scholarly journals Analysis of Trend of Malaria Prevalence in the Ten Asian Countries from 2006 to 2011: A Longitudinal Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Shongkour Roy ◽  
Tanjina Khatun
Keyword(s):  
Death Rate ◽  
Malaria Prevalence ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Malaria Mortality ◽  
The World ◽  
Malaria Death ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Dynamic Relationships

Background. To control the malaria mortality, the global and national communities have worked together and produced impressive results in the world. Some of the Asian counties’ malaria mortality rate is more compared to countries with high health facilities around the world. This paper’s main aim is to describe trend of malaria cases and mortality in 10 Asian countries using the World Health Organization data. Methods. Malaria mortality data was collected systematically from WHO and UN database for the period 2006–2011. We estimated malaria mortality by age and countries. We also explored the dynamic relationships among malaria death rate, total populations, and geographical region using a map. During 2006–2011, the average malaria death per 10,000 population of all ages was 0.239 (95% CI 0.104 to 0.373), of children aged less than 5 year 1.143 (0.598 to 1.687), and of age greater than 5 years 0.089 (0.043 to 0.137) in Asian countries. Malaria prevalence per 10,000 populations steadily decreased from 486.7 in 2006 to 298.9 in 2011. Conclusion. The findings show that malaria mortality is higher for children aged less than 5 years compared with with adults selected in Asian countries except Sri Lanka.

scholarly journals Coronavirus Pandemic: Situation in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Author(s):  
Francis Olawale Abulude ◽  
Akinyinka Akinnusotu ◽  
Samuel Dare Oluwagbayide ◽  
Usha Damodharan ◽  
Ifeoluwa Ayodeji Abulude
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Death Rate ◽  
World Health ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Global Literature ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Nigerian Government ◽  
Health Organization

COVID - 19 is an issue ravaging the whole world. Numerous deaths have been recorded particularly elderly individuals and the most vulnerable. In Nigeria, the case isn't extraordinary. The aim of the study was to quantify the number of cases reported in Nigeria. To this effect, the global literature cited in the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) website, the WHO COVID-19 database, other expert-referred scientific articles, and bibliographic databases were used. The results show that as at the sixteenth of May 2020, 288 new affirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 5445 cases have been affirmed, 778 cases have been released and 171 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, While Lagos State is for the most part influenced with 36 deaths in comparison with the cases revealed by the World Health Organization (4,425,485 cases affirmed, 89,269 new cases and 302,059 deaths). The death rate in Nigeria is about 0.05% of the global deaths. The explanation could be because of high temperature (> 30 oC), the intake of garlic, ginger, honey, and heated water by the individuals, and to stop the spread, the Nigerian government has implemented the utilization of nose cover, social distancing, and semi-lockdown of the towns and urban communities. Like HIV and Laser fever this pandemic will be an issue of the past when the adequate vaccine is made available.

scholarly journals Leukemia mortality in children from Latin America: Trends and predictions to 2030

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Smith Torres-Roman ◽  
Bryan Valcarcel ◽  
Pedro Guerra-Canchari ◽  
Camila Alves Dos Santos ◽  
Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Annual Percent Change ◽  
Universal Healthcare ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Universal Healthcare Coverage

Abstract Background: Reports suggest that Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have not reduced in leukemia mortality compared to high-income countries. However, updated trends remain largely unknown in the region. Given that leukemia is the leading cause of cancer-related death in LAC children, we evaluated mortality trends in children (0-14y) from 15 LAC countries for the period 2000-2017 and predicted mortality to 2030.Methods: We retrieved cancer mortality data using the World Health Organization Mortality Database. Mortality rates (standardized to the world standard SEGI population) were analyzed for 15 LAC countries. We evaluated the average mortality rates for the last 5 years (2013-2017). Joinpoint regression analysis was used to evaluate leukemia mortality trends and provide an estimated annual percent change (EAPC). Nordpred was utilized for the calculation of predictions until 2030.Results: Between 2013 and 2017, the highest mortality rates were reported in Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Peru. Upward mortality trends were reported in Nicaragua (EAPC by 2.9% in boys, and EAPC by 2.0% in girls), and Peru (EAPC by 1.4% in both sexes). Puerto Rico experienced large declines in mortality among both boys (EAPC by −9.7%), and girls (EAPC by −6.0%). Leukemia mortality will increase in Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay by 2030.Conclusion: Leukemia mortality is predicted to increase in some LAC countries by 2030. Interventions to prevent this outcome should be tailor to reduce the socioeconomic inequalities and ensure universal healthcare coverage.

Prediction of infection and death ratio of CoVID-19 virus in Turkey by using artificial neural network (ANN)

Coronaviruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andaç Batur Çolak
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Death Rate ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Back Propagation Neural Network ◽  
World Health ◽  
Feed Forward Back Propagation ◽  
The World ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Health Organization

Background: For the first time in December 2019 as reported in the Whuan city of China COVID-19 deadly virus, spread rapidly around the world and the first cases were seen in Turkey on March 11, 2020. On the same day, a pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization due to the rapid spread of the disease throughout the world. Methods: In this study, a multilayered perception feed-forward back propagation neural network has been designed for predicting the spread and mortality rate of COVID-19 virus in Turkey. COVID-19 data from six different countries were used in the design of the artificial neural network, which has 15 neurons in its hidden layer. 70% of these optimized data were used for training, 20% for validation and 10% for testing. Results: The resulting simulation results, COVID-19 virus in Turkey between 20 and 37 days showed the fastest to rise. The number of cases for the 20th day was predicted to be 13.845 and the 51st day for the 37th day. Conclusion: As for the death rate, it was predicted that a rapid rise on the 20th day would start and a slowdown around the 43rd day and progress towards the zero case point. The death rate for the 20th day was predicted to be 170 and the 43rd day for the 1.960s.

Importance of Using Standardized Birth Weight Increments to Report Neonatal Mortality Data

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-145
Author(s):  
Marcus C. Hermansen ◽  
Shirin Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Neonatal Mortality ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Weight Group ◽  
Mortality Statistics ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Neonatal mortality statistics are frequently reported in 100-g increments of birth weight. We tabulated our mortality statistics using two methods of incrementation: 500 to 599 g, 600 to 699 g, 700 to 799 g, etc. (method A) and 501 to 600 g, 601 to 700 g, 701 to 800 g, etc (method B). In each 100-g weight group, the mortality was less using method B. The average reduction in mortality using method B was 4.1%. Use of the two different methods creates difficulty in making meaningful comparisons of various published reports. We recommend that all future studies use method A, as that method is more consistent with previous recommendations of the World Health Organization.

scholarly journals Suicide attempts among the elderly in East Asia

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 707-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guk-Hee Suh ◽  
Lina Gega
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Health Organization

Among the one million suicide deaths worldwide each year, as many as 60% occur in Asia. The World Health Organization (WHO) found higher suicide rates among the elderly in rapidly industrialized Asian countries such as China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore, compared to the corresponding rates of recently industrializing Asian countries like Vietnam and Sri Lanka (WHO, 2014). As a case in point, suicide rates in South Korea have been the highest in the world since 2003 and are rising especially among older people (Hong and Knapp, 2014). Suicide attempts and older age are strong predictors of completed suicide (Szanto et al., 2002; Simon et al., 2013) and, as such, are important in guiding our efforts for suicide prevention; however, most epidemiological studies focus on completed suicides across all ages rather than understanding the reasons behind suicide attempts in older populations.

scholarly journals Hydroxy-Chloroquine: Chemoprophylaxis of Malaria and not a Silver Bullet versus COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-67
Author(s):  
Irshad Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Measures ◽  
World Health ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Parasitic Disease ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Silver Bullet

Introduction: The world has been facing the pandemic COVID-19. This article highlights the importance of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and Chloroquine (CQ) in the chemoprophylaxis of malaria during the pandemic COVID-19. Objective: To derive logical conclusion about the indicated use of HCQ/CQ in malaria during the pandemic COVID-19. Methods: Relevant research articles were retrieved. The online reports, research articles from google, google scholar and PubMed databases were searched and analyzed. Results: HCQ and CQ are indicated for Malaria and its prophylaxis. The drugs are not silver bullets versus the COVID-19. The available clinical data till the end of July 2020 can be sufficient for the health authorities of various countries to stop using HCQ/CQ to treat COVID-19 patients.  The drugs are indicated for malaria instead. Malaria, a potentially deadly parasitic disease in the poorest countries which cannot even afford its preventive measures with HCQ/CQ and other drugs. Misuse of available drugs of Malaria can worsen the disease in the Africa and some Asian countries. The World Health Organization has recommended continuing chemo-prophylactic efforts for malaria during the COVID-19 crisis. Malaria and COVID-19 have certain common symptoms such as fever, headache and body pain which doubles the risk through misleading diagnosis by considering COVID-19 patients as malaria patients and vice versa. WHO has recommended the mass distribution of antimalarial drugs for these counties, so that malaria could not make COVID-19 more deadly. Conclusion: Use of CQ/HCQ may be continued for the chemoprophylaxis of Malaria during the pandemic COVID-19 and the drugs may not be considered as Silver bullet for COVID-19. Directions of FDA and WHO may be complied regarding use of CQ/HCQ.

scholarly journals Global stroke statistics: An update of mortality data from countries using a broad code of “cerebrovascular diseases”

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 796-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda G Thrift ◽  
George Howard ◽  
Dominique A Cadilhac ◽  
Virginia J Howard ◽  
Peter M Rothwell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrovascular Disease ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Crude Mortality ◽  
The World ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Over Time

Background Current information on mortality attributed to stroke among different countries is important for policy development and monitoring prevention strategies. Unfortunately, mortality data reported to the World Health Organization by different countries are inconsistent. Aims and/or hypothesis To update the repository of the most recent country-specific data on mortality from stroke for countries that provide data using a broad code for “cerebrovascular disease.” Methods Data on mortality from stroke were obtained from the World Health Organization mortality database. We searched for countries that provided data, since 1999, on a combined category of “cerebrovascular disease” (code 1609) that incorporated International Classification of Diseases (10th edition) codes I60–I69. Using population denominators provided by the World Health Organization for the same year when available, or alternatively estimates obtained from the United Nations, we calculated crude mortality from “cerebrovascular disease” and mortality adjusted to the World Health Organization world population. We used the most recent year reported to the World Health Organization, as well as comparing changes over time. Results Since 1999, seven countries have provided these mortality data. Among these countries, crude mortality was greatest in the Russian Federation (in 2011), Ukraine (2012), and Belarus (2011) and was greater in women than men in these countries. Crude mortality was positively correlated with the proportion of the population aged ≥65 years but not with time. Age-adjusted mortality was greatest in the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, and greater in men than women. Over time, mortality declined, with the greatest decline per annum evident in Kazakhstan (8.7%) and the Russian Federation (7.0%). Conclusions Among countries that provided data to the World Health Organization using a broad category of “cerebrovascular disease,” there was a decline in mortality in two of the countries that previously had some of the largest mortality rates for stroke.

scholarly journals Global Stroke Statistics 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 819-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joosup Kim ◽  
Tharshanah Thayabaranathan ◽  
Geoffrey A Donnan ◽  
George Howard ◽  
Virginia J Howard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Stroke Incidence ◽  
Stroke Units ◽  
The World ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Health Organization

Background Data on stroke epidemiology and availability of hospital-based stroke services around the world are important for guiding policy decisions and healthcare planning. Aims To provide the most current incidence, mortality and case–fatality data on stroke and describe current availability of stroke units around the world by country. Methods We searched multiple databases (based on our existing search strategy) to identify new original manuscripts and review articles published between 1 June 2016 and 31 October 2018 that met the ideal criteria for data on stroke incidence and case–fatality. For data on the availability of hospital-based stroke services, we searched PubMed for all literature published up until 31 June 2018. We further screened reference lists, citation history of manuscripts and gray literature for this information. Mortality codes for International Classification of Diseases-9 and International Classification of Diseases-10 were extracted from the World Health Organization mortality database for each country providing these data. Population denominators were obtained from the World Health Organization, and when these were unavailable within a two-year period of mortality data, population denominators within a two-year period were obtained from the United Nations. Using country-specific population denominators and the most recent years of mortality data available for each country, we calculated both the crude mortality from stroke and mortality adjusted to the World Health Organization world population. Results Since our last report in 2017, there were two countries with new incidence studies, China ( n = 1) and India ( n = 2) that met the ideal criteria. New data on case–fatality were found for Estonia and India. The most current mortality data were available for the year 2015 (39 countries), 2016 (43 countries), and 2017 (7 countries). No new data on mortality were available for six countries. Availability of stroke units was noted for 63 countries, and the proportion of patients treated in stroke units was reported for 35/63 countries. Conclusion Up-to-date data on stroke incidence, case–fatality, and mortality statistics provide evidence of variation among countries and changing magnitudes of burden among high and low–middle income countries. Reporting of hospital-based stroke units remains limited and should be encouraged.

scholarly journals Trends of HIV-Related Cancer Mortality between 2001 and 2018: An Observational Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Chinmay Jani ◽  
Omar Al Omari ◽  
Harpreet Singh ◽  
Alexander Walker ◽  
Kripa Patel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Mortality ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Female Mortality ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Male Mortality ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The burden of AIDS-defining cancers has remained relatively steady for the past two decades, whilst the burden of non-AIDS-defining cancer has increased. Here, we conduct a study to describe mortality trends attributed to HIV-associated cancers in 31 countries. We extracted HIV-related cancer mortality data from 2001 to 2018 from the World Health Organization Mortality Database. We computed age-standardized death rates (ASDRs) per 100,000 population using the World Standard Population. Data were visualized using Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing (LOWESS). Data for females were available for 25 countries. Overall, there has been a decrease in mortality attributed to HIV-associated cancers among most of the countries. In total, 18 out of 31 countries (58.0%) and 14 out of 25 countries (56.0%) showed decreases in male and female mortality, respectively. An increasing mortality trend was observed in many developing countries, such as Malaysia and Thailand, and some developed countries, such as the United Kingdom. Malaysia had the greatest increase in male mortality (+495.0%), and Canada had the greatest decrease (−88.5%). Thailand had the greatest increase in female mortality (+540.0%), and Germany had the greatest decrease (−86.0%). At the endpoint year, South Africa had the highest ASDRs for both males (16.8/100,000) and females (19.2/100,000). The lowest was in Japan for males (0.07/100,000) and Egypt for females (0.028/100,000).

scholarly journals Leukemia mortality in children from Latin America: trends and predictions to 2030

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Smith Torres-Roman ◽  
Bryan Valcarcel ◽  
Pedro Guerra-Canchari ◽  
Camila Alves Dos Santos ◽  
Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Annual Percent Change ◽  
Universal Healthcare ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Universal Healthcare Coverage

Abstract Background Reports suggest that Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have not reduced leukemia mortality compared to high-income countries. However, updated trends remain largely unknown in the region. Given that leukemia is the leading cause of cancer-related death in LAC children, we evaluated mortality trends in children (0-14y) from 15 LAC countries for the period 2000–2017 and predicted mortality to 2030. Methods We retrieved cancer mortality data using the World Health Organization Mortality Database. Mortality rates (standardized to the world standard SEGI population) were analyzed for 15 LAC countries. We evaluated the average mortality rates for the last 5 years (2013–2017). Joinpoint regression analysis was used to evaluate leukemia mortality trends and provide an estimated annual percent change (EAPC). Nordpred was utilized for the calculation of predictions until 2030. Results Between 2013 and 2017, the highest mortality rates were reported in Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Peru. Upward mortality trends were reported in Nicaragua (EAPC by 2.9% in boys, and EAPC by 2.0% in girls), and Peru (EAPC by 1.4% in both sexes). Puerto Rico experienced large declines in mortality among both boys (EAPC by − 9.7%), and girls (EAPC by − 6.0%). Leukemia mortality will increase in Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay by 2030. Conclusion Leukemia mortality is predicted to increase in some LAC countries by 2030. Interventions to prevent this outcome should be tailor to reduce the socioeconomic inequalities and ensure universal healthcare coverage.

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