Intestinal parasitic infestation.

Lice Infestation

Is that so parasitic?

Her guts were swimming with parasitic worms.

Three quarters of all activity is parasitic.

And here comes the salvation through this parasitic wasp.

Indigenous peoples are particularly subject to infectious and parasitic diseases.

The package includes submodels for plant growth, hydrology soils, animal production and grasshopper infestation.

Over the past 25 years, continuous mine infestation had created a catastrophic situation there.

This is a parasitic wasp, again, two millimeters long, slender, a very quick and sharp flier.

The morbidity of contagious and parasitic diseases in FBiH in 2001 amounts to 2415 for every 100.000 people.

Now, am I saying that a sizable minority of the world's population has had their brain hijacked by parasitic ideas?

The Programme of Action recognizes that infectious and parasitic diseases continue to be a major affliction of large numbers of people.

In the total structure of contagious and parasitic diseases in 2001, the most represented one is the group of respiratory contagious diseases with 84,8 cases of diseases, then the group of intestinal contagious diseases with 10,4 and parasitic diseases with 3,4 , while the remaining 1,5 consists of other contagious diseases.

Much health education was carried out during the ankylostomiasis campaign in 1916 to enlighten the public about the problems of hookworm infestation.

Private farming concerns utilize a combination of remote sensed data to watch for the beginning of crop infestation and take early remedial action.

A document on the mines information system and the factors determining the severity of mine infestation was published by ICRC in December 1997.

While this locust infestation was the worst in a decade, the problem is a recurrent one that calls for a more systematic, preventative approach.

Although repeated warnings were issued well in advance, donor support for dealing with the infestation picked up only after the destruction was well under way.

We have provided assistance to combat epidemic diseases and overcome the effects of natural disasters including floods, droughts and infestation by locusts and other pests.

It's a parasitic brain worm that has to get into the stomach of a sheep or a cow in order to continue its life cycle.

UNICEF also provided an in kind donation of a wide spectrum anti parasitic drug to support a de worming campaign in Jordan (see para. 140).

The strategy adopted concentrated on fighting the pest, and insufficient attention was given to mitigating the impact of the infestation on local livelihoods and the environment.

The leading causes of infant deaths are perinatal disorders, low birth weight, birth asphyxia birth trauma, diseases of the respiratory system, parasitic diseases and intestinal infections.

Although the incidence of infectious and parasitic diseases declined in 2001, the incidence of syphilis and gonorrhoea remained unchanged 0.9 and 0.19 of all pregnant women respectively.

And in 30,000 square meters of state of the art greenhouses, there, we are mass producing those predatory mites, those minute pirate bugs, those parasitic wasps, etc., etc.

Both in the structure of morbidity and the structure of mortality for children, the main causes are infectious parasitic diseases, respiratory illnesses and conditions arising in the perinatal period.

2.22 Another objective of the subprogramme will be to ensure an effective, proactive and coordinated United Nations response throughout the Organization s humanitarian, social and economic assistance activities to mine infestation.

In addition, the floods, hurricanes, snowstorms, locust infestation and droughts that have occurred across the globe have caused widespread devastation and a loss of livelihood for hundreds of millions of people.

Sanitary aspects constitute the most serious impact of the process of urbanization, with high rates of incidence of infectious and parasitic diseases that caused by lack of water supply and sanitation.

FAO was then forced to ask for 100 million to contain swarms of epidemic proportions compared to the 9 million that were required to deal with the infestation in its early stages.

24. To assist in the advance planning of relief efforts, vegetation monitoring information was used to assess regional food and water supplies and to mitigate the risks of drought, pest infestation and environmental contamination.

In 2001, 41.5 of infant mortalities were caused by perinatal pathologies, 34.5 by inborn anomalies, 5.1 by injuries, poisoning and other external factors, 2.3 by infectious and parasitic diseases, and 3.2 by respiratory system diseases.

There, earlier availability of funding would have enabled the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to spray locust larvae in the early stages of infestation and thereby prevent the spread of the problem.

The New Atheists, for example, argue that religion is a set of memes, sort of parasitic memes, that get inside our minds and make us do all kinds of crazy religious stuff, self destructive stuff, like suicide bombing.

When we compare these indicators to data from 2000, we find that the proportion of deaths caused by perinatal pathologies continues to decline, while infant deaths from inborn anomalies, infectious and parasitic diseases and respiratory problems has increased.

Problems included the possibility of spontaneous abortion (17.6 in 2001, 17.5 in 2000 and 17.7 in 1999), infectious or parasitic diseases (5.7 in 2001, 7.2 in 2000 and 6.4 in 1999), including STDs (5.0 , 6.1 and 5.2 respectively).

(d) Bolivia. In collaboration with UNDP, WFP and the Ministry of Health, a project in support of the Southern Cone initiative for the elimination of triatoma infestation from dwellings and control of transfusional disease was completed in June 1997

In the Horn of Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa, natural hazards including drought, erratic rains, locust infestation and floods coupled with chronic problems such as poverty, conflict, poor governance and HIV AIDS, affected millions of people, including farmers, pastoral and agropastoral groups.

Owing to difficult socio economic conditions in refugee camps, where overcrowding was commonplace, sanitary facilities often insufficient, and rates of intestinal infestation high, UNRWA implemented a de worming campaign in April 1998 based on the WHO single dose strategy, with support from UNICEF.

In addition to several projects to extend or improve internal sewerage schemes in camps, environmental health services included sewage disposal, management of storm water runoff, provision of safe drinking water, collection and disposal of refuse and control of insect and rodent infestation.

If the rate of infectious and parasitic diseases in a three year period in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is observed, it becomes evident that the trend is, more or less, constant with the exception of parotitis epidemical and virus hepatitis A.

The proposed strategy also complements other major strategies, including the new UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene strategies for 2006 2015 (E ICEF 2006 6) to reduce the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, parasitic infections and acute respiratory infections on child survival and undernutrition.

Mass immunization has largely eliminated polio. Thanks to new programs of oral rehydration and improved water and sanitation, we have seen marked gains in treating dysentery and other parasitic diseases, contributing to a 27 decline between 1990 and 2007 in mortality rates for children under five.

According to United Nations agencies on the ground, this situation is the result of a combination of factors, including drought, infestation, land pressure and reduced amounts of arable land for households, reduced land productivity and malnutrition, resulting from cycles of common and chronic diseases, including malaria and HIV AIDS.