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After Nipah virus outbreaks in India in 2001 and 2007 (both in the eastern state of West Bengal), an outbreak occurred in Kerala in 2018. [1] The 2018 Kerala outbreak was traced to fruit bats in the area, was generally confined to Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, [2] [3] and claimed 17 lives. [4]
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[11] [12] The origin or source of the disease in India, [13] as well as the outbreak in 2022 remained unknown. [14] A comparison and analysis of the 2022 outbreak with the 2019 version found differences in the disease. [15] States such as Kerala reported 30-40 cases each between December 2019 and January 2021. [13]
Lifestyle diseases can be defined as the diseases linked to the manner in which a person lives their life. These diseases are non-communicable , and can be caused by lack of physical activity , unhealthy eating , alcohol , substance use disorders and smoking tobacco , which can lead to heart disease , stroke , obesity , type II diabetes and ...
According to Global Oral Health Status Report: Towards Universal Health Coverage for Oral Health by 2030 (WHO report), Globally, oral diseases affect 3.5 billion people and every three out of four people lives in middle-income countries. In India, there has been a steady increase in the burden of oral diseases since last two decades. [9]
Communicable disease is the cause of death for 53% of all deaths in India. [ 7 ] Public health initiatives that affect people in all states, such as the National Health Mission , Ayushman Bharat , National Mental Health Program, are instilled by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare . [ 1 ]
In 2005 95% of the cases in India were in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. [14] India has 40% of the world's lymphatic filariasis (LF) cases. [15] For patients, one of the major costs of treating the disease is that of being unable to work for some time. [15]
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