J Unit Task 1 Amebicides Antibiotics Antivirals What they are? Amebicides are agents that destroy amebae infections‚ especially those that cause amebiasis. Antibiotics are a treatment that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. Antivirals are agents that stop the growth and reproduction of viruses. What diseases they treat? Amebicides treat a disease called amebiasis; amebiasis is an intestinal illness that is commonly caught when someone eats or drinks something that is
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Features Walther and Angelina Hesse-Early Contributors to Bacteriology In an unassuming way‚. they moved agar from the kitchen to the lab‚ revolutionizing bacteriology WOLFGANG HESSE T RANSLATED BY D IETER H. M. GR~SCHEL Walther Hesse was a well-known community health physician in the Kingdom of Saxony‚ a student of Max von Pettenkofer‚ the father of hygiene‚ and of Robert Koch‚ the father of medical microbiology. His American wife‚ Fanny Angelina‚ introduced agar-agar to the new science
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Have you had this disease? WBR Vaccination dates UTD ROI Antibody testing Date of titer To lab Yes / No Dose 1 Dose 2 Dose 3 Most recent Result (Pos / Neg) Office use only Varicella (chickenpox) Other: Other: Tuberculosis screening BCG vaccinated? Yes No Unknown Today’s date: Last TB skin test Date Result TB skin test If positive TB test‚ did you take TB treatment? Yes Date started: No TB symptom review If positive TB test‚ most recent chest x-ray? Date Result
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always 100%. My brother‚ who is a medical student‚ told me that they have to think of differentials. It is possible to have possible same signs‚ symptoms and laboratory results that can be replicated by some other disease entry. He made Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Pulmo TB) here in the Philippines as an example. He said that Pulmo TB is so rampant here in the Philippines to the point that clinicians diagnose this quickly as long as the patient has chronic cough‚ afternoon fever‚ chills and probably weight
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The Expanded Program on Immunization is a World Health Organization program with the goal to make vaccines available to all children throughout the world. The 7 immunizable diseases: * Tuberculosis * Diphtheria * Pertussis * Measles * Poliomyelitis * Tetanus * Hepatitis B Target Setting: * Infants 0-12 months * Pregnant and Post Partum Women * School Entrants/ Grade 1 / 7 years old Elements of EPI: * Information‚ Education and Communication (IEC)
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INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE 1. Discuss the American Health Care System. Can we implement it in India? 2. What is DOTS? How will you organize and implement DOTs Programme at a district level? Discuss in detail. 3. Describe the National Health Policy of India. What goals are to be achieved by 2010? 4. Write notes on a. WHO b. UNICEF c. Health problems of Developing Nations. 5. Write notes on a. National Anti Malarial Programme b. National AIDS control programme 1. Discuss
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Contemporary Issues-Infectious Diseases among Inmate Populations DeAnna Huey University of Phoenix Contemporary Issues-Infectious Diseases among Inmate Populations Infectious disease is any disease that is able to spread among our public and contained population‚ thus being called infectious. An infectious disease travels through the environment‚ as it passes from one person to another through means of airborne‚ droplets‚ contaminated water‚ clothes‚ bedding‚ utensils or anything that
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lack of blood‚ cists in the mouth gastric‚ diarriah‚ kirmi‚ daud‚ itching (khujli)‚ amasha (food poisoning)‚ pneumonia and golo gondho. However one thing which struck me a bit is that the villagers have to pay for the medicines. Only Pulmonary tuberculosis
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COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES (OCTOBER 2009) INTRODUCTION As per NACO sentinel surveillance report of 2007‚ the prevalence of HIV infection is estimated to be 0.34 % of the population‚ which translates to 2.31 million people living with HIV/AIDS in India. Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health challenge in India and is estimated that 1.9 million new cases of TB occur in India annually. Active TB disease is the commonest opportunistic infection amongst HIV-infected individuals. High-quality diagnosis
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In the year 2000 leaders of 189 nations got together and agreed on a vision to see the future of the world with less poverty‚ the eradication of hunger and disease‚ a greater and higher survival rate of mothers and their infants‚ a world with better educated children‚ equal opportunities for women and finally a world where we have a healthier environment. In this essay I am going to discuss the millennium development goal 6 which is the eradication of HIV/AIDS‚ malaria and other diseases. This is
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