• Question: what is the worst desease you have seen

    Asked by thus520moat on 24 Mar 2025.
    • Photo: Kerry Ann Brown

      Kerry Ann Brown answered on 24 Mar 2025:

      Oh good question. I’ve done a bit of work on micronutrient diseases [iodine deficiency diseases, rickets, neural tube defects]. Micronutrients are nutrients we need in small amounts to survive. Nutrients are things our body can rarely make ourselves so we are reliant on consuming them through our diets.

      Not everyone can consume all the nutrients they need to grow, develop, and function around the world. This isn’t an individual’s fault. It can be due to a lot of different factors in a country/region.

      Malnutrition [poor nutrition] is heart breaking, as there should be no reason why we can’t all consume the foods we need to be well.

      On a different note, at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine we have worms and mosquito labs. I think Denge fever would be my most disliked disease…horrid and we need to find a solution!

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