PressReleasePing Parts of Asia on Verge of Dire Post-floods Consequences?Hard-hit Areas to Face Mounting Pandemic Outbreak Tolls?1st Asian Post-DESPO?s P.I. Prof. Dr. Aurangzeb Hafi Torrential flood-tides leave over 12‚85000 Asian children prone to life-long disabilities?Already at high vulnerability‚ over 250‚000 Rohingya children most endangered?Scarce upsurge of deadly Leptospirosis at post-disastrous situations scenes?Specter zones crossing normal parameters of vector-borne diseases?High-risk
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in the United States. The threat of a widespread virus across the US is very real. With the Zika virus and ebola going on‚ we need to be as prepared as possible here in America. The US is not ready for a pandemic‚ and here are some reasons why. The American hospitals are not ready for a pandemic. In Dallas‚ Texas‚ hospital workers sent a man who had been to an ebola-infected country and had been showing signs of illness‚ home for two days. “The US response to ebola has not been perfect -- witnessed
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Ecological Model of Health Abstract This paper discusses how IOM’s ecological model can be used to stop the AIDs pandemic which is a health issue globally. This is because the number of people infected with the disease has increased over the years‚ since the first case was reported. Statistics show that over 34 million people are infected globally. The disease has been declared a pandemic due to the effects it has caused globally. Therefore‚ urgency is needed to stop its spread by reducing the rate
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Influenza there’s even pandemics around us now and there will be as long as mankind and will most likely last longer than mankind. Pandemic’s impact society by losing of life‚ panic‚ and people even changed their beliefs in god. First there was a massive toll on the society because of all the widespread loss of life. In the text “Fever Rising‚” it said “Ebola claimed 10‚000 people with its disease.” and “Spanish flu returned being 25 times deadlier.” It shows how deadly pandemics really are or can become
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and impacts of pandemics such as Ebola Virus Disease in Singapore’s aviation industry‚ actions that can be taken to resolve the issues‚ the detailed steps on how to implement these measures and lastly‚ a personal opinion on whether the aviation companies or organisation in Singapore are ready to tackle the issues caused by pandemics. a. Risks and impacts Risks of Pandemics The occurrence of a pandemic is unpredictable‚ no one knows where or when will it happen. For example‚ a pandemic such as the Ebola
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Black Death begun and how it was caused‚ but also about what went on during the Black Death and about the aftermath of this pandemic that ravaged Europe during the fourteenth century. The Black Death was one of the worst events that ever occurred throughout the history of Europe. The Black Death‚ also known as the “Great Pestilence” to the people of medieval Europe‚ was a pandemic that was estimated to have killed off thirty to sixty
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CHOLERA Causes: (reference 10) Cholera is a small intestinal infection caused by the digestion of the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae (a comma-shaped bacillus that varies in size from 1-3 µm in length by 0.5-0.8 µm in diameter)‚ present in food or water (raw shellfish‚ uncooked fruits and vegetables‚ and other foods). The disease is most common in places with poor sanitation‚ crowding‚ war‚ and famine. Transmission: (reference 1) When humans ingest cholera bacteria‚ they may not become sick themselves
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and theories on how the Black Death began.Many Christians blamed the Jews and Muslims chose to believe it was a blessing from God.One could see that yes their opinions on the epidemic was quite different‚ but they had very similar ideas about the pandemic to. The question is just how different were the Muslims and Christians‚ and how were they similar? First off‚ Christians viewed the black plague as a curse.They believed it was God’s way of punishing them for all the sins they had committed.” We
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any animal is susceptible to getting Cryptococcus. 3. What is the infectious agent for Bubonic Plague? Basterium Yersinia Pestis. 4. By how much was the world population reduced during the Plague pandemic? About 450 million 5. What year (within the past 100 years) did the world experience a flu pandemic? The Spanish Flu in 1918. 6. What are 3 symptoms of chikungunya fever? fever‚ headache‚ and vomiting 7. What bacterium causes Lyme’s disease? Borrelia burgdorferi 8. What is ‘erythema migrans
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The World Pandemic Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the final stage of HIV disease‚ which causes severe damage to immune system and numerous of dead all over the world. AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death among people ages 25 – 44 in the United States. Millions of people around the world are living with HIV/AIDS‚ including many children under age 15 (PubMed Health). In addition‚ AIDS ranks the first leading of death in Vietnam. More than 260000 people living with AIDS and an estimated
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