31481. Simple precautions like adding iodine to the diet can prevent the tragedy of cretinism. This child's mother suffers from goitre Subject(s): World Health Organization
31482. To spend a lifetime in the dark- like this little Indonesian child- is tragedy enough. Even more shocking is the fact that this blindness is unnecessary and preventable Subject(s): ChildWorld Health Organization
31483. The desperate face of starvation. Emergency rehydration may just save this little boy's life in a Bangladesh hospital. But when coupled with chronic malnutrition, acute diarrhoeal dieases are child-killers Subject(s): BangladeshChildWorld Health Organization
31484. Life holds no joy for the malnourished. If resources are to be more evenly distributed, this means giving top priority to the socially under-privileged Subject(s): ChildWorld Health Organization
31485. Young lives are threatened by diarrheal diseases. But research has replaced the old method of rehydration through an intravenous drip by oral rehydration drinks which can be prepared by the mother at home Subject(s): MothersMother-Child RelationsChildWorld Health Organization
31486. The apathy and sadness of malnutrition. This girl in a hospital in Jordan is suffering from a severe protien- calorie deficiency Subject(s): Hospital UnitsChildWorld Health Organization
31487. Rehydration fluids being readied for transport in plastic containers. The packaging of drugs too must be checked for potential dangers Subject(s): World Health Organization.
31488. An 18th century pharmacy from Köszeg, Hungary - part of a display in the semmelweis Museum of Medical History in Budapest Subject(s): PharmaciesWorld Health Organization
31489. A modern European pharmacy Subject(s): Emblems and InsigniaPharmaciesPharmacistsWorld Health Organization
31490. The old-style pharmacy often used poisonous compounds, thus lending substance to Voltaire's complaint that physicians " prescribe medicine of which they know little to cure dieases of which they know less in human beings of which they know nothing" Subject(s): PharmaciesPharmacistsWorld Health Organization