Tuberculosis is a disease. The classic symptoms of active TB infection are a chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum‚ fever‚ night sweats‚ and weight loss (the latter giving rise to the formerly prevalent term "consumption"). Infection of other organs causes a wide range of symptoms. Diagnosis of active TB relies on radiology (commonly chest X-rays)‚ as well as microscopic examination and microbiological culture of body fluids. Diagnosis of latent TB relies on the tuberculin skin test (TST) and/or
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will also cause massive pollution as well as food shortage since land erosion cannot be replaced quickly. Thus‚ global population growth is a global problem that has come to cause environmental issues. According to the Harf and Lombardi a global issue must be real‚ controversial and does not have national boundaries; therefor it affects every aspect of the globe one way or another. The issue will not go away on its own. Nor can it be resolved by a single action. Instead‚ a long-term commitment by a
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CONCEPT OF GLOBAL HEALTH AND THE 10/90 GAP “pneumonia ‚ diarrheal diseases‚ tuberculosis‚ and malaria when combined have been estimated to account for more then 20% of the disease burden in the world(mostly in developing countries)‚ yet they receive less than 1% of the total public and private funds which are devoted to health and research.” Global health is the health of the population in a global context and transcends the perspectives and concerns of individual nations. Global health implies
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Tuberculosis _ Epidemiology and Nursing Research. Concepts in Community & Public Health NRS427V November14‚ 2013 Tuberculosis _Epidemiology and Nursing Research. Communicable diseases occurs in every country regardless of urban‚ rural‚ or with socio economical diversities. In order to help in prevention and control of communicable diseases‚ locally‚ nationally and globally‚ nurses who are working with the public health system ‚ must have basic
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spread from the lungs (“Tuberculosis”). A tuberculosis infection outside of the lungs is called extrapulmonary tuberculosis. In these instances‚ the kidney and bones are more commonly prone to infection. In the kidney‚ tuberculosis proposes little to no symptoms‚ but may destroy part of the kidney‚ which allows the infection to further spread to the bladder. Furthermore‚ if the body cannot conjure a strong enough cell-mediated immune response‚ a case of miliary tuberculosis may form‚ in which “a
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Student number: 5184-122-3 Module: Unique number: Assignment: PPH4803 842542 01 TUBERCULOSIS IN NAMIBIA Contents i Pages 1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………….1 2 THE BURDEN OF TUBERCULOSIS IN NAMIBIA AND GLOBALLY………………………………………………………………………………………………...2 2.1 Tuberculosis situation in Namibia…………………………………….....................................................2 2.2 Tuberculosis situation in the world…………………....................................................................
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MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN THE UNITED STATES: WHAT IT IS‚ CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS‚ HOW TO PREVENT IT 24 July 2009 Abstract Hippocrates once described a common illness as “phthisis‚” which today is believed to have been the same disease we now call tuberculosis‚ or TB. Many centuries have passed since Hippocrates‚ and TB has been a major scourge to humans as well as other species. In the early 20th Century‚ TB was called
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they make strategic planning Areas of Consideration There are facts stated in the case which need to be considered in order to address the problem of the company: * From 1997 to 1999‚ Nike didn’t have a chief financial officer. * Succession issues and the difficulty of the new CEOs to fill in the positions of the founders. * In the old days at Nike‚ the culture encouraged local managers to spend big and to go flat-out for market share instead of profitability. * Nike’s brand acquisitions
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Tuberculosis in Kazakhstan Nowadays in our country tuberculosis became one of the most widespread diseases. Tuberculosis belongs to group of socially significant diseases and it is the important medico-social problem‚ causing considerable material loss because of disability and premature death of the most productive population. Deterioration of an ecological situation‚ migratory processes‚ and decrease in a standard of living of the population‚ insufficient financing of health care including anti-tubercular
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to discuss tuberculosis (TB)‚ provide a clinical description‚ and discuss the determinants of health in relation to TB and the role and tasks of the community health nurse in regards to the disease. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚ a bacterium that usually affects the victim’s lungs and is spread through the air. TB spreads from one community or country to another as people travel or through immigration to new areas. Today’s modern world of travel makes health and healthcare
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