Trachoma is a bacterial infection that affects one eyes. This infection is very contagious‚ which can be passed along by contact with infected eyelids‚ throat‚ and nose of infected people. If this infection is left untreated‚ it may lead to eye blindness. This disease is the leading cause of preventable cause of blindness around the world. The majority of blindness comes from areas of lower class‚ such as Africa. Earlt treatment can help prevent trachoma complications. The first signs of trachoma
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Fryns is 0.7: 10‚000 births in France [2]. It affects 1:15‚000 live births [3]. J. P. Fryns first described Fryns syndrome in 1979. It was first described with two still born female siblings. They both presented with coarse facial features‚ cloudy corneas‚ a cleft of the soft palate‚ a small thorax with hypoplastic nipples‚ proximal insertion of the thumbs‚ hypoplasia of the terminal phalanges and nails‚ lung hypoplasia‚ and congenital diaphragmatic hernias [1]. The etiology is relatively unknown
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republic of Congo The interest fueled human rights violations crimes being committed in The Democratic republic of Congo can be greatly suppressed to an eventual cease if the UN were to intervene more decisively. Considering the UN’s ability to pose sanctions and other methods of coercion‚ that can greatly impact a countries ability to perform its main functions‚ why wouldn’t they? The answer requires that we look into the dire situation that exists today in The Democratic republic of Congo. The conflict
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Naturalistic Observation Report There are many places a psychologist can obtain “naturalistic” viewpoints of human beings in any given situation in life. The situations I have listed below are three examples of “naturalistic observations”‚ I have witnessed over the last six weeks and a lifetime that signify various ideas‚ emotions and reactions of the given circumstances. I hope these instances I have provided‚ make you think of similar situations that you may have encountered in the past
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King Leopold the II‚ is infamously known as the sole creator of the “Congo Free State”‚ modern day Republic of the Congo. The Congo region was and still is a vastly diverses area of modern day Africa. However‚ when King Leopold began his expedition to africa‚ the area was occupied by a vast amount diverse groups of people‚ but predominantly‚ the Bantu migrants which settled in the vastly resourceful land near lake Tanganyika. This immensely resourceful land was in the forefront of various european
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confidently commits brutal acts against the people of the Congo. Meanwhile‚ Marlow a quiet and indecisive explorer stands by allowing these events to occur despite the fact that these attacks violate his sense of morals. Both characters in
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had made‚ the wind was nearly calm‚ and being bound down on the river‚ the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide(Conrad 1).” Before the company could head to the Congo‚ they had to wait for the storm to pass; meanwhile‚ Marlow describes his story from his
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book about the reactions that can be made with the burden of collective guilt; to be specific‚ to our complicit guilt as citizens of the United States for the misconduct by our nation in the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible is an allusion of an event that triggers the life of a family to be burden with guilt in the Congo. The title of the book is what describes the whole book. The Poisonwood Bible is an increased prosecution of Western colonialism and post-colonimalism‚ an expose of cultural arrogance and
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In the last decades of the nineteenth century around 2-15 million of the Congolese died when Europeans began to take over the Congo Free State‚ evidently affecting the Congolese greatly. The Europeans made this horrific takeover because they believed that they could change Africa for the better. There were many changes in the Congo’s culture‚ economic and social status. This takeover initiated because of the Europeans’ want in their resources and the beginning of racism and abuse toward the Congolese
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village named Kilanga during 1959. The family is in the Congo for a missionary mission to help the Congolese people and make the Congo a better place. When an ant invasion terrorizes the small village‚ the Price girls must make a quick decision on what to bring with them while the ants destroy the remaining things. Rachel‚ the oldest daughter‚ chooses her hand held mirror but Adah‚ brings her own voice with her. While Leah‚ chooses her love for the Congo and Congolese people. The physical or mental objects
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