- the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
- In humans the respiratory tract is the part of the anatomy that has to do with the process of respiration.
- The passage formed by the mouth, nose, throat, and lungs, through which air passes during breathing
- The entire system of air passages involved in breathing, especially the trachea, bronchial tubes, bronchioles, and alveoli.
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- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), gastric reflux disease, or acid reflux disease is defined as chronic symptoms or mucosal damage produced by the abnormal reflux of stomach acid to the esophagus. A typical symptom is heartburn.
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- Philippines came the jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys), from Tahiti came plumeria (Plumeria species), and from Mexico came Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea species)—and all of these blossoms were fashioned into beautiful lei.
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- The red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body
- An internal bodily fluid, not necessarily red, that performs a similar function in invertebrates
- temperament or disposition; “a person of hot blood”
- the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; “blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products”; “the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions”
- Violence involving bloodshed
- smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
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- Each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. Lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups
- Lungs is the first EP by American Post-hardcore band Big Black. It was released in December 1982 on Ruthless Records, and was reissued in 1992 on Touch & Go Records.
- The open spaces in a town or city, where its inhabitants can get fresher air
- (lung) either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
- Lungs is the debut album by the London-based indie pop band Florence and the Machine, released 6 July 2009 by Island Records. The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart for five weeks after its release, behind The Essential Michael Jackson compilation.
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UNHCR News Story: UNHCR relocates 4,000 Sudanese refugees; more convoys planned
UNHCR / P. Rulashe / May 2012
UNHCR relocates 4,000 Sudanese refugees; more convoys planned
JUBA, South Sudan, July 24 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has moved some 4,000 Sudanese from the waterlogged and overcrowded Jammam refugee camp in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state to a site some 50 kilometres away that is already nearing its maximum capacity.
Aid agencies decided it was best to move most refugees from Jammam because of fears for their welfare amid worsening living conditions and a lack of potable water. Torrential rain and several massive influxes had exacerbated the dire situation.
The agency is also set to transport a further 15,000 refugees from Jammam this week to the newly-established Gendrassa camp, some 50kms away. More contingency sites have been identified in Maban County. Several thousand people are believed to be on their way to the border from Sudan’s Blue Nile state.
Meanwhile, with Yusuf Batil reaching its maximum capacity of 34,500 refugees, water supply and hygiene promotion need to be stepped up. More water distribution points are being established to increase daily water supply, which currently stands at about 13 litres per person per day.
In the new Gendrassa camp, two boreholes have been sunk and will initially be able to provide enough water for up to 10,000 people at 15 litres per day per person. A third borehole is being sunk.
Health is also a big issue. "We are continually concerned about the incidence of diseases, particularly bloody diarrhoea, but also malaria and respiratory tract infections in the camps," UNHCR’s chief spokesperson, Melissa Fleming, said on Tuesday.
Aid agencies are now expanding medical services as well as public health campaigns to ensure improved hygiene standards and early detection of disease in camps. Most of the recent arrivals reach the camps exhausted and weak. Malnutrition and mortality rates among children are concerning.
Wider nutrition programmes are being set up in all camps and more oral rehydration points are being established. Cases of diarrhoea are also being closely monitored with samples regularly sent for laboratory testing.
So far in July, some 400 cases of malaria have been reported in health centres in Doro and Yusuf Batil camps. UNHCR and others are renewing the distribution of insecticide-treated nets and key public areas are being sprayed.
Meanwhile, the number of refugees arriving in the nearby Unity state has dropped from 800 refugees per day in June to 250 people per day in July. Some 55,000 refugees still in Yida camp – close to the border – will remain there for the coming months as the area has been cut off by flooding. Airlifts have now become the only viable means of access to the refugee site.
"The hygiene and health situation in Yida remain of serious concern and humanitarian partners are deploying teams around the camp to disseminate hygiene and health messages and identify cases for immediate medical attention," Fleming said, adding that a mortality survey was being conducted.
Upper Nile state is currently home to more than 100,000 refugees while Unity hosts nearly 60,000. A verification exercise to ascertain the number of refugees is under way and will likely lead to adjustments to the estimates of the refugee population in the area.
UNHCR News Story: UNHCR describes alarming health and nutrition situation in South Sudan camps
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UNHCR describes alarming health and nutrition situation in South Sudan camps
GENEVA, August 24 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said on Friday it is concerned by the alarming health and nutrition situation for some 170,000 refugees in South Sudan, particularly among children under the age of five and in the two camps of Yida and Yusul Batil.
"The mortality rate for children less than five across all the camps is above the emergency threshold," said Paul Spiegel, UNHCR’s health expert and deputy director for the Division of Programme Support and Management, said during a press conference. "In Batil in Upper Nile, in Yida in Unity state, they are double the emergency threshold of over four deaths for 10,000 per day, which is four times the normal rate that one would expect in sub-Saharan Africa."
Malnutrition rates are also very high, particularly in Yusuf Batil camp which hosts some 34,000 refugees originally from the Blue Nile region of neighboring Sudan. According to Spiegel, the global acute malnutrition rate in this camp is close to 40 percent among children younger than five, while severe malnutrition affects 13.4 percent of children in the same age group. These children and their mothers are currently being treated under a special feeding program.
In Yusuf Batil there are measles cases, and UNHCR’s partners are undertaking a mass immunization campaign for children. With the rainy season and the cold, there is also an increase in water-borne diseases across all camps, as well as malaria and respiratory tract infections.
Many of these diseases are preventable. UNHCR and its partners are carrying out an extensive health, nutrition and hygiene promotion campaign. Aid agencies are also stepping up the delivery of food and non-food items.
UNHCR, for example, is increasing its distribution of plastic sheeting and soap. The agency is also providing refugee families with more bed mosquito nets, which are crucial in the fight against malaria. More latrines are also being built, while existing ones are being kept clean with the help of the refugee communities.
The community outreach efforts are starting to result in a reduction of diarrheal cases. Despite these efforts, Spiegel warns of the risk of a cholera outbreak due to the poor water and sanitary conditions in the camps during the rainy season.
"Cholera is a possibility. We are even considering measures that are not done so often, such as providing cholera vaccine for the refugee population and possibly the host population as well. This requires approval by the Ministry of Health," Spiegel said.
Since April, the number of Sudanese refugees seeking safety in South Sudan has swelled from 99,000 to 170,000. These refugees are settled in extremely remote and floodable land areas with little or no road infrastructure, forcing aid agencies to deliver aid by air or by barge.
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