A pandemic is a disease outbreak that is scaled at a global level. Our group looked at five important topics surrounding the issue of pandemics such as influenza, cholera, TB, malaria, and Antibiotic resistance. A common theme in judging the occurrence of a pandemic is to see how the disease diffuses among a population. Diseases diffuse into an area in a variety of ways. Diffusion requires an infected host, because the disease is dispersed by transmission amid hosts. It is essential to assess the
The Connection Between Malaria and Deforestation Deforestation is the clearing of forests where the land is then converted for other uses. Deforestation happens globally on a massive scale as humans expand and cultivate the land. Examples of deforestation include the clearing of forests for cattle farming, mining and of course logging operations as well as a multitude of other uses. In the Amazon deforestation has been a problem for hundreds of years, ever since the Europeans ventured to the new
Other types of diseases have emerged in the current 21st century to make up for the Y.peteris bacteria. Deadly vector borne diseases, including malaria and dengue are those diseases that are in line with the plague. The origin of these disease spreading bacteria and viruses are still a mystery. Consider malaria, the most common deadly vector disease, its symptoms were
accountability for their actions. Americans, on the contrary, have committed their fair share of medical scandals, and have done little to accept responsibility. This essay looks at Eugenics, The Tuskegee Experiment, and the Stateville Penitentiary Malaria Study and the prejudice used against minority groups. The first topic of medical crimes committed by the Americans that will be addressed is Eugenics. In America, it is important to note the concept of Eugenics had risen even before the Nazis in
topic (malaria) at a global scale. Malaria is concentrated throughout equatorial regions (except ocean) i.e. countries in the vicinity of the equator. It is mostly concentrated in the African continent, although the northern and southern regions of Africa are not affected by malaria as it is too cold. All areas that are concentrated with Malaria are tropical areas. Other areas such as mountains and deserts are sparsely affected by Malaria. Another area that has a concentrated amount of Malaria is the
The PRECEDE-PROCEED Model: The Child Malaria Prevention Project Prevalence of infant malaria cases has caused much alarm among stakeholders in the health sector; communities, policy-makers, and health workers alike. According to the 2015 Center for Disease Control statistics in an article by Ceesay et al. (2015), the overall prevalence of malaria among infants aged 6 months or less, especially in Sub-Saharan countries, was 11.8%. These astonishing figures are attributed to the neglecting of newborns
Controlling Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa Abstract Malaria is the world’s most deadly infectious disease by numbers and disproportionately effects tropical third-world populations which are ill-equipped to handle it. Each year hundreds of thousands of lives are lost to Malaria and more than one-million more are disabled or lose productivity due to symptoms. Current malaria prevention efforts are focused on Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN’s) and Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) tactics. Currently, there
Dengue fever is a viral infection that is spread by the tiger mosquito (Aedes Aegypti). It has black and yellow strips and usually bites in the early morning or at dawn. The virus enters and breeds in white blood cells. Symptoms typically start appearing five to eight days after being ill. The virus has five diverse styles of increasing severity. Infection with one category gives lifetime immunity to it and short-term immunity to the other categories. The dengue virus isn 't transmittable and can
Dr Tu Youyou 2015 Nobel Prize recipient for finding a drug to fight drug-resistant malaria Chinese Pharmacologist, Dr. Tu Youyou (pronounced Too Yoyo) is the first female Chinese citizen to win a Nobel, and the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel in Medicine (Wsjcom,2015). Having been born, raised and carried out her work in China, she is the first Citizen of The Peoples Republic of China to win a Nobel in Science, despite not having a PhD. (there was no post graduate education until 1979 in
United States is quickly becoming a suitable environment for mosquitos carrying malaria to take over. "As international travel increases and climate patterns change – particularly warming nighttime temperatures and increased precipitation -- the U.S. becomes a more stable ecosystem for these disease carrying insects to survive and flourish for longer periods of time." “Airport malaria is transmitted when a mosquito infected with the disease bites a human within the vicinity (usually one mile or less)