ChannelNews

“……At least 59 000 people worldwide die each year worldwide from the animal-borne disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). More than 99% of victims are concentrated in Asia, Africa and South America…….”

IPS News

WASTING                                                    STUNTING                                                     UNDERWEIGHT

Low weight for height                               Low height for age                                                 Low weight for age

In Egypt, despite the investment in the health sector, and a notable decline in child mortality, malnutrition rates remain high.

For young children under five years of age:
• Stunting remains a significant public health concern in Egypt, affecting 1 in 5 children

• Wasting has increased significantly since 2000, and the trend is significantly higher among girls

• Wasting and underweight stand at 8 and 6 percent, respectively

• The incidence of anemia is high, standing at 27 percent

Stunting is a measure of chronic malnutrition; it reflects inadequate nutrition over a long period, or effects of recurrent or chronic illnesses. The stunting rate of children under five is the percentage whose height-for-age is below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe stunting) from the median heightfor-age.

Underweight reflects both acute and chronic malnutrition. The underweight rate for children under-five is the percentage of whose weight-for-age is below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate) and minus 3 standard deviations (underweight) from the median weightfor-age.

Wasting is a measure of current acute malnutrition, which may reflect acute food shortage or recent episodes of illness. The wasting rate is the percentage of children under-five whose weightfor-height is below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate) and minus 3 standard deviations (severe) from the median weight-for-height.

Overweight is defined as excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. The overweight rate among children under five is the percentage whose weight-forheight is above plus 2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-age. Among adolescents and adults, it is the percentage of individuals with a Body Mass Index equal or higher than 25.

NYT

“……To warn people of what was coming, they deployed everything they had: 2.6 million text messages, 43,000 volunteers, nearly 1,000 emergency workers, television commercials, coastal sirens, buses, police officers, and public address systems blaring the same message on a loop, in local language, in very clear terms: “A cyclone is coming. Get to the shelters.”

[Update: “The worst is over”: A sigh of relief in India, mostly spared by cyclone.]

It seems to have largely worked…..”

37.2 million – 42.7 million
flu illnesses

524,000 – 637,000
flu hospitalizations

36,100 – 59,600
flu deaths

BBC

• At 5 dead and over 60 injured;

HxC

“……The Executive Airline Services twin-engine plane took off from Kano at about 1:30 p.m. with 76 people on board headed for Lagos…..[T]he plane immediately showed signs of distress before plunging toward the ground. It then ripped through a working-class neighborhood……About three full blocks of structures were destroyed.

Many of the victims on the ground were burned to death……”

CNN

CBS