SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is making the world sneeze. Even as the global health community struggles to unmask a new, deadly, organism, it faces a 21st century dilemma: the speed at which its human carriers have travelled is faster than the
One usually does not associate malaria with a desert environment. Common sense dictates that mosquitoes, that breed only in stagnant water, would give arid, water scarce spaces such as a desert a wide go by. But that is not the case in the Thar desert. Ra
From now onwards we have to battle with another mysterious enemy. Since February 2003, a disease similar to influenza has officially killed 48 people and affected hundreds of others across the world, especially in China and Hong Kong. But it was only in
The deadly Ebola virus has claimed at least 50 lives in the Republic of Congo. The Congolese ministry of health revealed that the victims belonged to Kelle and Mbou villages, in the Cuvette West
David Miller is an expert in psychosocial management of hiv/aids. He has worked in developing countries since 1986 and is currently the Country Programme Adviser of
LIVING WITH THE AIDS VIRUS: THE EPIDEMIC AND THE RESPONSE IN INDIA . Editors: Samiran Panda, Anindya Chatterjee, Abu S Abdul-Quader . Sage Publications . Rs 250 . 204 pages This collection of
japanese encephalitis has claimed more than 100 lives in Assam recently. But more than the disease, official apathy and poor preventive measures are responsible for the deaths. Because, though the
