Tuberculosis _ Epidemiology and Nursing Research. Concepts in Community & Public Health NRS427V November14‚ 2013 Tuberculosis _Epidemiology and Nursing Research. Communicable diseases occurs in every country regardless of urban‚ rural‚ or with socio economical diversities. In order to help in prevention and control of communicable diseases‚ locally‚ nationally and globally‚ nurses who are working with the public health system ‚ must have basic
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CASE STUDY: NIKE INC. Background Objectives * To help us know the shortcomings of Nike officers about their failed marketing strategies and learn from their mistakes * To emphasize the wrong move done by the senior managers. * To carefully plan the courses of action the next time they make strategic planning Areas of Consideration There are facts stated in the case which need to be considered in order to address the problem of the company: * From 1997 to 1999‚ Nike didn’t
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Tuberculosis in Kazakhstan Nowadays in our country tuberculosis became one of the most widespread diseases. Tuberculosis belongs to group of socially significant diseases and it is the important medico-social problem‚ causing considerable material loss because of disability and premature death of the most productive population. Deterioration of an ecological situation‚ migratory processes‚ and decrease in a standard of living of the population‚ insufficient financing of health care including anti-tubercular
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Student number: 5184-122-3 Module: Unique number: Assignment: PPH4803 842542 01 TUBERCULOSIS IN NAMIBIA Contents i Pages 1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………….1 2 THE BURDEN OF TUBERCULOSIS IN NAMIBIA AND GLOBALLY………………………………………………………………………………………………...2 2.1 Tuberculosis situation in Namibia…………………………………….....................................................2 2.2 Tuberculosis situation in the world…………………....................................................................
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis By Jonathan Min Tuberculosis is a widely known disease that is lethal in many cases which may occur in any parts of the body but mostly in the lungs. This disease begins with mild symptom but exacerbates to severe conditions ranging across the fever‚ chronic cough‚ weight loss‚ fatigue‚ and night sweats. While the 90 to 95 percent of infections may remain latent or dormant‚ it is deathly enough to kill more than a half of the patients once the infection becomes activated
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Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB)‚ also known as consumption‚ is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). TB is the leading cause of death in the world among reported deaths caused by a bacterial infectious disease. The disease affects 1.8 billion people per year‚ which is equal to one-third of the entire world population (Todar). Pulmonary tuberculosis accounts for the majority of the TB cases in the United States (Todar). Bovine tuberculosis is another infectious
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Background and Rationale of the Study Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that primarily affects the lung parenchyma caused by slow-growing bacteria that resembles a fungus. It is usually spread from person to person by droplet nuclei through the air. The lung is the usual infection site but may also be transmitted to other parts of the body‚ including the meninges‚ kidneys‚ bones‚ and lymph nodes. The primary infectious agent‚ Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚is an acid-fast aerobic rod that grows
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VASO OCCLUSIVE CHANGES IN HIDDEN OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS Introduction Ocular TB may affect any ocular or orbital tissue‚ either by an active infection or an immunologic reaction‚ related to delayed hypersensitivity and an aseptic reaction [1-4]. Features of ocular TB include choroiditis which is the common ocular finding while other ocular manifestation such as anterior uveitis‚ choroid tubercles‚ retinal vasculitis‚ vascular occlusion‚ dense vitritis‚ papilitis and phylectenulosis or interstitial
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MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN THE UNITED STATES: WHAT IT IS‚ CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS‚ HOW TO PREVENT IT 24 July 2009 Abstract Hippocrates once described a common illness as “phthisis‚” which today is believed to have been the same disease we now call tuberculosis‚ or TB. Many centuries have passed since Hippocrates‚ and TB has been a major scourge to humans as well as other species. In the early 20th Century‚ TB was called
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis Keante Parker HCS/457 May 23‚ 2011 The following will discuss the Pulmonary Tuberculosis disease. Pulmonary tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection that involves the lungs‚ but may spread to other organs (Pubmed Health‚ 20101. The efforts used to control Pulmonary Tuberculosis will be explained. The influence of lifestyles‚ socioeconomic status‚ and disease management will also be provided in the following. The gaps
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