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    28 doses of 10 vaccines. The recommended vaccine schedule starts at birth. The first vaccine recommended is for the Hepatitis B virus, with the second dose between 1-2 months. From 2 months to 4 months of age, there are five vaccines given; DTap (Diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis), Hib (Haenophilus influenza type B, IVP (Inactivated poliovirus), PVC (Pneumococcal conjugate), RV (Rotavirus). At 6 months of age, a child receives four…

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    of how diseases or sicknesses were transmitted, the infections would spread like wildfire through the streets. Making the Modern World lists a few of the known diseases transmitted through the street such as Smallpox, typhus, typhoid, dysentery, diphtheria, scarlet fever,…

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    Faith and Victory in Dachau is about the experience of Rev. J. Overduin during the Second World War. He became imprisoned for his stance against the attempt of Nazi Germany to infiltrate the Dutch youth by promoting their evil doctrine through the education system. The story begins in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and as it progresses Rev. Overduin is brought to several prisons, the final one being the concentration camp in Dachau, Germany. The Nazis tried to invade the Dutch Christian school in…

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    as many people as died in World War II. After a worldwide vaccination campaign starting in 1966, smallpox was completely eradicated by 1980 (World health organization). Today, vaccines can prevent many serious illnesses, such as polio, measles, diphtheria, pertussis, rubella, mumps, tetanus, rotavirus, and certain types of flu. Vaccinations are given to children from an early age, for they are the most vulnerable to the diseases, and by exposing them to the vaccinations from an early on they…

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    All along the history of the humanity, humans have had to deal with many diseases, some of them were very brutal that killed thousands of hundreds of people. People tried a lot of remedies to cure those diseases, but sometimes it wasn’t enough, they tried inoculation which referred to the subcutaneous instillation of the virus into no immune individuals. It was until the 18th century in 1796 when Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine to fight smallpox. From then to now many vaccines have been…

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    Roosevelt was almost the complete opposite, she didn't have a painless life where she was coddled and protected from the world. Roosevelt was homely, and she had a hard home life. Her mother never seemed to love her; in fact, Roosevelt's mother died of diphtheria, and her father died of alcoholism later that same year. Even though Roosevelt had her hardships, she found the…

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    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer born in Genova, Italy around 1451, although being born into a poor family his father was able to send him to the University of Pavia where he studied navigation, Latin, geometry, geography and astronomy. Columbus spent much of his life in Portugal and Spain, after seeking funds for an expedition to locate the Land he believed to be Asia, it was here he met with Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand who obliged him. He was highly revered because of his…

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    world’s first vaccination in 1796, created to protect the world against smallpox. By inoculating people with substances from a cowpox lesion, he was able to create immunity to smallpox all over the world. Vaccines and antitoxins against anthrax, diphtheria, plague, tuberculosis, and more were developed over the 1930s. Over the next 200 years, procedures for developing viruses in the laboratory underwent medical and technological changes, which led to fast detections and modernizations,…

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    IQRA GLAXOSMITHKLINE By Rehman Ali (17528) An assignment submitted to Dr. Siraj Jamal Siddiqui in partial fulfillment for the requirements of the course ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY & DESIGN Department of Business Administration Wednesday July 29, 2015 INTRODUCTION: GlaxoSmithKline is one of the heading pharmaceutical organizations in everywhere all through the world and it is the world's second most noteworthy relationship with high arranging stands for agent contemplations. It was…

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    Introduction When invasive cells such as viruses or bacteria enter the body, then lymphocytes produce antibodies to neutralize these intruders that are called antigens. A healthy individual creates millions of antibodies a day, which help maintain a healthy body without illnesses. Certain malignant antigens however are able to attack the body before the antibodies are able to be generated. Many diseases in the past have decimated large portions of the human race, such as: measles, mumps, rubella…

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