Assignment on Malnutrition Course Semester Section : : : Introduction to Public Health (PBH101) Fall 2010 03 Submitted to : Dr. Ariful Bari Chowdhury (ABy) Departments of Public Health. Submitted by Last date of Submission : : 31/10/2010 Page | 1 Table of contents Topic Page 1. Introduction 2. What is malnutrition? 3. Malnutrition and poverty 4. Causes of Malnutrition 5. Prevalence of underlying determinants of malnutrition 6. Impact of malnutrition 7. Child
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Karla Obasi HEA 341 Disease Research Report December 9‚ 2010 CHOLERA Disease Defined Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that causes a large amount of watery diarrhea. Cholera is a bacterial disease (caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae) usually spread through contaminated water. The bacteria‚ which are found in fecal-contaminated food and water and in raw or undercooked seafood‚ produce a toxin that affects the intestines causing diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ and severe fluid and electrolyte
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making them and their families sick.Illness from drinking dirty water and the time lost fetching it robs entire communities of their futures. Hope is put on hold in over half of the developing world’s primary schools without access to water and sanitation. How are people affected?: Without water‚ life would not exist. It is a important for all human and economic development. But still today‚ 780 million people do not have access to clean water. More than twice that many‚ 2.5 billion people‚ don’t
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Water is a basic necessity of life and every household in a variety of situations on daily basis uses clean water. Water is needed‚ in addition to drinking‚ for bathing and washing of all sorts of things. From the clothes we put on our bodies to the cooking utensils we use in prepearing what we eat. Clean water is also used in preparation of some drinks. Water is not just needed to maintain the biological fluid equilibrum of the human body‚ but also to keep our surroundings clean to reduce incidences
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REPORT ON COMMUNITY RESTORATION AND WASH NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN DISTRICT SHAHEED BENAZIRABAD- UNION COUNCIL MANHARO AND DISTRICT MIRPUR MIRPURKHAS- UNION COUNCIL MIR IMAM BUX OF SINDH PROVINCE‚ PAKISTAN Jointly Conducted by NAWABSHAH DISABILITY FORUM (NDF-Pakistan) – SHAHEED BENAZIRABAD & NOUJWAN SINDH SAMAJI SANGAT (NSSS) – MIRPURKHAS 5th September 2012 – 15th September 2012 Report on Community Restoration and WASH Needs Assessment Contents Acronyms ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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from Centre Food Safety: http://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/consumer_zone/consumer_zone.html Fast Food Facts Luning‚ P. (2010‚ 5 1). Food Quality Management. Retrieved from Food Quality Management: http://www.pdq.wur.nl Personal Hygiene and Food Safety Safety and Health - Food Hygiene Procedures. (2003‚ 12). Retrieved from Safety and Health: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/policies/food_hygiene_procedures Springfield‚ V Tan‚ J. (2009). Sensing and Instrumentation for Food Quality and Safety. Unklesbay‚ N
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which the community is growing has outstripped the pace of development of social services and infrastructure required to meet the people’s needs. Currently‚ the Techire community has inadequate water supply‚ lack toilet facility‚ poor environmental sanitation‚ with detrimental effects on quality of life and possible outbreak of infectious diseases. 2.1 Environmental Health and Safety The environment comprises the conditions surrounding the places where people live‚ work and go to school. A safe and
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journals‚ articles‚ and books she was able to spread her theories‚ sanitary practices and influence all over the world. These contributions are responsible for the organization of hospitals data collection‚ hospital management‚ standard precautions and sanitation requirements in hospitals
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Nightingales observation‚ assessment‚ and implementation of the environmental theory helped save many lives. Nightingale led by example in ascertaining that environmental influences helped with the patient’s mortality rate. She made sure that hygiene and sanitation issue were addressed in the hospital. “Nightingale advocated strongly for regular linen changing‚ adequate ventilation‚ the frequent emptying of chamber pots‚ and the regular scrubbing of floors and walls” (Harvard
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A popular subject in pop culture is Zombies. The show the Walking dead has only increased the popularity of zombie based films‚ books‚ games‚ and television shows. Those shows bring forth questions about survival. What would you do in that situation? How would you prepare? The same questions could be asked with any type of emergency. According to Elizabeth Landau‚ " There are insights that we gain from movies ...that really can help us think about the way that science works... ( Landau 2)" Another
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