UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES MSc PUBLIC HEALTH PRINCIPLES‚ POLICIES AND ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH MODULE UNIT CODE: PUB017-6 ACTION PLAN ELIMINATION OF TUBERCULOSIS FROM PAKISTAN LECTURER: DR HALA EVANS Student Number: 1228034 Table of contents Content page Background
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What is global health? ‘G lobal health’ is coming of age‚ at least as measured by the increasing number of academic centres‚ especially in North America‚ which use this title to describe their interests (1). Most global health centres are in high-income countries although several have strong links with low- and middleincome countries. A task force is establishing a mechanism to coordinate European Academic Global Health initiatives through ASPER. Two recent papers raise important issues about
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Despite incredible improvements in health since 1950‚ there are still a number of challenges‚ which should have been easy to solve. These are some facts: One billion people lack access to health care systems. • Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one group of conditions causing death globally. An estimated 17.5 million people died from CVDs in 2005‚ representing 30% of all global deaths. Over 80% of CVD deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. • Over 8 million children under
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Schiffman‚ George. (07‚ 2011). Tuberculosis. Retrieved from http://www.medicinenet.com/tuberculosis/page4.htm Tuberculosis. (01‚ 2013). Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tuberculosis/DS00372/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs Vyas‚ Jatin M. (11‚ 2012). Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001141/ Schiffman‚ George. (07‚ 2011). Tuberculosis. Retrieved from http://www.medicinenet.com/tuberculosis/page4.htm Tuberculosis. (01‚ 2013). Retrieved from
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What- What is Tuberculosis (TB)? A question that most of us are wondering about. What is tuberculosis? Tuberculosis‚ known as TB‚ is a disease transmitted from person to person that transmits us bacteria through air. It as a really dangerous and deadly disease. there almost no chance for you to live if you get the diseases unless you try to to cure it in the beginning. What- What are the symptoms of the disease ? Pain in the chest No apetite Fever Chills Sweating at night Coughing that lasts
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and documentation relevant to the topic; d. an independent contribution by the student to the research or ideas on the subject of the thesis‚ e.g. applying the literature to new material‚ giving his or her own‚ original interpretation‚ evaluating an issue in the secondary literature‚ publishing new historical data‚ or developing a new theoretical idea; e. reasonable conclusions deduced from the original problem (the question/hypothesis); f. a five-hundred word abstract in English; g. references and
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6/20 What is Health? * Well-being according to cultural standards. * Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental‚ and social well being * Much more than treating current illness or disease * Health is multidimensional * Age‚ sex‚ cause‚ loss of function‚ QOL (Quality of Life) How do we measure health? * Diseased/Not diseased * Healthy/Not healthy * Continuous outcome * A range of states from health to illness * Hard to find an equivalency
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fatal like cancer‚ stroke and tuberculosis. The interventions of health care are needed in order to decrease the mortality and morbidity rate. Greater effort in maintaining health must be practiced to live a healthier and longer life. Tuberculosis is still a great challenge to humankind‚ because since then‚ there have been many drugs that are available at an affordable price‚ prevention is not that costly‚ but there are still people who are dying because of tuberculosis. The Philippines ranks ninth
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Infectious diseases have the potential to be easily transmitted within prisons due to close contact between inmates. Tuberculosis (TB) has been and currently still is one of the most threatening infectious diseases worldwide. This can be seen through the numbers‚ which categorize it as one of the largest causes of morbidity and mortality. Over the years it has become evident that prisons have become breeding grounds for diseases such as this. Around the world TB prevalence among prisoners is substantially
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and good health while doing this. Introduction “We have a unique historic opportunity to stop Tuberculosis‚ but we must act now. The challenge now is for people to work together in putting the plan into action‚ in order to stop one of the oldest and most lethal diseases known to humanity. This plan tells the world exactly what we need to do in order to defeat this global killer.” (Dr. Marcos Espinal) ________ www.quotesea.com/quotes/with/tuberculosis Tuberculosis has been
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