off this core value‚ Merck and Co. should be more inclined to create the drug despite the seeming lack of profit. Aspects that had led to the quandary are the lack of profit and the pressure of the ethical qualm of creating a helpful drug. “Onchocerciasis is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus. It is transmitted through the bites of infected blackflies of Simulium species‚ which carry immature larval forms of the parasite from human to human. In the human body
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Introduction and Situational Analysis Merck and River Blindness ethical dilemma is whether to pursue research that may or may affect the profits‚ or to choose a safer choice and go for profit rather than researching the drug. The outcome from researching the drug could possibly lead to healing the deadly and dangerous disease known as River Blindness. This drug is known to kill the parasite that has caused the disease. The problem with this situation was that the consumers of the drug could not pay
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He was diagnosed with River Blindness. River Blindness or Onchocerciasis is caused by the larvae of the Onchocerca volvulus worm. The parasitic worms live in the mouth parts of black flies and when an infected fly bites a human‚ the parasite enters the body through the bite wound. There the worms reproduce generating
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people by maximizing “good” and minimizing “bad.” Outcomes‚ results‚ or goals are the focus—not the action taken to achieve them. Utilitarians facing an ethical dilemma ask‚ “What is my goal? What outcome should I aim for?” River blindness (onchocerciasis) is a parasitic disease‚ a worm affecting millions of people‚ mostly in Africa. Until the late 1980s‚ there was no magic bullet against the worm‚ Onchocerca volvulus. The available drugs had serious side effects and the sick‚ mostly poor villagers
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A. Trachoma This is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium “Chlamydia trachomatis”. The infection causes the inner surface of the eyelids to become rough leading to pain in the eye‚ breakdown of the cornea and possible blindness. Untreated‚ repeated trachoma infections result in entropion - a painful form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward‚ causing the eyelashes to scratch the cornea. Children are the most susceptible to infection due to their tendency to easily get dirty
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are main reason of child impaired development in mostly poor people. It often causes 4 million people to become ill. They can penetrate in the skin of a person. Person normally eat eggs with a food. Severe infection is the main cause of anemia. Onchocerciasis ‚ Onchocerca volvulus cause 20 millon people in Africa to become infected. It causes the diseases river blindness.
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Reservoir defined The word reservoir refers to a place where large amounts of water get stored. The word reservoir comes from the French réservoir‚ which further derives from the Old French reserver‚ meaning "to reserve." Reservoirs are those water bodies formed or modified by human activity for specific purposes‚ in order to provide a reliable and controllable resource. a water body contained by embankments or a dam‚ and subsequently managed in response to specific community needs; or any natural
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Visual Impaired Definition Blindness is the inability to see from light to dark or just the inability to see at all. In some cases it leads to total loss of vision. Visual impaired is a severe reduction of vision that can’t be fully treated by medical treatment or lenses. Blindness and visual impairment are often used as synonyms‚ in the sports world. The International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and the U.S. Association for Blind Athletes (USABA) serve persons whose vision varies from
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encourage drug companies to further research on rare diseases by proposing tax benefits and seven-year exclusive marketing rights if they manufactured drugs for diseases afflicting fewer than 200‚000 Americans. River blindness‚ also known as “onchocerciasis” is a disease found in over 35 developing countries throughout the Third World. The cause of the disease came from parasitic worm that were carried by black flies. In 1978‚ the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that approximately 340‚000
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India has had lots of hits and misses with malaria since independence. Prevention starts at home. Self determination is needed .Protective measures should be adopted; they not only help protect the individual but rather deprive the mosquito of its blood meal .self enforcement is the key‚ motivation and commitment from the user is needed for a fail safe outcome. A child dies from malaria every 30 seconds The Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) (an alliance of WHO‚ UNICEF‚ World Bank‚ UN Development
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