scholarly journals Feasibility of using a World Health Organization-standard methodology for Sample Vital Registration with Verbal Autopsy (SAVVY) to report leading causes of death in Zambia: results of a pilot in four provinces, 2010

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila S Mudenda ◽  
Stanley Kamocha ◽  
Robert Mswia ◽  
Martha Conkling ◽  
Palver Sikanyiti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Verbal Autopsy ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
World Health ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Standard Methodology ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals Analysing Tuberculosis Trends in South Asia

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 5245
Author(s):  
Kumar Abhishek ◽  
M. P Singh ◽  
Md. Sadik Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
World Health ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variations ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Tuberculosis (TB) has been one of the top ten causes of death in the world. As per the World Health Organization (WHO) around 1.8 million people have died due to tuberculosis in 2015. This paper aims to investigate the spatial and temporal variations in TB incident in South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri-Lanka). Asia had been counted for the largest number of new TB cases in 2015. The paper underlines and relates the relationship between various features like gender, age, location, occurrence, and mortality due to TB in these countries for the period 1993-2012.</p>

scholarly journals Mortality Cause in Goldsmith Workers of Bangladesh: Findings From Verbal Autopsy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahmida Afroz Khan ◽  
Md. Khalequzzaman ◽  
Mohammad Tanvir Islam ◽  
Ataur Rahman ◽  
Shahrin Emdad Rayna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Verbal Autopsy ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Ischemic Heart ◽  
World Health ◽  
Average Life Expectancy ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract Background: Information on the mortality causes of goldsmith workers in Bangladesh is very limited. This study was conducted to find out the causes of death in this group of population.Methods: The study subject was deceased goldsmith workers where face-to-face interviews were conducted with the family members who were present during the deceased's illness preceding death. A World Health Organization recommended questionnaire was adapted to conduct 20 deceased goldsmith workers' verbal autopsy. Causes of death were determined by reviewing the outcomes of the interviews by the expert physicians.Results: The mean age of the goldsmith workers at death was 59.2 ± 9.3 years. Among the deceased goldsmith workers, 70.0% were smokers, and 50.0% of them were alcohol consumers. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) were the most common immediate and underlying cause of death (55.0% and 45.0%, respectively). Acute ischemic heart disease was the single most common (30.0%) immediate cause of death among the deceased goldsmith workers, whereas, for underlying causes of death, it was both acute and chronic ischemic heart diseases (35.0%).Conclusions: The life expectancy of goldsmith workers was much lower than the average life expectancy of Bangladesh, where CVD was the common cause of death. Smoking and alcohol consumption were prevalent among the majority of the deceased goldsmith workers. Awareness of healthy lifestyles should be prioritized for a successful CVD control program for this population. Trial registration: Not applicable.

scholarly journals The effects of physical inactivity

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 241-243
Author(s):  
Ferhan Soyuer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
World Health ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
The World ◽  
Sedentary Life ◽  
Health Organization

Physical inactivity constitutes the basis of diseases that reduce life duration and quality and rank first among the causes of death in the world. Worldwide, it has been determined that 23 % of adults aged 18 and over are not active enough. According to the World Health Organization, sedentary life is among the main risk factors for deaths from non-communicable diseases worldwide and causes approximately 3.2 million deaths per year. For this reason, the issue of reducing inactivity has gained importance in the world today. As a solution, it is thought that increasing physical activity requires not only individual but also community-specific, multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary and culturally appropriate approaches.

scholarly journals Special Issue: Preterm Birth: Research, Intervention and Developmental Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3169
Author(s):  
Annalisa Guarini ◽  
Miguel Pérez Pereira ◽  
Anneloes van Baar ◽  
Alessandra Sansavini
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Preterm Birth ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Developmental Outcomes ◽  
World Health ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

As indicated by the World Health Organization, preterm birth is a relevant public health issue, being one of the leading causes of death in children under five years of age [...]

scholarly journals Children behavior when crossing the street at a traffic playground - experimental study

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Trifunović ◽  
Dalibor Pešić ◽  
Boris Antić
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Young Children ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Organization

World Health Organization estimates indicate that every year more than 150.000 childrens die from injuries sustained after traffic accidents, making this one of the four main causes of death in young children over five years of age. Young children are at greater risk of traffic accidents due to their individual characteristics, such as physical characteristics, weak perceptions of space and time and so on. For these reasons, an experimental study was conducted, which aims to examine the behavior of children when crossing the street at a traffic playground. The results of this study show statistical significant gender differences, as well as differences between the area of children residence and the age of the children.

scholarly journals PREDIKSI PENYAKIT TUBERCULOSIS (TBC) MENGGUNAKAN ALGORITMA C4.5

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deny Febriyanto ◽  
Yogiek Indra Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
World Health ◽  
Early Age ◽  
The World ◽  
C4.5 Algorithm ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Health Organization

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, especially Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB disease remains one of the threats, especially in a country with low and middle economic levels. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) TB disease became one of the biggest causes of death in the world. Indonesia ranks second with the largest number of TB cases in the world. In addition, there are some symptoms and factors that can cause a person affected by TB disease. For the treatment of TB disease can be done intensively, but it takes a long time. Research in the diagnosis of disease with classification techniques using C4.5 algorithm has been done by several previous researchers and get good results. Therefore, in this research will be predicted TB disease using C4.5 algorithm. The C4.5 algorithm is chosen because it is very easy to interpret, fast, and has high precision accuracy. The results of this study is an application that can help people to make the diagnosis of TB disease from an early age.

The Platelet Role in Severe and Fatal Forms of COVID-19.

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar L. Esparza-Ibarra ◽  
Jorge L. Ayala-Luján ◽  
Brenda Mendoza-Almanza ◽  
Irma González-Curiel ◽  
Susana Godina-González ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cytokine Storm ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Patients ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Coagulation Dysfunction

: On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization received a report of several pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. The causative agent was later confirmed as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Since then, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread throughout the world, giving rise in 2020 to the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which, according to the world map of the World Health Organization, has, until May 18, 2021, infected 163,312,429 people and caused 3,386,825 deaths throughout the world. Most critical patients progress rapidly to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and, in underlying form, to septic shock, irreversible metabolic acidosis, blood coagulation dysfunction, or hemostatic and thrombotic anomalies have been reported as the leading causes of death due to COVID-19. The main findings in severe and fatal COVID-19 patients make it clear that platelets play a crucial role in developing severe disease cases. Platelets are the enucleated cells responsible for hemostasis and thrombi formation; thus, platelet hyperreactivity induced by pro-inflammatory microenvironments contributes to the "cytokine storm" that characterizes the more aggressive course of COVID- 19.

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