Communicable Disease Svetlana Brooks HCS/457 April 22‚ 2013 Deborah Ayers Communicable Disease A communicable disease is an infectious disease transmitted from one person to another directly or indirectly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV and nearly one in five of those are not aware that they are infected (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS
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To: Executive Management Team From: Pat Innes‚ Controller Date: 10 January 2013 Executive Summary: Operating in an industry where intense competition exists‚ Foreign Aid Canada (FAC) has encountered some challenges and strategic choices that will be discussed and analyzed in this report. FAC is considering two strategic alternatives in order to introduce testing‚ treatment‚ and education of AIDS in Africa and Asia: 1. AIDS Clinics 2. Mobile AIDS Units This report will also assess another
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HIV Case Study and Questions 1. What is PJP? Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is an opportunistic infection that manifests in individuals who have a weakened immune system. Considering that K.D. has human immunodeficiency virus and has quit taking his medication this leaves him vulnerable for infections like this to arrive. Ways of contracting PJP are through birth or by picking up germs from other people or surroundings but does not become actively harmful until the immune system has been compromised
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Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Whooping cough is a serious‚ contagious‚ respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. It is particularly serious in young children. One in every 200 babies who contract the infection will die. Whooping cough can be prevented by immunisation. What Causes The Disease And How Is It Spread? Pertussis or Whooping Cough is a bacterium that is spread from person to person by an infected person coughing or sneezing. When coughing or sneezing tiny germ-laden
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Pertussis‚ or as some call it whooping cough‚ is a well-known childhood respiratory infection that is caused by the bacterium bordetella pertussis (CDC). When an individual attempts to inhale air‚ the noise that is produced due to the inflamed and swollen laryngeal structures is where the name Whooping cough originates from. When someone exhibits vomiting while coughing‚ high fever‚ trouble while breathing‚ and or cyanosis they may be affected by pertussis (MedlinePlus). The majority of deaths continue
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Media Perspectives on Health and Social Care The objective of this essay is to understand the representations of the media in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/AIDS issue on gays and bisexual persons within health and social care setting. The importance of the mass media will be discussed to gain insight in promoting awareness on HIV/AIDS. It will clarify some specific theories and models of approach as they relate to mass media context in relation to the case studies and conclude. Irwin
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In this excerpt‚ Greg Graffin exemplifies a specific topic that branches out from his evolution management thesis. He states that the fate of all populations in the end is extinction and to prevent this from occurring‚ people must come together and focus their attention to populations as a whole instead of individual. Graffin uses the recent war with bacteria‚ viruses‚ and other pest populations to offer solutions at how these populations can continue to persist without causing damage. The author
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Social Work Intervention in Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS Introduction In India‚ HIV which causes AIDS appeared much later than any parts of the world. However‚ the disease is spreading with unprecedented rapidity and has now emerged as a serious socio-economic and public health problem. HIV and AIDS is a term in today’s world that has become synonymous with epidemic. The truth is that the HIV/ AIDS pandemic have affected not only the adults but even the youth and the children. Hence‚ it becomes
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INSTITUTION: KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY CLASS: HSCI 225 LECTURER: DR. J. MEME GROUP 5 A MEMBERS MICHAEL NDERITU | COM-1-3376-3/2010 | MARVIN MWANGI MBURU | BIT-1-3605-2/2012 | GAMA DAVID JOSEPH | CUT-1-4243-3/2010 | QUESTION: Discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS on education. CONTENTS 1.) Introduction. 2.) Discussion. i.) loss of professionals to the effects of HIV and AIDS
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In 2006 (RED) launched a new way to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa by partnering with major corporations like Apple and Starbucks. To date‚ (RED) has raised $200‚000‚000.00 (200 million) to help fund AIDS treatment in Africa. Without that $200 million‚ approximately 14 million people would not have received treatment‚ and most likely would not be here today. In the United States‚ most HIV/AIDS treatment is covered under insurance and does not require the raising of donations for the
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