Of great importance to public and child health are the vaccines against the so-called six killer diseases of childhood-measles, pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, tuberculosis and poliomyelitis.
The 6-in-1 vaccine is sometimes referred to as DTaP/Hib/HepB/IPV, which stands for 'Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis, Hib, Hepatitis B and Inactivated Polio Vaccine'.
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally. The second biggest cause are cancers. In this section you can see the causes of death for all countries in the world.
Scarlet fever, tuberculosis, mumps, measles: You may think these are deadly diseases of the past, wiped out with vaccines and antibiotics. The truth is that these diseases are still infecting people worldwide, and some have made resurgences in the U.S. Stay healthy and safe with the precautions outlined here.
cancer. dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. advanced lung, heart, kidney and liver disease. stroke and other neurological diseases, including motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis.
The three leading causes of burden of disease in 2030 are projected to include HIV/AIDS, unipolar depressive disorders, and ischaemic heart disease in the baseline and pessimistic scenarios.
Leprosy (or Hansen's disease) is considered as one of the oldest infectious diseases ever known in human history: it has been the scourge of humanity since antiquity.
Ischemic heart disease, or coronary artery disease
The deadliest disease in the world is coronary artery disease (CAD). Also known as ischemic heart disease, CAD occurs when the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart become narrowed. Untreated CAD can lead to chest pain, heart failure, and arrhythmias.
Rabies. Rabies, one of the oldest known infectious diseases, is nearly 100% fatal and continues to cause tens of thousands of human deaths globally (1).
1. Bubonic Plague. Bubonic Plague is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. Throughout centuries, the disease has erupted several times in different eras, claiming between ten and millions of lives worldwide.
Meningococcal B and ACWY
The recommendation for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is immunisation against meningococcal disease from 6 weeks of age.
TLDR: the most curable forms of cancer include: colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lung cancer. Stage 1 cancer is also curable, especially when caught in its early stages. The earlier you detect cancer, the higher your odds are of curing it before it becomes severe.
Cancer may be curable in the next two decades.
So far, the world has eradicated two diseases — smallpox and rinderpest.
Already, drug-resistant diseases cause at least 700,000 deaths worldwide each year, but “if no action is taken,” that figure could increase to 10 million globally per year by 2050, overtaking diabetes, heart disease and cancer as the leading cause of death in humans, the report states.
The three leading causes of burden of disease in 2030 are projected to include HIV/AIDS, unipolar depressive disorders, and ischaemic heart disease in the baseline and pessimistic scenarios.
Examples of slow virus diseases include HIV/AIDS, caused by the HIV virus, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, the rare result of a measles virus infection, and Paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans), which may be associated with paramyxoviruses, especially the measles virus and the human respiratory syncytial ...
Most sudden deaths are due to heart diseases, especially sudden cardiac death. Some sudden deaths are caused by epilepsy or other conditions. A typical classification subdivides sudden deaths into arrhythmic, circulatory, and non-cardiac deaths.
What is Huntington's disease? Huntington's disease is a rare, progressive brain disorder. It gradually kills nerve cells in the brain. This slowly deteriorates a person's physical and mental abilities.