Comparative Health Care Ques 1: - Describe in detail healthcare delivery system in India? Ans: - The Healthcare delivery system broadly consists of the following sectors or agencies:- 1. PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR a) Primary Health Care Primary health centres. Sub- Centres. b) Hospitals/Health Centres Community Health Centres. Rural hospitals. District hospitals. Teaching hospitals. Specialist hospitals. c) Health Insurance Schemes Employees States Insurance Scheme (ESIS)
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agony‚ convulsions and delirium‚ he fell into a coma and died. This death of Alexander the Great is considered curious. What caused the strong and healthy young ruler of half the known world to die so abruptly at the very pinnacle of his power? Malaria‚ typhoid and alcohol poisoning have all been suggested as possible causes of death. There is also the other option of murder. Unlike many events in ancient history‚ the details of Alexander’s death have been secured in writing. The initial symptoms
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the crash could have caused the damage to his body. Zahi Hawass’s theory is that Tut had an inherited bone disorder called Koler’s disease that had weakened the King (Young King’s Death Reassessed‚ 2011). Hawass also found that Tut had signs of Malaria. King Tut had a fracture to his leg that happened before death. Due to his weakened state he had developed necrosis of that fractured bone. X-rays
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antidepression drugs; Avandia/Avadamet for type 2 diabetes; and the antibiotic Augmentin. Each of these drugs generated above £800 million of sales in 2003. GSK produces a broad range of products of special importance to developing countries‚ including: Anti-malaria drugs Zentel (albendazole)‚ for de-worming and the prevention of lymphatic filariasis Pentosam‚ against leishmaniasis Anti-retrovirals (ARVs) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis drugs Vaccines for developing countries Corporate Social Responsibility
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Effects of Global Warming Penguins‚ Disease‚ Health Global warming is a very popular topic of conversation worldwide. People have speculated wildly about the causes‚ effects and solutions. Although global warming does not affect my life now‚ it is a danger that could impact the lives of my children. Global warming is defined as an increase in the average temperature of the earth ’s atmosphere that is theorized to contribute to climatic change and rising sea levels due to heat trapped by greenhouse
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births attended by skilled health personnel 18. HIV prevalence among 15-24 year old pregnant women b 19. Condom use rate of the contraceptive prevalence rate c 20. Number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 21. Prevalence and death rates associated with malaria 22.
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Crisper you can construct a gene drive to control the group. Let’s think about an example of a mosquito that mediates malaria. Researchers incorporate malaria tolerance genes using gene drive in the laboratory using Crisper. Then mosquitoes themselves will cross individuals and become individuals with malaria resistance genes in the population. This is to suppress infection of malaria. The application of gene drive is not limited to pest-mediated diseases. For example‚ it can be applied to exterminating
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in Africa is malaria. There are 300-500 million cases of malaria each year‚ and more than one million people die from it. Generally‚ malaria is transmitted from the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito (Wellems‚ T. E.)‚ but it can be passed from person to person via blood transfusions or through pregnancy. This disease is completely curable with the right treatment‚ but without treatment it can be deadly. What actually happens to a person who contracts malaria is that the
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infection rate of the malaria parasite due to the breeding environment conducive for its reproduction available in almost in all regions.About 3.3 billion people half of the world ’s population are at risk of malaria. In 2010‚ there were about 219 million malaria cases (with an uncertainty range of 154 million to 289 million) and an estimated 660 000 malaria deaths (with an uncertainty range of 490 000 to 836 000). Increased prevention and control measures have led to a reduction in malaria mortality rates
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is the use of some type of barrier to protect a person from exposure to blood-borne pathogens‚ body fluids‚ or other potentially infectious materials. PPE is not just used to protect the nurse from the patient‚ but also the patient from the nurse and to help prevent a health care-associated infection. Being familiar with the personal protective equipment you are required to wear under specific circumstances helps to reduce the chances of self-contamination. Donning
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