Ever since the first known use‚ vaccinations have been used to treat disease and viruses from as early as 1000 AD when the ancient Chinese‚ African and Turkish first started using inoculated technique. Edward Jenner‚ an English physician and scientist‚ created the first smallpox vaccine using a similar disease‚ cowpox‚ which infects cows‚ and is credited for being the influence for the practice of vaccination in the present. For over 200 years Jenner’s innovation was used and updated; as a result
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The Columbian Exchange was a crossover of agriculture‚ animals‚ and diseases that came from one society to the next. The more the Spanish people came to the New World the more destructive illnesses were brought with them (the most vicious was small pox). In the 1440s Portugal bartered with the West African King for goods. Instead of goods they bartered for West Africans. They turned the Africans into Slaves. Then again in 1619 several Africans were moved from Portugal to the New World’s Jamestown
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and reducing environmental threats which was normally done by the Government or organizations like World health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).Emphasis were on mass vaccination against preventable diseases like small pox ‚ polio and measles. The contemporary health promotion became an expansion of the historical health promotion to counter risks form behavior and lifestyle that led to chronic diseases and this resulted in major gain in life expectancy. The scope of
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Syphilis – “The Great Pretender” Syphilis is a sexually-transmitted infection that effect both men and women. The infection‚ known as Treponema pallidum‚ is a gram-negative bacterium that is spiral shaped. Also known as “The Pox” and “Bad Blood”‚ the infection can lay dormant at times which result in no symptoms to its host. On the other hand‚ and it can also be active at times which symptoms occur. If the infection is left untreated‚ long term complications may occur and even death.
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This Arawak/Taino inhabited the island of Hispanola before they were wiped out by the Spanish (c. 1510)‚ due mainly to small pox and harsh slavery. A.Taino Clothing - The men were generally naked‚ but the women sometimes wore short skirts. Men and women alike adorned their bodies with paint and shells and other decorations. B. Taino family - The Indians practiced polygamy. Most men had 2 or 3 wives‚ but the caciques had as many as 30. It was a great honor for a woman to be married to a
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Unit 4: P2 Mark Sheet: Biological Factors (Choose two from the list and describe the possible effects on the baby) MET NOT MET COMMENTS Having certain illnesses during pregnancy e.g. chicken pox‚ rubella‚ flu etc. Tobacco smoking Toxoplasmosis Drugs e.g. heroin‚ cocaine etc. Medication e.g. antibiotics STIs Thalidomide tragedy Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
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| | | HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN CUBA | | | | INDEX • 1) History ………………………………………………………………
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A DOCUMENTORY REPORT AND PRESENTATION ON Bioterrorism and Its Impacts Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Management Module: - 3 Submitted to INDUKAKA IPCOWALA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (I2IM) M.B.A PROGRAMME Constituent of Charotar University of Science and Technology Presented by SWETANG PANCHAL ROLL. NO. 09/ MBA/22 DECLARATION I‚ SWETANG R PANCHAL hereby declare that the DOCUMENTARY REPORT OF ‘SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORY ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT’ titled “BIOTERRORISM”
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Mary Oliver’s “When Death Comes” When I first saw the title “When death comes” I expected a poem filled with saddening reminders of how short life can be. At a second glimpse I realized that this was not the case in fact quite the opposite seems to be true. Through her poem Mary Oliver opens deep questions on death and the mystery that surrounds it. It is oddly inspiring that Mary Oliver was able to use these questions on death to capture such an optimistic outlook and inspiring way of life
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Louis Adamic. In this story‚ the author is describing the story of a returned successful immigrant. According to author‚ when was only nine years old‚ his parents and other members of the village tells the story of a person of village who went to Americana and then returned back to this village. As per contents of the story told to author by family members‚ the person from the village of Slovenia immigrates to America because of very poor conditions in Slovenia. Author also described
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