Targeting old scourges – The Hindu (Feb 06, 2017)

Targeting old scourges – The Hindu (Feb 06, 2017)

The reference in the Union Budget to new elimination targets for some major communicable diseases barely hints at the enormous burden carried by millions in India with… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1:

1. scourge (noun) – affliction, bane, burden.
2. communicable (adjective) – contagious, infectious, transmittable.
3. incongruous (adjective) – out of place, inappropriate, unsuitable.
4. political will (noun) – political intention/desire (to complete a scheme/project even if it is not admired/welcomed in the beginning).
5. loosen the purse strings (phrase) – to increase spending.
6. ambitious (adjective) – demanding, formidable, challenging.
7. rid (of) (verb) – clear, free, empty.
8. in reality (phrase) – in fact, actually, really.
9. complacency (noun) – self-satisfaction, self-admiration, self-congratulation; carelessness/laziness.
10. self-congratulatory (adjective) – self-satisfied, self-admired, unduly complacent.
11. prevalence (noun) – commonness, widespread presence, ubiquitousness.
12. endemism (noun) – a disease/condition frequently found among particular people/in a specific area.
13. induce (verb) – cause, bring about, effect.
14. envisage (verb) – foresee, predict, forecast.
15. rehabilitation (noun) – the action of bringing (someone or something) back to a normal, healthy condition after an illness, injury, drug problem, etc (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
16. confine (verb) – restrict, limit.
17. promising (adjective) – good, positive,optimistic, favourable.
18. candidate (noun) – prospect.
19. protozoal (adjective) – relating to a single-celled microscopic animal.
20. parasite (noun) – an animal or plant that lives in or on another animal or plant and gets food or protection from it.
21. animal reservoir (noun) – a animal group which is infested with a particular disease and it can act as a source of further infection among people.
22. vectors (noun) – they are living organisms that can transmits infectious diseases between humans or from animals to humans (Courtesy: WHO).
23. pursue (verb) – engage in,  practise, follow.
24. filariasis (noun) – a tropical disease which cause elephantiasis (enlargement of a part of the body, particularly lower limb (leg)).

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