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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]
[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]
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]
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 ...
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 ]
The Global Burden of Disease Study is a regularly updated report which attempts to describe the extent to which each major disease in the world affects individuals with those diseases. [1] This report identifies surprising problems and described them to be unknown among many health professionals. [ 1 ]
Abhay and Rani Bang and their team at SEARCH work on non-communicable diseases as those are emerging as a priority area. A study conducted by SEARCH in 86 villages of Gadchiroli district has shown that rural people fall prey to lifestyle diseases like stroke which emerged as the most frequent cause of death. One in seven (14%) deaths in these ...
Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and NGOs such as the Indian Heart Association have been raising awareness about this issue. [3] While studying 22 different SNPs near to MC 4-R gene, scientists have identified an SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) named rs12970134 to be mostly associated with waist circumference. In ...