Serious diseases have been reported in remote villages of northern Afghanistan, which were severely damaged by a recent earthquake. The United Nations and Red Cross have evacuated 102 of the most

fresh water supply is gradually becoming a matter of serious concern, says a report of the United Nations ( un ).

Oral vaccines could soon be available for rotavirus infection a major cause of diarrhoea

measles , diarrhoea, and rabies have claimed 121 lives in Nepal in this year's rainy season. Three districts of the

There were reports of epidemics among the victims of flood disaster in Bangladesh in mid-July as the death toll rose to 84. The health ministry's permanent epidemic monitoring centre in Dhaka

A CHANCE discovery' by. virologists of Baylor college of, medicine in Houston, Texas, could stop life-threatening diarrhoea in children, dead in tracks. Led by Mary Estes, the virologists were

Infected food and unhygienic feeding habits lead to a high incidence of infantile diarrhoea

The drug controller of India is considering banning anti- diarrheal drugs for children because they are increasingly replacing oral rehydration solutions -- the first-line treatment for replenishing