Communicable Disease Outbreak of Avian Influenza 2 Communicable diseases account for approximately 1/4th of worldwide mortality‚ contributing to more than 15 million deaths each year (Kierny‚ Exclor‚ and Girard‚ 2004). There have been three pandemics of Avian Influenza in the last century-‐ 1918‚ 1957
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health can make a difference in the lives of tens‚ hundreds‚ and even thousands or millions. Public health program is very important beause these are some of the threats to our health that we will be facing in the years to come such as avian influenza‚ HIV/AIDS‚ obesity‚ cancer‚ bioterrorism‚ domestic violence‚ substance abuse‚ mental health‚ drug resistant diseases‚ emerging and re-emerging diseases‚ environmental toxins‚ inequities in health care access and manymore. Most experts agree that
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Public health is a very broad term with many different definitions and understandings. John M. Barry defined public health as the means where the largest numbers of lives are saved‚ usually by understanding the epidemiology of a disease—its patterns‚ where and how it emerges and spreads—and attacking it at its weak points. Basically‚ it is a system that performs community service by way of publicly promoting health through accessible treatment outlets‚ providing disease prevention resources‚ and
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Empowering evidence-based decisions‚ from patients to populations Antimicrobial Stewardship Empowering Providers to Reduce Risk of Hospital Acquired Infections White Paper © 2013 Antimicrobial Stewardship ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP Empowering Providers to Reduce Risk of Hospital Acquired Infections TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 2 INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
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References: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009). Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)‚ 2009. MMWR Early release‚ 58(Early release)‚ 1-54. Chang‚ S.‚ & Collie‚ C. L. (2009). The future of cancer prevention: will our workforce be ready? Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention‚ 18(9)‚ 2348-2351. Feinstein‚ W. L. The Institutional Change Process: Lessons Learned Along
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Lesson 1: Introduction to Epidemiology Section 10: Chain of Infection As described above‚ the traditional epidemiologic triad model holds that infectious diseases result from the interaction of agent‚ host‚ and environment. More specifically‚ transmission occurs when the agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit‚ is conveyed by some mode of transmission‚ and enters through an appropriate portal of entry to infect a susceptible host. This sequence is sometimes called the chain
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) Iman binti Jeffrey 0611750 Outline Definition Epidemiology Etiology Pathogenesis & Pathology Clinical features Investigations Diagnosis Differential diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Definition Postinfectious polyneuropathy involving mainly motor but sometimes also sensory and autonomic nerves Affects people of all ages and is not hereditary Most patients have a demyelinating neuropathy‚ but primarily axonal degeneration is documented
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Diseases such as viral hepatitis‚ influenza and tuberculosis till are one of the leading causes of death. Having the proper use of vaccines‚ medications (antibiotics)‚ along with screening and testing will help the diseases from advancing and even spreading. Saving the buck by staying up
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Arthritis‚ Celiac Disease‚ and Lupus fall into this category. With Zika virus becoming more ubiquitous‚ focus on one specific autoimmune disorder‚ called Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)‚ has become more prevalent. This paper will discuss the current epidemiology‚ risk factors‚ signs and symptoms‚ diagnostic testing‚ treatments‚ nursing implications and care‚ and prognosis for GBS. Description of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is the most common type of
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------------------------------------------------- Swine influenza From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Swine flu) This article is about influenza viruses in pigs. For the 2009 outbreak‚ see 2009 flu pandemic. For the 2009 human virus‚ see Pandemic H1N1/09 virus. Influenza (Flu) | | Types | * Avian * A/H5N1 subtype * Canine * Equine * Swine * A/H1N1 subtype | Vaccines | * 2009 pandemic * Pandemrix * Fluzone * Influvac * Live
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