scholarly journals How to Achieve Indigenous Self-sufficiency in Vaccine Development? A Roadmap

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Syed Muhammad Imran Majeed ◽  
Aisha Mohyuddin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Public Health Programmes ◽  
Health Programmes

For every nation state with a large population (Pakistan being the 5 largest), it is imperative to have indigenouscapability to meet one's own requirement of vaccines for one's own set of prevailing diseases. Imports arecostly and not always readily available as became evident globally during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Microbial antigenicity may also vary significantly from region to region on account of mutations. Henceefficiency of vaccine too can vary accordingly.Vaccines have dramatically reduced the burden of numerous infectious diseases, promoted individual andsocial growth, prosperity and wellbeing across the globe. In the coming decade, vaccines are likely to savetwenty-five million lives1 , and will continue to be the cornerstone of public health programmes. It is estimatedthat six out of every ten infectious diseases in humans are transmitted by animals and 70% of emerging and reemergingdiseases are either spread from animals to humans or infected animals to the healthy ones throughinsects.2 The role of vaccines in human health is therefore not only limited to humans but is vital to controldisease transmission from animals to humans as well.

scholarly journals Gastrointestinal Aspects of Malnutrition in Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Michael Gracey
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
The Past ◽  
Infancy And Childhood ◽  
The World ◽  
Preventive Public Health ◽  
Public Health Programmes ◽  
Health Programmes

Throughout history mankind has suffered many scourges. In many parts of the world improvements in living standards, hygiene, nutrition, medical care and preventive public health programmes have made many of these infectious , diseases things of the past. However, in the so called "developing" countries, diarrhoeal diseases of infancy and childhood are still major problems which cause many millions of deaths each year (Mata, 1985).

scholarly journals The Use of 'No Evidence' Statements in Public Health

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Cummings
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Public Health Communication ◽  
The Public

Public health communication makes extensive use of a linguistic formulation that will be called the “no evidence” statement. This is a written or spoken statement of the form “There is no evidence that P” where P stands for a proposition that typically describes a human health risk. Danger lurks in these expressions for the hearer or reader who is not logically perspicacious, as arguments that use them are only warranted under certain conditions. The extent to which members of the public are able to determine what those conditions are will be considered by examining data obtained from 879 subjects. The role of “no evidence” statements as cognitive heuristics in public health reasoning is considered.

scholarly journals Depression: major problem for public health

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene S. Paykel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Secondary Prevention ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Common Disorder ◽  
Social Adversity ◽  
Physical Disorders ◽  
Public Health Programmes ◽  
Health Programmes

AbstractThe aim of this Editorial is to discuss depression as an important disorder for public health. The literature regarding epidemiology, consequences, adequacy of service delivery and prevention of depression is reviewed. Depression is a common disorder with high lifetime rates, particularly in women, and those experiencing social adversity. It is a major cause of disability, and causes death both by suicide and due to raised rates of physical disorders. Many cases are undiagnosed and treatment is often inadequate. Primary prevention is not yet easily feasible but secondary prevention by earlier recognition, public and professional education, can produce benefits. There is a need for public health programmes aimed at improving recognition, treatment, and reducing consequences.

Impact of hydrological factors on human health and the spread of disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Solmaz Isaq Rzayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Medical Geography ◽  
The State ◽  
Chemical Environment ◽  
Geographical Environment ◽  
Geochemical Factors

In the article in addition to the description of the state of hydrological and geochemical factors, related to the ecogeographic environment, the influence of the ecological-chemical environment on the spread of public health was revealed. The analysis of the influence of the medical-geographical environment on the occurrence and spread of diseases was given. Key words: hydrology, non-infection diseases, eco-geographical condition, endemic gaiter, infectious diseases, ecology geochemical, environmental, medical geography condition

Nanomaterials Useful in Health and Medicine to Improve Public Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-74
Author(s):  
Manish Kumar Dwivedi ◽  
Suvashish Kumar Pandey ◽  
Prashant Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Drug Delivery Systems ◽  
High Stability ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Novel Drug

In modern research, nanotechnology is a very attractive technology and helps to reduce infectious diseases. Nanoparticles have gained significantly more important than the bulk counterparts due to their unique properties. This chapter gives knowledge about the general introduction of nanoparticles with classification and also discussed the effect of nanoparticles impact on public health. Nanotechnology is most widely used to reduced different types of infectious diseases such as bacterial, viral, parasitic diseases, etc. Nanotechnology is applied to detect different types of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and other diseases. Nanotechnology is a useful technique to develop novel drug delivery systems due to their high specificity, high drug-carrying capacity, and high stability. Nanotechnology can be able to improve human health but on the other hand, we have seen a negative impact on human health and environmental health. The solubility and toxicity of nanoparticles is a major issue worldwide.

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