI Jakarta dan Surabaya dan hingga kini telah menyebar ke seluruh wilayah Indonesia. Kasus demam berdarah di Indonesia merupakan nomor dua tertinggi di dunia dan tertinggi di wilayah Asia Tenggara dengan angka kematian mencapai 1.125 kasus di tahun 2011. Baca lebih lanjut atau bergabung dalam diskusi.
In the area of health, mobile devices are enabling developing countries to not only leap-frog the wired world but also rise above persistent social, political, economic barriers. Examples from emerging economies around world illustrate a variety of innovations that hold promise and demonstrate success for improved health in urban centers with the greatest need. Read more.