South Afric An Endemic Region Of Ghana

The Samburu are an ethnic group from the Northern part of Kenya in Africa. They are a pastoral and semi nomadic group that follow the scarce and unpredictable rain patterns.

Katherine Dettwyler’s work in the field while she was in West Africa was exciting, filled with humor and even terrifying at times. She dealt with seeing various life-threatening diseases that affected the lives of children her daughter’s age, as well as adults. Dettwyler found that almost all of the people she came in contact with were completely oblivious and uninformed of the ways to prevent diseases such as malaria, Schistosomiasis, malnutrition and other infectious diseases unique to their region of the world. In her book, Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa (1994), Dettwyler discusses tons of the health problems she comes across, in

Background - Malaria is a water borne disease. It is spread by a parasite-carrying mosquito. It kills many people and reduces a country 's capacity to develop. There are different strategies to combat malaria. Around half the population is at risk of malaria and this disease is active in 106 counties across Africa, Asian and the Americas (see source 3). the global annual mortality from malaria is between 1.5 - 3 million deaths, or between 4000 and 8000 each day. Developing countries are most vulnerable to Malaria and as shown on source 2 Malaria has been spread across many various other countries including in Europe, but these countries have eradicated Malaria.

During the course of human history, pandemic diseases have threatened the balance of civilization itself. Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other infectious agents have

about 207 million cases of malaria and 80% of cases of malaria in the world are in Africa. There

The disease environment of a particular area can be shaped by a number of things, some of which are economic, social, and political shifts in the area. During the 19th century as urbanization and industrialization grew economic, social, and political changes occurred. While these major shifts changed the dynamics of cities they also changed the dynamics of disease.

Disease has ravaged the Earth for millions, if not billions, of years. It has existed since the formation of multicellular organisms on the Earth. Disease arises in many different forms, including parasitic, mutational, viral, bacterial, and countless more. All life on planet Earth is susceptible to infection of a disease. Part of what makes numerous diseases extraordinarily dangerous is the copious number of methods transmission can occur. Diseases can become airborne, transmitted through consumed sustenance, inherited from previous generations, and various diseases can spontaneously appear out of thin air. New forms of disease are being generated all the time. A major disease devastating boreal forests across the North American continent is White Nose Syndrome.

Stanley Maloy, who is San Diego University, gave a lecture about how global changings impact to an infection disease. In 1900s, people had 1% of chance to die from infection diseases. In 1950s, the probability decreased because we established the treatment. However, in 1970, new infection diseases emerged such as Ebola and Zika, and these new infection diseases are spreading over the world. He mentioned that there were three main causes; rising ocean water temperature, rising atmospheric temperature, and extreme weather. In my working position, emerging new infection diseases are also big problems. I believe that the need for good preventive medicine is obvious. We might need new vaccine or medicine, but a vast sum of money and time are needed

"In almost every disease state that has been studied so far, the microbiome has lost diversity. There are just a few species that seem to dominate."

Africa is one of the most interesting continents in the world. Africa has a diverse collection of animals which range from all different shapes and sizes, people also have their own unique way of living. Africa has a very fascinating geography with a unique culture and many interesting facts.

The topic of disease on the continent of Africa has been discussed in increasing frequency over the past three decades. Ideas regarding disease tend to center around the idea that disease can be eliminated by a one-step cure. This viewpoint is flawed because it excludes other factors influencing disease. In this paper, I will argue that there are many factors that influence the presence of disease on a continent. More specifically, I will be focusing on Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the countries of Kenya, Uganda, and the Congo. To do this, I will explore publications focused on how the history of disease, colonialism, the environment, social environment, and influence of organizations from countries outside the continent have

The timeline of epidemiology starts in Greece with a man named Hippocrates, though now he is often referred to as “The father of medicine”. Hippocrates was the first person to observe the link between disease and the environment of the infected person, and he then began to think about whether the link might be causal. Prior to this ground-breaking idea people had simply attributed disease to a supernatural phenomenon and had not considered that there may be a rational explanation for the spread of disease through the population. Hippocrates decided to investigate the environmental factors involved with disease after he had noticed that different diseases occurred in different locations (for example: Malaria only seeming to occur in

The topic of disease regarding the continent of Africa has been discussed frequently over the past three decades. Thoughts regarding disease tend to center around the idea that disease can be eliminated by a one-step cure. This viewpoint is flawed because it excludes other factors influencing disease. In this paper, I will argue that there are other factors that influence the presence of disease in a region. Specifically, I will be focusing on Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) in African countries such as Kenya, Uganda, and the Congo. To do this, I will explore publications focused on how the history of disease, colonialism, the environment, gender roles, economy, and influence of organizations from countries outside the continent have

I feel weak, dizzy, and my body aches. I have a high fever. I can stop vomiting. I sometimes even have syncope. After a thick blood smear test, it is confirmed, I have Malaria; there begins the series of painful quinine injections. This is what I experienced during almost every raining season in Niger (my home country) until I was 17. As a consequence, since primary school, I have raised my interest in the ways Malaria develops in the human body, the reason behind all those symptoms, and how to prevent the disease. There is no single biology class, in Niger’s educational system from middle school to high school that did not include a chapter on Malaria, and other infectious disease such as tuberculosis, meningitis. It is the starting point for my love for science. But most importantly, I found my life goal and dream; Help kicking Malaria outside of Niger (and Sub-Saharan Africa in general), and reducing the toll of preventable, and communicable diseases.

This is a familiar scene in the northernmost part of Ghana, which according to the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy II, suffers from extreme poverty. These northern regions have the highest levels of malnutrition and stunting among children, the highest child morbidity and mortality rates, the most recurrent cases of guinea worm and other water borne diseases, and not surprisingly, the lowest school enrollment and completion rates especially among girls.