Trachoma

My Model of a Great Leader Annie Dodge Wauneka, a member of the Navajo Nation was known as public health activist and a leader on the Navajo Nation. She was born on April 11, 1910 and passed away on November 10, 1997. She began attending boarding school in 1917 when she was 8 years of age. While attending boarding school, she developed an interest in Public Health. Where there was an outbreak of tuberculosis and she assisted with the nurses in tending the sick. Mrs. Wauneka’s education ended…

Effects of Boarding Schools Boarding schools were used on Native Americans to assimilate into the American culture and make them be like the white people that already live there. It was a tactic brought on by the American government that was also used in Canada. The boarding schools have had some terrible effects on the Native American culture and almost wiped out the students who were in its heritage (Shanks, Abigail). The sad part was that these kids lost pretty much their identity and did…

River blindness, also known as Onchocerciasis or Robles disease is an illness caused by an infection through a parasitic warm known as onchocerca volvulus. Since its first diagnosis and naming, river blindness has become a serious problem to many individuals especially in parts of Africa, Yemen, and South America. In 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that onchocerciasis had not caused a single death. However, the illness had become a global burden by causing disability adjusted…

Devoted, motivated, and dedicated, Annie Sullivan strives to educate a blind and deaf Helen Keller, about the way of life in the award winning play, The Miracle Worker by William Gibson. Without the senses of sight or hearing, Helen’s behaviour escalates toward violence due to pent up frustration. Surprised by Helen’s numerous tantrums, Annie knew her presence would benefit Helen’s growth and experience. Although some may interpret Annie’s methods as unconventional, her approach successfully…

Twelve million immigrants who were processed through Ellis Island ended up having tens of millions of children and grandchildren, who heard many different stories about their life as an immigrant (Yans-McLaughlin 59). They sacrificed everything to start a better life in America for themselves and their family. The majority of the time, they did it even if it meant they would have nothing and would be struggling to begin their life in America. Passing as an immigrant through Ellis Island was…

Surprisingly the ship's second and first classes had already been checked for diseases and let off. But, bad news came upon us,the third class were told that they had to wait until a ferryboat came and got us, for “further immigrant processing.” I knew it was probably going to be a few hours before we could get off our boat. The ferryboat finally arrived and we hopped on. We all battled with our luggage and eventually sat down. We all talked and socialized and before we knew it, we were there.…

Indian boarding schools was severe and generally consisted of confinement, deprivation of privileges, threat of corporal punishment or restriction of diet. Not only did the children receive punishment, many were infected with disease. Tuberculosis and trachoma (“sore eyes”) were the greatest threats. In December of 1899, measles broke out at the Phoenix Indian School, reaching epidemic proportions by January. In its wake, 325 cases of measles, 60 cases of pneumonia, and 9 deaths were recorded in…

COMMODITY: WATER Water is the main source required to manage all life on our planet, making it the most vital item on Earth. Looking ahead into the following quarter century, Water is becoming scarcer and essential than it was in recent days. Clean, safe drinking water is rare. Today, approximately 1 billion people in the developing countries don't have access to it. Water is the basis of living. And still today, in every part of the world, they are many people spend their whole day…

Bouie than states that this is not the first time in American history of using public health to scaremongering. “Bouie cites ‘Asians were portrayed as feeble and infested with hookworm, Mexicans as lousy, and eastern European Jews as vulnerable to trachoma ...’ Scholars Howard Markel and Alexandra Minna Stern”. Bouie writes it was not until World War 2 that perspective of European immigrants changed. Immigration hysteria return in the 1980s and again in the 1990s. In the 2000s the idea of…

The treatment of Australia’s Indigenous community is horrific. Indigenous Australians lived on this land for thousands of years before the white European settlers came and took their land along with their lives. Since the settlers arrived they have been treated like animals, lesser beings to the white European settlers and their descendants. The treatment of Australia’s Indigenous population has improved since the settlers but is nowhere near where it should be. They are forced to live with…