Dengue Essay

INTRODUCTION Public health is the establishment and maintenance of healthful living conditions for the general population. This goal requires organized effort from all levels of government, health institutions and individuals. There are three principle aims that underlie public health efforts. First is the assessment and monitoring of populations, from the community level to the national level, to…

infrastructure creates health disparities between urban and rural populations. Risks due to poor infrastructure include major food and waterborne diseases such as bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever, and vector borne diseases including dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria. The government has created many public health initiatives to combat these prevalent diseases. For example, India has seen a decline in vaccine-preventable disorders due to the improvements in…

reducing because of erosion and degradation. Mosquitoes are also appearing and becoming a huge issue in Thimphu. There were never any mosquitoes spotted before, and many diseases have been spotted which have never been seen before in the country, like dengue and malaria. Bhutan used to clearly have four seasons but now the weather there is…

South Asia, is home to over one fifth of the world’s population and is known to be the most disaster prone region in the world. It is also home to a majority of the world’s poor. According to FAO (2009), 1.02 billion people are undernourished worldwide in 2009. About 456 million people in South Asia are estimated to be undernourished. In the recent past, climate change emerged as the single most pressing issue facing society on a global basis, with serious implications for the food security of…

No extra vaccines On parts of the island (especially the north and east) there is still a danger of getting malaria and other tropical diseases. There is a higher probability of getting infected with the dengue virus and catching the dengue fever (which can develop into hemorrhagic fever), usually in the monsoon season (from May to September in the southwest and from November to April in the northeast). So, we paid special attention to mosquitoes. Wherever we stayed, we…

PERSONAL STATEMENT The night was unusually silent when the phone began to ring. The RN answered the call and came running to me saying that there was a horrific road traffic accident 20 miles away from my hospital and around 30 patients was being shifted to the hospital. I looked at my watch and noticed that it was 2:00AM. The ambulance arrived at the front door of the ER and seriously injured patients were shifted to the emergency room. The number of patients that needed urgent attention was…

diseases patterns brought by outsiders. Besides that, the trend of receiving behavior and life style from modern people also give an impact to the Orang Asli health. According to Cheng et al (2014), modern lifestyle illness such a diabetes, malaria, dengue, cancer and cardiovascular problem are experienced by…

The Impact of global warming on Africa This is an essay regulated around a case study from Via Afrika Grade 10 geography from pages 106-115. The greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the Earth’s surface. When the Sun’s energy reaches the Earth’s atmosphere, some of it is reflected back to space and the rest is absorbed and re-radiated by greenhouse gases. Africa contributes the least to global warming , we are only responsible for 4% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions however we…

Rebecca Lane Period 2 April 3, 2017 Junior Position Paper Formal Interview Transcripts Rose, Veronica. Personal Interview. 29 March 2017. Veronica Rose is an Australian Biochemist from the East coast. She has worked as an Environmental Consultant and Analyst in Australia and Asia for 20 years. She studies how humans have impacted the environment for different scientific institutions and governments. Q1: Is global warming a problem today? A: 11% of the population, some millions people are…

very effective when it comes to eradicating pests. According to an article by the EPA, “Naled has been successfully used for many years in the mainland United States and has been effective in the ongoing effort to control mosquitoes carrying Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and other possible diseases in areas where these viruses have been identified.” (EPA1). The article states Naled has successfully kept disease bearing mosquito populations low, as well as stopping the spread of the disease. By far,…