2020年4月9日 · These diseases are caused by pathogenic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi. Sometimes their spread leads to pandemics that tear through populations, such as the 14th-century bubonic plague, which killed about 50 million people in Europe, or 1918’s Spanish Flu, which infected a quarter of the world’s population.

2017年5月26日 · The truth is, we are on the brink of eradicating a string of deadly diseases that were, until recently, affecting millions of people. It has been 35 years since the World Health Organization declared that smallpox had been eradicated.

2017年9月11日 · In the United States, diseases that caused widespread misery and death in past centuries have been eradicated or almost eradicated. Cases of diphtheria – a deadly disease that affects a person’s breathing – reduced 100% following the introduction of a vaccine.

2017年5月11日 · And rather than diseases being released by melting ice, some argue that as Earth warms northern countries will become more susceptible to outbreaks of "southern" diseases like malaria, cholera and dengue fever, as these pathogens thrive at warmer temperatures.

2015年8月27日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …

2021年2月3日 · Last year, UNICEF said it was worried about the confluence of COVID-19 cases and ongoing outbreaks of diseases like measles, cholera and polio. Several countries were already tackling these and other deadly diseases when the pandemic struck, including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, the Philippines, Syria and South …

2020年9月29日 · Globally, in the 16 years between 2000 and 2016, the group classed as communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional conditions – including HIV/Aids, diarrhoeal diseases and preterm birth complications – caused fewer deaths, with some dropping out of the top 10 altogether, according to the WHO.

2020年4月17日 · The rash develops into clusters of fluid-filled pustules, which can look superficially similar to the chickenpox rash, although the two diseases are caused by different viruses. Early symptoms include high fever and fatigue.

2020年4月21日 · COVID-19 is indirectly triggering a surge in many other deadly and debilitating infectious diseases and the greatest impact will be felt by some of the world's poorest nations. That’s because more than 13 million people will miss out on life-saving vaccinations due to disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

2020年4月9日 · By the late 1990s, the progress of international immunization programmes was stalling. Nearly 30 million children in developing countries were not fully immunized against deadly diseases, and many others weren’t immunized at all. The problem was that new vaccines were becoming available but developing countries simply could not afford them.