What are the 7 killer diseases?
What are the 7 killer diseases?
Read on to see the top 10 diseases causing the most deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) .
- Ischemic heart disease, or coronary artery disease.
- Stroke.
- Lower respiratory infections.
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers.
- Diabetes mellitus.
What are the 5 killer disease?
This paper highlights five killer diseases-diarrhoea, measles, whooping cough, tetanus and fever. Diar- rhoea is the single leading cause of death among children in the Third World (191.
What are 10 diseases caused by viruses?
Viruses are responsible for causing many diseases, including:
- AIDS.
- Common cold.
- Ebola.
- Genital herpes.
- Influenza.
- Measles.
- Chickenpox and shingles.
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
What diseases no longer exist?
Eradicated diseases
- So far, only two diseases have been successfully eradicated—one specifically affecting humans (smallpox), and one affecting a wide range of ruminants (rinderpest).
- Smallpox is the first disease, and so far the only infectious disease of humans, to be eradicated by deliberate intervention.
What are the 5 childhood diseases?
What are the most common schoolyard illnesses?
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Whooping cough (pertussis)
- Measles , Mumps , Rubella.
- Rotavirus.
- Tetanus.
- Influenza.
- Hepatitis B.
- Meningococcal ACWY.
Is Ebola a virus?
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates. The viruses that cause EVD are located mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. People can get EVD through direct contact with an infected animal (bat or nonhuman primate) or a sick or dead person infected with Ebola virus.