Onchocerciasis associated epilepsy: An important neglected public health problem

The health of students in institutes of higher education: an important and neglected public health problem?

BACKGROUND A survey of students in three UK higher education establishments was undertaken to obtain information about students' physical and emotional well-being, their attitudes to, and beliefs about health, and the prevalence of risk factors for future ill health. METHODS Health was measured by the prevalence of longstanding illness and by the SF-36 health status measurement tool. Survey r...

Eliminating onchocerciasis as a public health problem.

Onchocerciasis as a disease of public health significance, which affects people of 35 countries in Africa, America and the Arabian Peninsula (Figures 1 and 2) did not receive much attention until after World War II. By then the blindness produced by onchocerciasis had been fairly well described in studies from west and central Africa, and the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium flie...

Alveolar Echinococcosis (AE) :An Important Neglected Foodborne Pathogen Threatening Community Health

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by Echinococcus multilocularis can infect humans as a dead-end host. They matured in canid’s intestine (e.g. foxes, jackals, wolves, dogs, cats, etc.). AE is seen across the world. It has a high prevalence in the central and northern parts of Europe, North America and Asia. The prevalence of AE was low in the past, even in hyper endemic regions. But in ...

Psychological distress among postpartum mothers of preterm infants and associated factors: a neglected public health problem.

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of psychological distress, depression, anxiety, and stress among postpartum Arab mothers of preterm or low birth weight (LBW) infants and to identify maternal characteristics that can predict psychological distress among mothers of preterm infants. METHODS A hospital-based study was conducted. A representative sample of 2,...

Mental Health — An Issue Neglected by European Public Health Systems?