Leptospirosis Articles

Leptospirosis News : Dengue, Leptospirosis detected in various parts of the country
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:07:55 GMT
Cases of dengue fever and Leptospirosis have been detected in various parts of the country including Kathmandu, Chitwan, Dhangadi, Nepalgunj, Kanchanpur, Bhairahawa, Tanahu and Dhading in the recent days, Kantipur daily reported.

Leptospirosis News : No letup in rat hunt
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:31:40 GMT
AN average of 43 rats, some as big as a kitten, have been exterminated daily in the last eight months as the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) strives to keep the island clean and free from leptospirosis or rat urine disease.

Leptospirosis News : Floods: no firm compensation plan
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:23:34 GMT
WHILE we daily come across a lot of conflicting and confusing statements by officials concerned, it seems that government authorities have not yet been able to devise any mechanism for providing compensation to flood-affected people.

Monsoon illnesses claim 3 lives in city
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:05:44 GMT
Two people died of malaria and leptospirosis and one person died of swine flu in the last three days.

Macomb vets fear rare infection that's killing dogs is on the rise
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:49:55 GMT
Leptospirosis is a rare bacterial infection that some Macomb County veterinarians said they think is on the rise. Multiple cases have been confirmed in Warren and St. Clair Shores this summer; normally, there are just a few per year.

Audit of recovery fund pressed
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:15:45 GMT
SENATOR Ralph Recto wants a full accounting of billions of pesos supposedly raised by the previous administration last year to rebuild infrastructure and farm lands damaged by two typhoons.

Warning for Dog Owners! Deadly Illness Spread by Rats
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:52:19 GMT
A bacterial illness is making its way around Western New York.

Drop in rat fever deaths
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:49:33 GMT
The number of persons who died from Rat Fever (Leptospirosis) up to August 27 is 51 a significant drop from Rat Fever deaths in 2009 (145) and 2008 (207).

Medicine at UPLB?
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:35:01 GMT
MEDICAL SCHOOL training in the Philippines has been criticized as being biased for urban settings, with doctors trained to work in hospitals, using expensive technologies and procedures.

Go all out to tackle leptospirosis
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:25:08 GMT
A letter from MALAYSIAN LAYMAN, Kamunting.

Recto: Where's 'ukay-ukay' report of much-heralded Typhoon Reconstruction Commission?
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:07:13 GMT
September 1, 2010. Before the country is buffeted again with back-to-back super typhoons, Sen. Ralph Recto wanted to know if there was an "exit report" done on the accomplishments of the much-heralded Public-Private Reconstruction Commission that was created in the aftermath of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. Recto said...

Local government, but where are the people?
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:18:30 GMT
Monsoon brings out shortfalls in governance most starkly — potholes and craters on roads, floods causing traffic jams, old and dilapidated buildings collapsing, claiming lives, contaminated water and unsanitary conditions causing diseases like malaria and leptospirosis.

Health problems just starting in Pakistan
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:25:00 GMT
(Reuters) - As floodwaters recede in Pakistan experts are warning the real problem -- disease food shortages and malnutrition -- might just be starting.

FACTBOX-Health problems just starting in Pakistan
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:33:54 GMT
Source: Reuters Aug 30 (Reuters) - As floodwaters recede in Pakistan, experts are warning the real problem -- disease, food shortages and malnutrition -- might just be starting. There have been 38,000 reported ...

2 more die of malaria in Mumbai
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:37:19 GMT
Malaria claimed two more lives on Sunday, taking the toll of the mosquito-borne disease to 46 this month. The latest victims were a 66-year-old woman from Prabhadevi and a 45-year-old man from Byculla.

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Underweight
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Wheezing
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