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  2. Diseases of poverty - Wikipedia

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    The largest three poverty-related diseases (PRDs)—AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis—account for 18% of diseases in poor countries. [56] The disease burden of treatable childhood diseases in high-mortality, poor countries is 5.2% in terms of disability-adjusted life years but just 0.2% in the case of advanced countries. [56]

  3. Disease in colonial America - Wikipedia

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    Unlike some diseases, Thiamine deficiency or beriberi, is a treatable, preventable disease caused by the deficiency of vitamin B 1. [29] First seen in 1642 by the Dutch physician Jacobus Bontius, it was named for the Sinhalese word meaning weakness-weakness. [29] Beriberi is seen in two forms: wet and dry.

  4. Diseases and epidemics of the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    During the first cholera epidemic, Edwin Chadwick made an inquiry into sanitation and used quantitative data to link poor living conditions and disease and low life expectancy. [ 10 ] [ 9 ] As a result, the Board of Health in London took measure to improve drainage and ventilation around the city.

  5. Social determinants of health in poverty - Wikipedia

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    In South Africa, excess female mortality between 10 and 50 years of age rose from close to zero to 74,000 deaths per year in 2008. In impoverished populations, there are pronounced differences in the types of illnesses and injuries men and women contract. According to Ward, poor women have more heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and infant mortality.

  6. Undernutrition in children - Wikipedia

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    Poor sanitary conditions in the environment that can contribute to malnutrition and disease in children (Kibera, Kenya) The World Health Organization estimated in 2008 that globally, half of all cases of undernutrition in children under five were caused by unsafe water, inadequate sanitation, or insufficient hygiene. [6]

  7. Native American disease and epidemics - Wikipedia

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    Cholera outbreaks were more devastating primarily because indigenous communities had little forms of water filtration and lacked immunity to water-borne diseases. [95] Due to a lack of immunity to water-borne disease, Native Americans suffered from higher mortality rates [96] Lack of immunity and exposure to bodies of water contaminated by ...

  8. Food poisoning is extremely common. But that doesn't ... - AOL

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    While many cases go unreported, "the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 48 million people – about 1 in 6 Americans – get sick from foodborne illnesses each ...

  9. Menstrual hygiene management - Wikipedia

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    Many adolescent girls and women of menstruating age live in poor socio-economic environments. 663 million people lack basic access to safe water, and 2.4 billion people lack adequate access to basic sanitary conditions. [15] For women and girls, the lack of safe, accessible water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is particularly troubling during ...