Public Health

A Snap Shot

Causes of Death• Heart attack• Bronchitis and asthma• Anemia• Pneumonia • Tuberculosis• Cancer • Vehicular • Suicides• Paralysis

In Children

• Pneumonia• Diarrhea• Malnutrition• Malaria• Measles

Deaths in children aged 1-59 monthsPneumonia and diarrhoeal diseases account for 50% of all deaths in children aged 1-59 months, and two-thirds of deaths in girls of the same age. Half of all these deaths are

in the Central region, where the MR is 18 for pneumonia and 14.5 for diarrhoeal diseases. Data from a web-appendix with figures for major states reveals more positive news for Tamil Nadu: MR due to pneumonia is only 2 and due to diarrhoea 5.1, some of the lowest in the country (Kerala ranks first on both counts with 0.9 and 0.3 respectively).

Neonatal deaths3 conditions result in 78% of all neonatal deaths: prematurity and low birth weight, neonatal infections (pneumonia, sepsis and CNS infections) and birth asphyxia.

Pneumonia

India in 2010 accounted for half the estimated number of global deaths from eight main causes in children younger than five years. A recent study in The Lancet …In

all, there were nearly 1.7 million estimated deaths in India that year. With nearly 400,000 deaths, pneumonia turned out to be the top killer disease, followed by

diarrhoea causing more than 210,000 deaths.

DiarrheaAn outbreak of Eltor cholera in Aizwal town of Mizoram, India

An outbreak of Eltor cholera in Aizwal town of Mizoram, India.www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11407007

by PG Sengupta - 2000 - Cited by 3 - Related articles

Diarrhea and Malaria Takes Serious Turn in Tripura’s Dhalai District Northeast Today July 21, 2012

With the dry spell sweeping the hilly regions diarrhea and malaria have taken a serious turn in rural parts of Dhalai district like previous years. Official sources said already 4 people including woman and children died since last five days. Death toll is likely to

increase as many as 40 patients are still admitted in Longtarai Valley Hospital, sources added. “Diarrhea and Malaria are found among the patients after diagnosis”, said officials from the District Medical Office, Dhalai today over telephone. Beside this,

malnutrition is another problem among the children. “The beds of local hospitals are full of patients”, said Hospital officials, adding, “the situation might turn into a grave one in

the coming days if the scarcity of drinking water continues”.In Long Tarai valley and Gandacherra, several medical teams were sent with medicine by choppers. “Health camps are being organized regularly in the remote hamlets”, said Chief Medical Officer (Dhalai). District Magistrate (Dhalai) Abhisekh Singh will visit the affected villages soon. It is learnt that District administration is likely to provide water

resorvoirs to the affected villagers soon. “We drink water from the cherras and stream”, complained some villagers. “Earlier, District administration had no role whatsoever in the villages”, they added. “So far I learnt there is no report of any death in Kanchanpur sub division”, said District Magistrate (North) Prashant Kumar tonight over telephone. “We are organizing regular health camps with preventive medicine in the interior parts”, he

added.-TI

MalariaMalaria-cases-escalate-in-Manipur

Sinlung Oct 25, 2010

Baby Lalrilu was sick and hospitalised at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Hospital here on June 27 following a complaint of high fever

and unconsciousness. But unfortunately Baby Lalrilu, the only daughter of a young Rongmei widow

Luma, 39, a resident of Langthabal Chingkhong village in Imphal West district, passed away the following day.

The family of the child including grandmother Pantiguru, was unaware of the cause of the death. “We still don’t know what kind of disease had attacked our

grandchild”, Pantiguru said. The family and the State Health officials remain clueless about the cause of

the disease until the Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh and National Centre for Disease Control , New Delhi confirmed that her blood samples tested positive for Japanese encephalitis. Thus, the State Health

department’s surveillance report identified her as one of the victims of Japanese Encephalitis outbreak in the State.

Read more: http://www.sinlung.com/2010/10/malaria-cases-escalate-in-manipur.html#ixzz296FXQIZB

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Measles

Malnutrition / Anemia

photo of 1 year old Rama Paharia of Sundarpahari, Godda who is severely malnourished weight 5.5 kg in Grade 3. The family has AAY card but says they have lifted grains only 3 times in 3 years. Their card was given as mortgagefor Rs 100 to one Phaguram Paharia of the same village whohas not returned thje card since then as the family failed to pay back Rs 100. ICDS does not function in the village in spite of regular fund release.When taken to PHC no medicines were given and refered to Sadar (http://prabirkc.blogspot.in/2008_10_01_archive.html)Hospital

TB

After Kala azar

Heart Attack/ Cardiovascular

Bronchitis/ Asthma/ COPD

Cancer

GovernanceNow.com |18 Jun 2010 – Arunachal's anti-cancer yew trees under threat

Yews are a primary source of taxol used in treatment of ovarian and breast cancers

Anti-cancer yew trees, Taxus, found in Arunanchal Pradesh are suffering from the cancer of over-exploitation and are under threat of disappearance in

the absence of regulation, researchers point out.Taxus or yews being a primary source of taxol used in the treatment of

ovarian and breast cancers and kaposi's sarcoma (an AIDS related cancer) and over 20 such other indications is in huge demand in the pharma industry.

It has also its usage for coating of stents (anti-angiogenesis), alzheimer, multiple-sclerosis and polycystic kidney disease.

According to an estimate a 20-year-old tree can yield up to 30 kg of leaves and 5 kg of bark which in turn produces 4 gm of taxol priced at Rs 3 lakh.

The demand has taken a toll on this valuable natural resource leading to its rapid disappearance, researchers found during a survey last year in the West

Kameng district of the north-eastern state, where maximum occurrences were reported.

"Merciless and mass exploitation has converted the area into a death valley of Taxus trees. Out of the 145 total plants located, 105 were

found to be dead trees," say researchers Gibji Nimachow, JS Rawat and Oyi Dai from Rajiv Gandhi University in Itanagar in the latest edition

of "Current Science."The areas visited were Domkho, Morshing, Sanglem, Khelang,

Phudung,Mandala, Dirang, Bomdila, New Bomdila and Palizi-Ramda where large-scale exploitation of Taxus plants has taken place during

1990s.Stressing on its conservation for the welfare of the humankind, the

study has stressed on systematic strategies through larger community awareness, community participation, suitable propagation techniques,

in situ and ex situ trials, demonstration, financial and infrastructural assistance, adequate remuneration.

More importantly, there is also a need of regulatory mechanism and standardised harvesting techniques for the sustainable use of this

resource, it added.The researchers also found that as the growth of the plant and its

survival rate are low, the regeneration of the plant involves risk and uncertainty to the villagers.

"Moreover, the regeneration also needs proper protection (fencing) against browsing animals feeding on the plants. Because of all these practicalities the farmers are reluctant to grow Taxus plants on their

own even if it has great demand in the pharmaceutical industries."Therefore, more focus is needed on the financial assistance and

remuneration to growers to ensure large scale participation," says the study.

Findings7137 of 122 429 study deaths were due to cancer= 6%

A youngster living in India's northeast is four times more likely to develop and succumb to cancer in his lifetime as compared to a youngster living in Bihar.

Suicides

Former Meghalaya speaker's bodyguard commits suicide ...

www.nagalandpost.com › Regional13 Sep 2012 – A bodyguard of former Meghalaya speaker and sitting Congress legislator, Martin M

Danggo Thursday committed suicide, leaving behind one ...

Road Accidents

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the number of road accidents per lakh of population was highest in Goa (267), followed by. Puducherry (115) in

contrast to a low of 1.6 reported by Nagaland ...

Paralysis/ stroke