With Nigeria accounting for 31% of the estimated 608,000 deaths due to malaria globally, good knowledge of malaria prevention is essential for effective malaria control. The objective of this study was to examine the knowledge of malaria prevention and its associated factors among Nigerian women. ...
Particular focus is paid to a project which used a lantern to diffuse neem oil, a mosquito repellent, in an effort to prevent the spread of malaria. Comments from summit participants including student Rayshan Whitford and organizer Ariel Phillips are presented.LINDOW...
Learners of Chinese are drilled to always “write inside the box” and place great emphasis on conformity. Learners of English are drilled in past, present and perfect tenses, and they generally place a high value on timeliness. Speakers of multiple languages are thus able to access multiple pe...
Make sure to check your pets for ticks, especially since the pests can spread disease to both animals and humans.(Image credit: xkunclova via Shutterstock) 6. Cover up Covering up as much skin as possible while you're outside can prevent ticks from latching on, Donohoe said. "Tucking pan...
“You may not be able to teach them to practise good hand hygiene but you can keep them at home to prevent them from passing on an infection to the patient as well as preventing them from getting ill,” said Manvir. Antibiotic resistance has been around since the 1940s when the first ...
Are there ways to prevent and/or cure AIDS? HIV: HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. If a person is infected with HIV, this virus will kill and destroy important cells of the person's immune system (ex: T cells). As HIV kills more and more immune cells, ...
and to find resources and tools to prevent suicide and reduce the number of new long-term schizophrenic patients. New legislation for special health care brought psychiatry and somatic health care under the same administrative agency, which was managed at the regional level (Alanko,2017; Hyvönen...
A little over a year ago,SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, began to infect a cluster of individuals in China. Since then, the virus has rapidly spread to every corner of the globe, causing more than2 million reported deathsand nearly 100 million diagnosed cases, as well as ...
Dr. Oz says a dab of honey applied to the site can sooth skin because it is a natural antibiotic. (More info in the related links below.) It can also prevent infections if you have scratched your bite open with fingernails that aren’t clean. ...
So are there any ways to tackle it naturally? Here’s a look at some measures that can help.1 2 Home Remedies For Dengue Currently, there is no prescribed medicine for dengue. But some simple measures like taking sufficient rest and drinking plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration can be ...