Elephantiasis

Generally, sanitation is the key to living a healthy life. When resources like running water and vaccines are unavailable it becomes very difficult to manage the health and well-being of people. In some of the poorest places in Africa this is something that they struggle with on a daily basis. All people should be ensured the right to a healthy life and access to health care. The first step to achieving the goals the United Nations has set for 2030 is to first create healthy living and…

Introduction The life of Joseph Merrick has been an inspiration to many and the subject of numerous publications and dramatic works since his death in 1890. I aim to explore aspects of his physical, psychological, social and economic story to create a picture of "The Elephant Man". Life Joseph was born to Mary and Joseph Merrick on August 5th 1862 in Leicester. Although an 1890 article in the BMJ stated that it was almost certain Merrick was born with enlargements of bones of the skull, right…

Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.” The Grate Catesby Still, Fawkes was the only man ever to enter Parliament with honest intentions. A lot has happened in 411 years, parliaments today are highly respected, highly paid and monarchs tend to not conflate with constitutional proceedings, policy chaos or of the word of the people. Nevertheless, the term: treason is a byword and such law has…

Extended Essay Topic Question: How does Salman Rushdie use magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his childhood in the book Midnight’s Children? Abstract Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children is an intricately intractable attempt at capturing the erratic parallel life of the protagonist, Saleem and the political rise and fall of India. The question I aim to answer is: How does Salman Rushdie use magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his…

POVERTY AND DISEASE – A DEADLY CONNECTION Q- Is there a connection between poverty and lack of awareness to increased spread of diseases among the inferior people? Introduction to the connection: The topic that we have chosen for our Global Perspectives group project revolves around the inter-relationship between poverty and disease (health and disease). Basically poverty and disease are stuck in an ongoing vicious relationship and to support this statement there is ample research that shows…

that is associated with skin problems was “tsara’ah or zara ‘at”. When the words were translated by the Greeks “zara’at” was change into the word lepra, which means scaled skin. The Greek word leprosy, as we know it today is now referred to as elephantiasis. During the 11th century, the word lepra was continuing to be used despite that the disease associated with individual skin condition was completely different. This series of translation and mistranslation led to confusion when person was…

EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF COCONUT OIL IN THE CONTROL OF TUNGIASIS ACKNOWLEGMENT Sincere thanks go to almighty God for enabling me to accomplish my research mission. I would like to acknowledge my worthy supervisors Prof. Florence Oyieke of NAIROBI University and Dr. Evan Mathenge of KEMRI for their enormous academic input and guidance in ensuring that I come up with sound results. I also would like to acknowledge Mr. Karoki, the PHO Kandara for allowing me to conduct my research in his…

Island Possessed: Presentation Paper Island Possessed by Katherine Dunham is a beautiful introduction to Haiti. The book is comprised of stories, recollections and historical facts about the island that spare no details; good or bad. But the book causes the reader to reevaluate the definitions of good and bad while reading. Is good really good and is bad just different? Her articulation of emotions toward the historical Haitians, Haitian Vaudun culture and the people put into perspective how…