Hib vaccine

about Oral Polio Vaccination in northern Nigeria" Research Questions 1. What are the reasons for vaccine refusal and high increase in non-compliance in changing epidemiology of the virus by Care givers and Parents after Nigeria was declared to have ‘interrupted’ poliomyelitis? 2. Why do Caregivers and Parents change their belief or perspective from a previously vaccine accepted population to a vaccine refusal population post-polio interruption phase? 3. How can the polio programme be dynamic in…

Akash Patel Current Events Article 1 The article, “Homeless Camps Are Infectious Disease Time Bombs,” by Alex Berezow on the internet caught my eye right after searching for “infectious diseases.” Berezow starts off the article by describing the ignorance of infectious diseases in America, largely because the US is a developed country. He goes off and talks about why people typically don’t worry about microbial organisms. He says that most Americans don’t have to worry about infectious diseases…

A study was conducted by Bandim Health Project (BHP). The main purpose of this experiment was to compare overall morality between infants given BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine used for tuberculosis and infants given both BCG and OPV0 (Oral Polio Vaccine). To see if given orally if it improves their chances of living or decreases them. They initially started with the hypothesis that administering both of these drugs would not be good for the infants. 7012 children…

Immunizations are one of the greatest public health achievements, but also have been extremely controversial since they were first created in the late 1700s. Vaccines can be seen as dangerous, unconstitutional, and unethical to anti-vaccinators, but pro-vaccinators see them as an absolute must to keep communicable diseases at bay. Public health officials have been relentless in their efforts to keep immunization rates high through education and laws – with laws ultimately having been more…

The first ever modern vaccine was created just over 200 years ago by Dr. Edward Jenner. It was made to treat the smallpox outbreak Europe was facing at the time. Nowadays, we have hundreds of vaccines available for almost every sort of infection. The idea behind the vaccine is simple. According to the CDC (2013), “Vaccines help develop immunity by imitating an infection. This type of infection, however, does not cause illness. The infection does cause the immune system to produce T-lymphocytes…

Your child is lying in a hospital bed covered in red spots. You assumed it was just poison ivy or a few bug bites thinking it will cure up by itself, but it does not. He or she is suffering from fatigue, high fever, loss of appetite, sore throat, and swollen lymphs. The blood work returns (just to be safe) and the doctor tells you, that your child has the chickenpox. The doctor informs you that the body will eventually heal itself, but prescribes medication and give advice on how to deal with…

Smallpox is responsible for the death of hundreds of millions of people. It is considered the world 's deadliest disease ever. Vaccines have been around since 1796 when Edward Jenner, an English physician and scientist, discovered the vaccine by applying fluid from cowpox blister to an young boy 's skin. Although this discovery eventually brought an end to the smallpox outbreak, many people still argue against getting vaccinated. I have never thought that getting vaccinated can come with any…

Indeed, many people assume that vaccines may cause autism and other disorders while vaccines can fight of the infections in the best possible way. As a matter of fact, there is no link between vaccines and autism. There is a strong evidence between MMR and autism which states that autism won’t occur at all after a vaccine shot. Several researchers have failed to find the relationship between MMR and autism. The evidence which they found is that the vaccine or thimerosal aren’t the substances…

based on fear and not on scientific evidence. Parents express fear of their child contracting autism and otherwise being harmed by inactive ingredients included in vaccines. Making it a priority to educate the risks as well as the benefits of vaccinations during routine check-ups may help curb some of the fear associated with vaccines.…

The Revolutionary War encompassed a six year period that was filled with pain and suffering. Throughout the war, there are believed to have been greater than 25,000 deaths with that same number of injured (Schultz, 2013). The wartime also introduced disease as well as terrible infections from battle wounds of the war. Many of the deaths to disease came from a major small pox epidemic. Even though the amount of suffering was great, there were a number of groups that had great…