Chikungunya Introduction Chikungunya is a drastic viral disease which was discovered recently. It is an infection caused by mosquito bites from A. aegypti and A. albopictus which belongs to Aedes genus. This virus is classified in to 4th Group of ssRNA in unassigned order. It belongs to the family of Togaviridae and genus is Alphavirus. The species of this type is named as the Chikungunya virus. Their symptoms are fever with severe joint pains. There is no vaccine developed for Chikungunya. This
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Health Promotion Identify and describe a public health initiative in your area and ways in which the LAS could potentially link in with this. What is Health Promotion? Health Promotion started from the Ottawa Charter which in 1986 set out the concept alongside five key areas of action‚ which are Building Health Public Policy‚ Creating Supportive Environments‚ Strengthening Community Action‚ Developing Personal Skills and Reorienting Health Services. (Practical Health Promotion 2008) The World
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Within this assignment it is intended to present an example of a prescribing situation that arose in practice‚ to ensure prescribing issues are illustrated. The rationale for the decisions reached will also be discussed. A brief overview of the nurse prescribing initiative and how it developed will be addressed. The importance of ethical principles‚ accountability and legal issues that surround nurse prescribing will be demonstrated. As a patient will be addressed in the example‚ a pseudonym will
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BROMINATION OF ACETANILIDE OBJECTIVE Aim of the experiment was too brominate acetaldehyde to form p-bromoacetanilide. INTRODUCTION Acetanilide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula of C6H5NH(COCH3). It is a crystalline solid that is prepared by acetylation of analine and is widely used in the dye industry. This crystalline solid is an odourless solid chemical that has a flake or leaf like appearance. It is also known as N phenylacetamide‚ acetanil or acetanilide. Its former
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Consumer rights in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a small country with a huge population. Perhaps it is the country with largest consumer comparing its small area. Though in many sectors Bangladesh improves but it is matter of sorrow that after 40 year of independence consumer rights are yet been introduced in a significant manner in Bangladesh. Though there is lot of organization working for human rights in Bangladesh but no organization except Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) working for
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To understand the complexities of Sickle cell anaemia and Sickle cell disease a basic understanding of haemoglobin is essential. (See appendix 2) Appendix 3 shows a normal red blood cell and a sickled red blood cell‚ you can see the difference is more than noticeable. This essay will look at three themes and look at areas of research found by the author‚ an analysis and evaluation of the research found will be given. A conclusion will then be given of the information found during the research process
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of attempted suicide between 1985 and 1997 in the United Kingdom‚ Townsend‚ Hawton‚ Harriss‚ Bale‚ and Bond (2001) proposed that young adults and individuals who attempted suicide for the first time turn to other readily available drugs such as Paracetamol because they are less likely to have access to prescribed medication. In contrast‚ psychotropic medications such as antidepressants and tranquilizers were more common in suicide attempt repeaters and older adults. In the United States‚ White‚
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INTRODUCTION Gemma is a 75 yr old female patient. She had her first Total Hip Replacement (THR) surgery due to arthritis. Although Gemma’s pathway appears to be quite normal according to the transition record‚ she has some issues need to be addressed. She is old‚ had a major surgery of trauma score 5 orthopedic‚ history of Asthma and hypertension‚ and high BMI. She needs to be monitored for complications since she is not only a surgical patient but also an orthopedic patient. The shift started at
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1.1 ORIGIN OF THE REPORT This report has been prepared as a requirement of the internship program BUS 400 under the BBA program of BRAC University. For my internship program‚ I got the opportunity to work at country‟s leading pharmaceutical company‚ world reputed Square Pharmaceuticals Limited (SPL). I was placed under one of the most important departments in the company Product Management Department (PMD). Basically PMD performs the all planning‚ implementation of plans as part of marketing management
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Unit MU 2.4 Contribute to children and young people’s health and safety 1.1 Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting to provide adequate control of the health and safety risks arising from work activities to consult with employees on matters affecting their health and safety to provide and maintain a safe environment to ensure safe handling and use of substances and medicines to provide information‚ instruction and supervision for employees to ensure
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