Word: diarrhoeal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...given about $1.33 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria since it was created in 2002. No specific funds are dedicated to diarrhea programs, though the Commission funds health services in poor countries and helps upgrade water and sanitation services. The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh is at the cutting edge of the disease and treats 150,000 patients a year. Its annual budget: just $20 million. (See pictures of Africa's AIDS crisis...
Most of the tiny patients confined to the children's ward at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, are weak, malnourished and dehydrated. They've suffered attack after attack of diarrhea and, in some cases, are clinging to life. Five-month-old Sohag, who is lying on green plastic sheeting in a bed four times her size, had suffered[an error occurred while processing this directive] diarrhea for seven days before she was admitted. Her weight had dropped to 2.75 kg, just over one-third of that expected for her age, and she now seems...
| 1 |