SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE ON DENGUE FEVER What is dengue fever? Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as headache‚ fever‚ exhaustion‚ severe muscle and joint pain‚ swollen glands (lymphadenopathy)‚ and rash. Other signs of dengue fever include bleeding gums‚ severe pain behind the eyes‚ and red palms and soles. Dengue
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ABSTRACT Philippines is experiencing an erratic change in weather which is causing a lot of problems‚ including the increase of population growth of mosquitoes which could cause various kinds of diseases like Encephalitis‚ West Nile Fever‚ Dengue Fever and Malaria. People should be aware of the things that might happen because of the said diseases. The researcher conducted a study that could be a possible solution to this kind of problem. The main purpose of the study is to make
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Michael Aucoin and Will Mischke Professor Planchon Bus 472- Marketing Management II September 29‚ 2013 Classic Knitwear Classic Knitwear‚ founded in 1995‚ began production of a unique line of unbranded casual knit apparel. Included in their product line were such clothing as T-shirts‚ sport shirts‚ sweatshirts and other wearing apparel. Although the company saw exceptional revenues as of 2005‚ they still felt that they were not meeting certain criteria when it came to their gross margin
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clothing‚ or other surfaces which discourages insects from landing or climbing on that surface. Mosquito Repellent also helps prevent and control the outbreak of insect borne diseases such as Malaria‚ Lyme disease‚ Dengue fever‚ Bubonic plague‚ and West Nile Fever. Theoretical Framework Lemongrass herb is very popular plant found commonly
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grass cut‚ Keeping your grass short will help prevent tripping accidents or run-ins with outdoor creatures. . Keep kids off the streets. Take kids to local parks etc. . Use insect repellant. Tics can spread Lymes disease‚ mosquitoes can spread West Nile Virus and‚ in some areas‚ encephalitis. . Use sun screen‚ Protect your child’s young skin with a sun screen that has an SPF of 15 or higher. . Make sure fences and railings are safe. . Supervise. There is no aspect of child safety more important
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Objectives There are two main scientific objectives in this project‚ firstly to understand and improve the production of garlic bio-active compounds by sophisticated breeding techniques‚ and secondly to improve the understanding of the role of garlic as diet and as therapy in promoting and sustaining health and preventing cancer and cardiovascular diseases like atherosclerosis through cellular‚ molecular and clinical studies as safe and low cost therapy and preventive agent. Further‚ we aim to identify
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than 3‚000 species of mosquitoes‚ but the members of three bear primary responsibility for the spread of human diseases. Anopheles mosquitoes are the only species known to carry malaria. Culex mosquitoes carry encephalitis‚ filariasis‚ and the West Nile virus. And Aedes mosquitoes‚ of which the voracious Asian tiger is a member‚ carry yellow fever‚ dengue‚ and encephalitis. The latest outbreak in the province‚ located around 400 kilometers (249 miles) south manila‚ has caused particular alarm because
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Statement of the Problem This research was conducted to test the feasibility of allium sativum as a mosquito killer for the control of mosquitoes that bring many kinds of diseases‚ such as Malaria‚ Dengue‚ Yellow Fever‚ Encephalitis and West Nile Fever. This study was also conducted because insecticides are too expensive to buy. People are also using katol that produces smoke which is not suitable in our respiratory system. Significance of the Study Nowadays‚ we know that
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Introduction Background of the Study Dengue‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ played a fatal role in the Philippine economy for the previous years. More than sixty two thousand dengue cases were recorded last year and more than five hundred patients have died. No existing treatment has been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) to completely turn down the virus once it starts infecting a patient; therefore prevention had been the point of action of the community in
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the news. Without them I would never have known about mad cow disease and then where would I be?” “Speaking of which‚ the only thing that kind of strikes me as funny about reporters is how everything is the end of the world like‚ the west nile virus will kill us all‚ or whatever plague is out there is going to be an epidemic. I’d rather just know what’s going on rather than have someone explain the next apocalypse to me.” Lamontagne says although he likes to keep up on what is going
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