EBOLA WHO? The Ebola virus causes an acute‚ serious illness which is often fatal if untreated. Ebola virus disease (EVD) first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks‚ one in Nzara‚ Sudan‚ and the other in Yambuku‚ Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River‚ from which the disease takes its name. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health. It was established
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Vaccines: To Be or Not To Be? Ryleigh Grace—this is the name of my beautiful 8-month-old cousin. Looking at her‚ one would never be able to tell that she was born with a serious‚ life-threatening condition called meningitis. As a result‚ Ryleigh’s home for the first month of her life became the Cooper hospitals ICU. However‚ this scare was not enough to convince her parents to allow Ryleigh to receive her routine child-hood vaccinations‚ which would prevent other dangerous ailments she may encounter
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it is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in healthcare system. While a strong and just safety culture has been recognized as a key element for improvement‚ a critical deficit that has not yet been fully addressed is the lack of protective infrastructure to safeguard responsible‚ accurate reporting of quality and patient safety outcomes and concerns in most entities ( Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention‚2014). In fact‚ as attention to creating a culture
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Through the history many contagious diseases had change the human life‚ because of this it was created one of the most effective ways to defend against the viral infection. Dr. Edward Jenner was the first person to introduce the idea of vaccinations in the year of 1796‚ with this idea he successfully prevented an English boy of getting smallpox. The concept of vaccination was expanded trough the world by scientists such as Louis Pasteur‚ when large groups of soldiers were vaccinated in the I world
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“Strategic Overview of Global Preventable Vaccine Market 2012-2016” in it’s database. To book your copy of this report @ http://www.industrymonitor.co/report/166450-strategic TechNavio’s analysts forecast the Strategic Overview of Global Preventable Vaccine Market to grow at a CAGR of 8.99 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increase in demand for vaccination. The Strategic Overview of Global Preventable Vaccine market has also been witnessing
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Compulsory vaccines for children are a controversial topic that has been around the world for hundreds of years. Some people have been opposed to vaccines since the beginning. Some are against children getting vaccines because they view the vaccine as dangerous and unsafe. Some feel that diseases aren’t as harmful as they really are. Vaccines have saved countless children’s lives and have eradicated and eliminated many diseases. Vaccines should be required for children because they save lives‚ protects
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world’s deadliest tropical parasitic diseases. It claims more lives than any other communicable disease except tuberculosis. In Africa and other developing countries‚ it also accounts for millions of dollars in medical costs. Malaria‚ however‚ is a curable disease if promptly diagnosed and adequately treated. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the parasite plasmodium. In recent years‚ most cases in the U.S. have been in people who have acquired the disease after travelling to tropical and
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Dawn Giordano English 101 Professor Crutchfield Argumentative Essay Autism and Vaccines There has been controversy recently over whether or not vaccines‚ in particular the MMR (measles mumps and rubella)‚ cause autism. Your child is at the doctor‚ the doc says “it’s time for those shots tough guy”. Your bouncy baby boy is 18 months old and very happy even after the doctor administers the MMR‚ he doesn’t cry‚ just giggles. Later that night he develops a fever and has trouble sleeping
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B Hepatitis B is a very safe vaccine. Most people do not have any problems with it. The vaccine contains non-infectious material‚ and cannot cause hepatitis B infection. Some mild problems have been reported * Soreness where the shot was given (up to about 1 person 4) * Temperature of 99.9°F or higher (up to about 1 person in 15). Severe problems are extremely rare. Severe allergic reactions are believed to occur about once in 1.1 million doses. A vaccine‚ like any medicine‚ could cause
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History of Vaccines The history of vaccines begins with the long history of infectious diseases in humans. Smallpox was the first recorded infectious disease that spread worldwide. Edward Jenner was the first to start the fight against the disease and set precedents for vaccines. He used cowpox materials to create immunity to smallpox in 1796‚ and his methods underwent modifications over the following 200 years‚ which eventually resulted in the eradication of smallpox. Louis Pasteur’s 1885 rabies
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