diseases in India are caused by unsafe drinking water‚ inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene. Annual‚ water-related problems are responsible for: 4 billion cases of diarrhea‚ resulting in the deaths of more than 6 million children‚ 300 million malaria sufferers‚ 6 million people who have been struck blind by trachoma‚ and 500 million people who are currently at risk of contracting it‚ the World Bank says(Bangladesh News). Because of these conditions humans have become walking‚ talking carriers
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chemical‚ dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT)‚ is a prime example of how public health benefits and environmental costs tradeoff. DDT was extensively used worldwide beginning in the 1940’s as a means to kill insects; it was also used to prevent malaria from spreading and control agriculture pests. DDT became so popular that at one point the U.S. was the leading producer‚ developing thousands of metric tons of DDT. With years of scientific research‚ researches came to find that effects of DDT were
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danger to our health. They cause diseases like dengue‚ malaria‚ and yellow fever. Dengue is disease caused by a specific kind of mosquitoes‚ the Aedes Aegypti. Millions of people is affected and died because of this disease around the world (WHO‚2011). The particulate characteristics of dengue were high fever‚ headache‚ and skin rashes. Other symptoms were exhaustion‚ muscle pain‚ bleeding gums‚ and sever e pain behind the eyes (Cunha‚ 2013). Malaria is one of the mosquito-borne diseases
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LYSSAVAC‚ VERORAB Immunoglobulins: ERIG or HRIg DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Tetanus: WOUND CULTURE Meningitis: LUMBAR PUNCTURE Encephalitis: EEG Polio: EMG; Muscle testing Rabies: Brain biopsy (Negri bodies) Fluorescent rabies antibody test Dengue: TOURNIQUET test (Rumpel lead) Malaria: Malarial smear; QBC (Quantitative Buffy Coat) Scarlet: DICK’S TEST; SCHULTZ-CHARLTON TEST Diphtheria: SCHICK’S TEST; Moloney’s Test Pertussis: Nasal swab; agar plate Tuberculosis: MANTOUX test Leprosy: SLIT SKIN SMEAR Pinworm:
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Comparative Health Care Ques 1: - Describe in detail healthcare delivery system in India? Ans: - The Healthcare delivery system broadly consists of the following sectors or agencies:- 1. PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR a) Primary Health Care Primary health centres. Sub- Centres. b) Hospitals/Health Centres Community Health Centres. Rural hospitals. District hospitals. Teaching hospitals. Specialist hospitals. c) Health Insurance Schemes Employees States Insurance Scheme (ESIS)
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SCI250 Week 6 Chapter 23 Cardiovascular System Quiz Section: Multiple Choice 1. The normal microflora of the heart includes species of ________ Gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria. fungi. viruses. None of the above 2. Which of the following is least likely to cause Septicemia leading to endotoxin-induced shock? Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Klebsiella Proteus Serratia 3. Rheumatic fever caused by Streptococcus pyogenes most likely results from ________
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Wuchereria bancrofti is a human parasitic roundworm that is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis. Wuchereria bancrofti‚ Brugia malayi and B. timori are the three filarial species cause lymphatic filariasis. They are spread by a mosquito vector and human is the definitive host. In lymphatic filariasis‚ repeated episodes of inflammation and lymphedema lead to lymphatic damage‚ chronic swelling‚ and elephantiasis of the legs‚ arms‚ scrotum‚ vulva‚ and breasts . Epidemiology W. bancrofti occurs in
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disease. One of the disease caused by mosquitoes is malaria‚ malaria is not the lone mosquito-borne disease that caused troubles during the early times. But the leading cause of malaria infection is the humans that are affected with the parasite. And with the appearance of efficient medicine‚ it has helped in improving our understanding of mosquitoes and the infection it causes. One way of preventing malaria is by killing the local mosquito population‚ and health workers
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Philippines is experiencing an erratic change in weather which is causing a lot of problems‚ including the increase of population growth of mosquitoes which could cause various kinds of diseases like Encephalitis‚ West Nile Fever‚ Dengue Fever and Malaria. People should be aware of the things that might happen because of the said diseases. The researcher conducted a study that could be a possible solution to this kind of problem. The main purpose of the study is to make a candle
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Formed during Kenya’s Colonial rule‚ as a byproduct of Colonial segregation and institutionalized racism‚ Kibera is the largest urban informal settlement in Africa. The city of Nairobi was built on the intention of creating a vibrate city for the non-African population (White‚ 1990). The necessity for infrastructure created an influx of Africans looking for manual labor in urban employment. Because of the intent to separate Europeans from the African inhabitants‚ these new populations were segregated
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