Challenges in diabetes management with particular reference to India

Challenges in diabetes management with particular reference to India

Diabetes was estimated to be responsible for 109 thousand deaths, 1157 thousand years of life lost and for 2263 thousand disability adjusted life years (DALYs) in India during 2004. However, health systems have not matured to manage diabetes effectively. The limited studies available on diabetes care in India indicate that 50 to 60% of diabetic patients do not achieve the glycemic target of HbA...

Evolving Ethnicity in South Asia With Particular Reference to India

Sickle cell disease: Status with particular reference to India

cell disease (SCD) continues to be a serious, widespread disorder with only a few effective treatments. The characteristic abnormally shaped red cells were first recognised and named in 1910 1 , and knowledge about the condition has steadily accumulated since then. Haemoglobin polymerization was identified as the primary event, causing red cell dehydration and damage, leading to vaso-occlusion ...

Challenges of Sludge Management in Developing Countries towards Sustainable Environment with Particular Reference to Indonesian Condition

Most of the developing countries particularly Indonesia will be facing the dilemmatic problems of sludge pressure in next decades due to increasing the legal and illegal loggings as well as the land and water demands resulting from the population growth, improved standard of people living and urbanization as well as economic and industrial developments. Consequence, there will be facing also th...

The management of coronavirus infections with particular reference to SARS.

The human coronaviruses (HCoV) OC43 and 229E are common causes of upper respiratory tract infections. Severe diseases were rare, however, until the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV in 2003. Since then, other novel CoV (NL63 and HKU1) have been described, and they have caused respiratory infections worldwide. Potentially exposed laboratory workers or animal handlers ...