helminths (STHs) are included in the list of the world’s neglected tropical diseases (Molyneux et al.‚ 2005). STHs are major public health problem especially in the developing nations. The species of soil-transmitted helminths that infect humans are concentrated in the developing world‚ and these include the large roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides‚ the whipworm Trichuris trichiura‚ and the hookworm Ancylostoma duodenale and (Hotez et al.‚ 2003). The disease burden depends on the regional ecological conditions
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People who have rare diseases have had not much research attention‚ it is because their numbers are small and the supply and demand market for drugs to treatment is also small. A rare disease occurs in less than 200‚000 individuals in the United States‚ or less than 5 per 10‚000 individuals in the European Union (Mary‚ 2008). Since 1983‚ the congress of the Orphan Drug law has allowed the companies to own a seven-year monopoly for bringing a new treatment for a rare disease to the market. Marion
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Red Crescent Societies Control of communicable diseases 7 This measles ’jab’ will help prevent this child from the consequences of measles such as pneumonia‚ malnutrition‚ blindness and brain disease. Photo:Marko Kokic‚Canadian Red Cross Control of communicable diseases in emergencies Description This chapter gives an overview of common and emerging communicable disease threats among displaced populations because of natural and human-made disasters. General and disease-specific strategies for
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ chronic illness‚ such as obesity‚ heart disease‚ and cancer are among the most common and costly health problems associated with the elderly‚ they are also among the most preventable (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2010). Because chronic diseases are the driven force behind the increase in health care and prescription cost for the elderly‚ programs such as wellness and chronic disease management programs can help reduce
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is example of a government run agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one of the most important health agencies in the world. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a federal government run agency that relies on stakeholders and partners to offer important insight in planning and evaluating‚ and contributions in helping Americans live long‚ healthy‚ and satisfying lives. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Center for Disease Control is a United States public agency that works to protect health and safety. They do this by researching diseases and provide information about them to help Americans stay healthy. The Center for Disease control has workers who are called disease detectives. These are the people that go to different countries to do research on diseases and bring the information back to America to make sure we are aware and educated about them. Disease detectives and the Center for Disease Control
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DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL DISEASE A disease is an abnormal condition that affects the body of an organism. It is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by factors originally from an external source‚ such as infectious disease. “Disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress‚ soci al problems‚ or death to the person afflicted‚ or similar problems for those in contact
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FISH DISEASES AND THEIR CONTROL Lecture Prepared by: Prof. G.N.O. Ezeri Aquaculture and Fisheries Management University of Agriculture‚ Abeokuta‚ NIGERIA. ADVANCES IN FISH DISEASES FIS 710 (3 Units) Core Course Outline • Types of fish diseases‚ (parasitic‚ bacterial‚ fungal‚ nutritional etc.) • Laboratory methods for fish disease diagnosis‚ • Prevention‚ control and therapy of fish disease Introduction • Higher stocking densities call for the introduction of large quantities
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1. TDI (The Tropical Disease Initiative) This programme was started because of lack of innovation and availability of drugs in tropical regions‚ especially; for diseases that are indigenous to the tropical regions. Drugs for diseases like the African sleeping sickness‚ dengue fever‚ kwashiorkor‚ malaria‚ tuberculosis etc.‚ are only 1% of the newly developed drugs. Due to patent incentives for the Western pharmaceutical companies and lack of payers for the drugs in the Tropics‚ drug availability is
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the critical age hypothesis‚ there is a period of time in child development in which language learning must occur. Children who have been neglected by their caregivers have major disruptions in their child development. They may develop mental disorders such as PTSD and anxiety problems‚ or encounter physical problems such as severe injuries and asthma. Neglected children are also likely to have cognitive and intellectual difficulties in social and classroom settings. In extreme cases in which children
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