INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE 1. Discuss the American Health Care System. Can we implement it in India? 2. What is DOTS? How will you organize and implement DOTs Programme at a district level? Discuss in detail. 3. Describe the National Health Policy of India. What goals are to be achieved by 2010? 4. Write notes on a. WHO b. UNICEF c. Health problems of Developing Nations. 5. Write notes on a. National Anti Malarial Programme b. National AIDS control programme 1. Discuss
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Study Guide Notes ¡V Test 1 CHAPTER 1 1. Linnaeus ¡V naming system Hooke ¡V cells in cork Van Leeuwenhoek ¡V animalcules (1st obs. of live microorganisms) Redi ¡V experiment to disprove spontaneous generation ¡V meat Needham ¡V experiment to prove spontaneous generation ¡V broth (vital force) Spallanzani ¡V heated broth did not develop microbial growth Virchow ¡V biogenesis (living can only arise from preexisting living) Pasteur ¡V air contained‚ but did not produce‚ microbes (broth‚ s-flasks);
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Biology notes The search for better health Discuss the difficulties of defining the terms ‘health’ and ‘disease’ - Disease is any condition that impairs normal living processes and is recognised by the presence of specific symptoms - Many diseases are best understood as a disturbance of homeostasis - Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity - ‘Health’ and ‘disease’ are not always easy terms to define - For example‚ someone
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Assessment 7 Part A Written Assessment for work in the nursing profession Assessment Task: Question 1: Explain the ‘health’ and ‘wellness’. Health is the ability of an individual to function well physically‚ mentally‚ socially‚ and spiritually to be able to demonstrate the full range of one’s “unique potentialities within the environment in which one is living” (Farlex‚ 2013). Our Health can be affected by the way we deal with our social‚ physical and psychological issues in life. Shelter‚
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Chapter Outline – Chapter 8 – Environmental Health and Toxicology I. Risk‚ Probability‚ and Hazards Risks and hazards—some avoidable‚ some not—compromise everyday life. A. A risk is a measure of your likelihood of suffering harm from a hazard. 1. Such a hazard may cause injury‚ disease‚ economic loss‚ or environmental damage. 2. Risk assessment is projected as a probability: a mathematical statement about how likely it is that harm will result from a hazard. It gives the
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African trypanosomiasis 1 Summary Difference between Gambian (western) and Rhodesian (eastern) trypanosomiasis Restricted to well defined regions in Africa‚ determined by tsetse fly vectors Early stage: transient sore‚ fever‚ oedema‚ lymphadenopathy‚ splenomegaly Late stage: central nervous system abnormalities‚ abnormal cerebrospinal fluid Diagnosis: always try to detect the parasite Repeated thick smears‚ Buffy coat‚ mini anion exchange column technique (mAECT) Lumbar puncture‚ lymph
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IMPACTS OF DEFORESTATION ON MALARIA IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA: THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL‚ SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS Abstract Forest resources in Nigeria are undergoing severe exploitation pressure due to demographic growth and socio-economic development. Through the process of forest clearing‚ deforestation alters the ecology of local malaria vectors. The overall goal of this study was to seek to clarify the mechanisms linking deforestation‚ economic development and malaria epidemiology and
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ARTICLES Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania Joanna R M Armstrong Schellenberg‚ Salim Abdulla‚ Rose Nathan‚ Oscar Mukasa‚ Tanya J Marchant‚ Nassor Kikumbih‚ Adiel K Mushi‚ Haji Mponda‚ Happiness Minja‚ Hassan Mshinda‚ Marcel Tanner‚ Christian Lengeler Summary Background Insecticide-treated nets have proven efficacy as a malaria-control tool in Africa. However‚ the transition from efficacy to effectiveness cannot be taken for
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Health & Human Development – Unit 4 – Week 11- 2012 Thanks to Ariel‚ Annie‚ Claire‚ Bill and Alannah who contributed to this Response sheet. Learning Activity 11.1 – Case Study on HIV/AIDS 1. Create a mind map showing the impact of HIV and AIDS on Kunthata’s life. You can use the template below or devise your own. Below are just a few ideas regarding the impact of HIV/AIDS on Kunthata’s life. As I’m sure you can imagine‚ there were MANY possible impacts that you could have identified
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The History Of Vaccines And Immunization: Familiar Patterns‚ New Challenges Alexandra Minna Stern and Howard Markel Abstract Human beings have benefited from vaccines for more than two centuries. Yet the pathway to effective vaccines has been neither neat nor direct. This paper explores the history of vaccines and immunization‚ beginning with Edward Jenner’s creation of the world’s first vaccine for smallpox in the 1790s. We then demonstrate that many of the issues salient in Jenner’s era—such
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