Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla is an Indian entrepreneur who has a net worth of $4.9 billion. Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla has accumulated his fortune as the Chairman of Poonawalla‚ which is the world’s largest producer of vaccines. It produces more than one billion doses annually through an Indian bio-tech company called Serum Institute of India. The group saw an almost 50% jump in revenues last fiscal year on higher sales of specific vaccines that were used in Africa or were part of India’s immunization system
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Block 3 covers key issues about involving local people in planning and/or running community- based health and social care projects. Using examples from Block 3‚ discuss how local involvement helps to make care services more responsive to local needs‚ and explain some challenges in achieving it. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition of health as contained in its constitution is ‘Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
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Module One: Introduction to Theory 2. Explain the relationships of the concepts of the client‚ health‚ environment and nursing. Answer: These four major concepts establish a better direction and understanding of nursing profession. The Nursing Metaparadigm embodies the knowledge base‚ theory‚ philosophy‚ research‚ practice‚ and educational experience and literature identified with the profession. These given concepts vary in accordance to the experiences and views of different nursing theorists
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significant relationship between them(6)(7)‚ while others found a small overall association(8).Other studies showed no significant relationship between them(9)(10)(11). Multiple studies showed that both Dental caries and Obesity have similar risk factors. one of the primarily risk factors is the Diet which recent study found that children at risk of overweight had higher chance of having dental caries compared to normal weight children due to increase intake of sugar sweetened drinks and increased frequency
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Eng101:44 Free Health Care In America The United States of America is one of the most advanced countries in our society today. We have some of the best medical facilities and doctors that devote every minute of their lives to assist those who need it. Health care in America has lost the main sight in our society it has been corrupted and influenced to be driven by money. This in turn has made the lives of those less fortunate harder because they can’t afford the help. I think health care should be
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genetic engineering; what environmental safeguards would you impose on your own research? Are there experiments that would be ethically off-limits for you? When considering the environmental concerns involved in biotechnology and genetic engineering one can’t help but realize the enormous amount of ways in which the environment can be harmed. It seems that this issue is hard to avoid. However‚ do we as humans not damage the environment daily‚ in just about everything we do? Fact is we absolutely do
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alone. This is just one case. Specific Purpose: The harmful effects Ebola has on the body are deadly‚ it is estimated this virus has affected 3.800 people in West Africa and around 2‚300 have died so far from it. Central Idea: Today I am going to explain the symptoms/transmission‚ diagnosis‚ and what health officials do to prevent this virus from spreading‚ as well as what we can do. Main Point 1: Symptoms/Transmission A. 2-21 days symptoms appear/ World Health Organization‚ Ebola
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has the greatest representation in the government” (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2012). We are all familiar with the constant threat of infectious diseases in Africa‚ but there are other hazards that citizens of this area face that are equally worrisome. One of these hazards is called pesticide poisoning‚ and it is a major concern for the citizens of Zimbabwe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚” when used properly pesticide sprays increase crop production‚ preserve produce
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children and youth problem in Thailand was intensified higher in every side. The problem of premature sex and lack of knowledge of contraception among children and youth in Thailand was another problem that tends to severity and seriousness every year. One factor which comes from the spread of inappropriate or obscene due to technology and media that have advancement of any type. The children and youth who lack immunity for media consumption will imitation behaviors and lead to such problems. So this
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This article by Jacob A. Riis‚ has many defying parts that one might not notice at first glance. He really put things into prospective by going into great detail on what he was trying to address. With all the intriguing details that he put into writing it seems as though he was trying to get the attention of any health leaders such as the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and/or the WHO (World Health Organization) to help improve tenements of the deplorable living conditions in
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