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Dengue, malaria and Chagas disease. Leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis and yellow fever. Chikungunya, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis and West Nile virus. These are 10 vector-borne diseases carried by mosquitoes, ticks, flies and other vectors that put one of every two people in the Americas at risk.
Dengue: a potentially lethal disease…
One of every two people in the Americas is at risk of diseases carried by insects
Washington, D.C., 7 April 2014 (PAHO/WHO) - Mosquitoes, ticks, flies and other insects can be far more than a nuisance. The diseases they carry-malaria, dengue, yellow fever, West Nile virus, Lyme disease and many others-can cause serious illness and in some cases…
Top health experts call for stepped-up action on West Nile virus, dengue and other vector-borne diseases
Washington, D.C., 4 April 2014 (PAHO/WHO) —Roughly 50% of people living in the Western Hemisphere are at risk of one or more diseases carried by mosquitoes, ticks, flies and other vectors, including West Nile virus, dengue, malaria and most…
Chile and Peru's…
More than half the world's population is at…
When Martha Alida Solórzano was first…
These new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) double previous estimates and confirm that air pollution is now the world's largest single environmental health risk. Reducing air pollution could save millions of lives.
GENEVA ¦ 25 March 2014 — In new estimates released today, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that in 2012…
Three and a half years into a cholera epidemic that has claimed more than 8,500 lives, Haiti has made significant progress in slowing the spread of the disease.…