Health in Bihar -- an overview.
Health Millions
; 25(4): 21-3, 1999.
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| ID: mdl-12295396
ABSTRACT
PIP This article presents an overview of the health situation in Bihar for the last 50 years. Although demographic improvements have been noted in the past years, the incidence of various diseases remains high and socioeconomic status low in Bihar. Protein-energy malnutrition, nutritional anemia and blindness are common. Safe drinking water and sanitary facilities are still not available to a large number of people. Furthermore, a number of communicable diseases are prevalent in the country. This is exemplified in the Kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis epidemic in 1992, which reported 75,523 cases and 1417 deaths. Kala-azar cases have started rising again since 1996, and it is estimated that there might be another epidemic in the first decade of the 21st century if the situation is allowed to continue. Other infectious diseases, which threaten the health situation in Bihar, are malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, and HIV/AIDS. Moreover, population and decadal growth rate have more than doubled over the last 40 years. Maternal mortality remains very high, but survival chances of children have increased due to immunization and other programs. In general, it was demonstrated that the present health situation in Bihar is a matter of grave concern, and requires an urgent solution.^ieng
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Tema:
Complicacoes
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Epidemiologia
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Etiologia
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Geral
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Historia
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Prevencao_controle
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Transmissao
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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Saneamento
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Surtos de Doenças
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Indicadores Básicos de Saúde
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Morbidade
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Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Patient_preference
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Millions
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article