Essays on Measles

The role of community health nurses in ensuring population’s health cannot be understated. These healthcare professionals are usually tasked with seeing to it that all the safety and quality of the health care and the needs of a particular population have been thoroughly addressed. For them to achieve this objective, they ought to have a proper understanding of disease histories, symptoms and the presenting characteristics which may indicate that an outbreak has occurred. Therefore, this realization requires health practitioners to take the center stage in seeing to it that the patterns of such a disease are kept on ...

The World Health Organization (WHO), headquartered in Geneva, began activity on April 7 1948 in order to improve equity in health, reduce health risks, combat diseases and stop further international spread of viruses. It is one of the United Nations specialized agency working in 150 countries. Over the years, the WHO has conducted the service of epidemic warnings. WHO gathers information, makes recommendations and regulations to health authorities, informs people about health emergency, monitors programs, and provides international quarantine. The organization focuses on disease prevention and control of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, influenza, malaria, bio-medical researchers and statistics. WHO spreads its ...

Measles is a highly contagious infection that is caused by the rubeola virus. Although elimination of the illness in the United States was declared in 2000, the country has reported several measles outbreak in recent years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most outbreaks result from importation of measles cases from countries where the infection is endemic (CDC, 2014a). Indeed, CDC notes that most outbreaks in the US are caused by unvaccinated Americans who travel to countries with high incidences of measles. In view of this, the current paper analyzes the 2014/2015 measles outbreak in ...

The communicable disease causes the State substantial funds. Hudson County has taken the initiative to put measures to counter any outbreak of communicable disease. Foodborne illness was reported in New Jersey City. This was a result of consumption of contaminated beverage or food. NJDOH (The New Jersey Department of HealthNJDOH) received reports on the outbreak of the disease. CDC have noted that about 76 million of American get sick, 300000 hospitalized and about 5000 succumb to the disease every year. The nationwide trends show the prevalence of the communicable disease within the city as compared with other cities. Research ...

According to the World Health Organisation, Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that affects humans. The disease is spread through direct contact with an infected individual, coughing or sneezing, and direct contact with infectious body fluids (World Health Organization, 2016). Between 2013 and 2015, there was a measles outbreak in Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu. In Solomon Islands, the disease was first reported in July 2014, after a return traveler from Papua New Guinea was discovered to be suffering from the disease. According to the World Health Organization, the measles outbreak started in Papua New Guinea ...

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Hi, measles is a widespread medical problem that has affected numerous nations such as France and the USA. Recently, France encountered a measles outbreak between 2008 and 2011 that resulted in increased efforts to combat the disease outbreak. That would explain why the immunization rates in France rose to the United States level. The performance of America does not imply that there are no cases of measles only that they have managed to control the illness for the larger part of the population. Currently, America has encountered less than 1000 cases of measles compared to the thousands that are ...

Question 1

Description of the outbreak Measles, a viral disease, has been established to be highly contagious mainly characterized by body rashes. The causative agent responsible for measles infects the mucous membrane then spreads out to other parts of the body. The condition can, however, be prevented by the use of vaccination. It is characterized by particular symptoms which include a runny nose, high fever, red eyes and coughs (WHO, 2016). The body rashes that usually develop on an individual who has contracted this disease begin with the head then move downwards to the body. The rashes usually appear after four ...

International Comparison of Data

International Comparison of Data Health indicators are defined by health scientists as quantitative features used to define health status of a population. Health indicators have direct influences on the health of a community and the indicators are used to characterize the health quality of the community. The United States and most of the European countries have favorable health indicators compared to other developed counties. The research paper is going to compare the health indicators of three countries including United States, Denmark and Ethiopia. Health indicators are used by the governments and other health agencies in guiding the healthy policy ...

The study of infectious diseases has always been crucial to mankind because of the devastating effects it has had on the human race. The influenza epidemic, for example, occurred repeatedly in the 20 th and 21st century, spreading across large regions and multiple continents. Influenza in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people world wide. This was higher than the amount of people that died in World War I. About 500,000 fatalities occurred in the US which was approximately 28% of the US population at that time. The number of deaths that took place in 1957 and 1968 ...

Vaccination is the process by which the immunity of an individual is stimulated to develop protection against pathogens by the use of antigens called vaccines. Vaccination has been in use for a long period and has seen prevention and reduction of communicable and infectious diseases. The use of vaccines to prevent diseases was commonly used in children aged between 0 and 6 years; however, after scientific developments and discoveries it gained traction among adults (Habakus & Holland 2011). To protect the weak, elderly and the immune compromised individuals versus an individual’s right to say no to a vaccine is ...

Immunizations in Children

According to World Health Organization (WHO), “Immunization is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine” (World Health Organization). This definition of WHO can be further elaborated by saying that the concept of immunization works by stimulation of the immune system. The immune system performs the function of protecting the body against disease causing agents. In its healthy condition, the body’s immune system has the ability to recognize any invading microbe. The leucocytes identify the microbes and produce antibodies against them. These antibodies are capable ...

Childhood Immunizations

Spring - 2016 Vaccination is a medical manipulation during which certain antigen of the infectious agent is being administered into the organism to induce the primary immune response. The first contact with the antigen is being accompanied by activation of the immune system and the emergence of a subpopulation of lymphocytes, which are able to specifically recognize the antigen. As a result, during the contact with the infectious agent, the immune system is able to react faster. While the purpose of vaccination is the prevention of disease, it can still occur, but in less severe form and with minimal ...

Vaccinations have always helped every person who is vaccinated. Vaccinations have prevented numerous illness and disabilities since the time of their invention. Some diseases such as whooping cough, mumps, and measles still a pose huge threat though they can be prevented through vaccines. Many children in United States are suffering and being hospitalized, resulting in deaths every year due to this threat. I support vaccinations because they are safe, very effective, and any child who is vaccinated develops an immunity to fight illness faster than a child who is not vaccinated. Vaccines are thoroughly tested for safety and continuously ...

Vaccination is an important decision that parents need to make when their children are young. There are many opposing statements regarding this choice, and many voices favor vaccination as well. Vaccination came into being in the 19th century when Louis Pasteur first discovered the rabies vaccines and then on, rigorous research went into the study of immunology and protecting people from falling ill to life-threatening diseases. After the course of diseases was understood, scientists worked on making preventative measures for avoidance of these diseases. Vaccines have led to a great drop in the mortality rate over the past century ...

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Tetanus

It is a disease caused by bacteria known as clostridium tetani. It affects the nervous system leading to muscle contractions. Tetanus has no cure. We use antibiotics to prevent its complications.

Common cold

It is a viral infection affecting the upper respiratory tract. Viruses spread through droplets. Antibiotics cannot be used to treat common cold.

Influenza

It is also a viral disease affecting the upper respiratory tract. It is also known as the flu. Treatment is use of antiviral drugs (Krasner and Shors).

Cholera

It is an acute infection caused by ingestion of contaminated food or water characterized by diarrhea and vomiting. ...

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder, which affects the central nervous system. It was first described as a separate disease in 1868 by Jean-Martin Charcot (Compston and Coles, 2008). The average prevalence of the disease globally is 30 people from 100000 (Milo and Kahana, 2010). However, the incidence of multiple sclerosis varies greatly depending geography. While in the African countries it happens comparatively rarely, its frequency is increasing consistently in Asia and America. In Europe, multiple sclerosis happens with the highest rate in the world. There are four clinical forms of multiple sclerosis (Compston and Coles, 2008). Relapsing-remitting MS ...

Abstract

Measles starts with fever, runny nose, and watery eyes, and a rash may develop after a few days. The illness is not serious but can get serious if the infection spread to other parts of the body and spread to the community. The patient can develop a lung infection, ear infection and may even die. There is no medicine as of yet that can kill the measles. What adds to the gravity is that it is a highly communicable disease that can easily spread. The essay discusses the epidemiological determinants of the outbreak of measles and the risk factors ...

Introduction

Vaccines are long since being used to prevent the spread of contagious disease all over the world and it is because of these same vaccines that we have been able to eradicate a number of diseases including measles. This means that these vaccines are in fact effective against these diseases, and they have been lending a hand in keeping our children healthier than they would be otherwise. Despite that, there are many parents in the country who opt out of having their children vaccinated, and this is because they have their reservations regarding the risks that these vaccinations may ...

Overview of the need

Poor health brought about by the lack of public health services is a major problem affecting many communities in the United States. Erie County in Buffalo, New York needs adequate, safe, and quality public health services to improve the status of health of the residents. Erie County is the largest in New York with a population of approximately 900,000 people. The availability of health care services to serve the entire population becomes a challenge because of limited resources, poor community awareness, health care disparities, and poor access to health care (Burstein, 2014). The high prevalence of measles and ...

In the recent years, various communities in the United States have witnessed an increase the prevalence of communicable diseases whereby most of these illnesses were considered to have been eliminated or controlled (Clemmons et al., 2015). In the light of this, some of these diseases have escalated to epidemic levels causing serious problems to the healthcare workers and the community in its entirety. This increase can largely be attributed to changes witnessed in vaccination practices in regard to these diseases as well as increased mobility among the community members. As such, healthcare workers should understand the epidemiological patterns of ...

Since the dawn of human civilization, diseases have always been an ordinary part of people’s lives. As the civilization develops, human beings find new ways to resist illnesses, both naturally (because the human immune system also evolves) and medically (by vaccination). The results of a long-time fight against the disorders of our organism are impressing. A considerable number of maladies, which seemed to be lethal to our ancestors, are easy to prevent nowadays. For example, due to a growing role of general vaccination, the number of measles-caused the number of deaths to decrease dramatically from more than two ...

In recent years, personal devices have become resourceful tools in all sectors, including the health care sector. Personal devices, especially smartphones, come with versatile capabilities that have contributed to their rapidly increasing use in health care. They have become an essential part of human lives, such that the trend is significant in the health care setting such that virtually all care providers, including nurses and physicians, make use of them. Studies have reported the prevalent use of mobile devices among health care professional (Mayer, Blanco, & Torrejon, 2019). Also, many patients resort to the internet, especially social media, to ...

An NCD or non-communicable disease is a disease that cannot be transmissible among people. It is also a disease that is non-inflectional. On the other hand, a communicable disease is a disease that is easily transmissible among people. Examples of non-communicable diseases are diabetes, asthma, cancers and heart diseases. Examples of communicable diseases include flu, Ebola, influenza, salmonella, and measles (Porche, 2004).

In the case, James is in great danger. Because of his parents’ personal beliefs, James was not immunized. He can easily get infected. He can get diseases such as smallpox, measles, polio, and others that can affect his well-being and growth. ...

A disease is defined as a condition that is abnormal in the body of a living thing. It can be communicable or non-communicable. A communicable disease is that which can be infected from person to person through bodily contact. A non-communicable disease is the opposite. It is both non-transmissible and non-infectious. That is to say, it cannot be infected from person to person through bodily contact. Some good examples of non-communicable diseases (NCD) are Alzheimer’s disease, Osteoporosis, diabetes and cataracts. To add to that, good examples of communicable diseases (CD) are measles, influenza, HIV, chicken pox, nausea and Pinkeye. In ...

Book review for

“The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy” is a book that developed a reasoned argument about the vaccines versus autism debate. The writer of the book, Seth Mnookin, is aware that the vaccine has been an explosive issue not only in the United States but also across different cultures in the world. Mnookin provides an insight on the effects of biotechnology and how parents, scientists, sociologists, and politicians, among others have perceives it. In other words, the author injects a dose of reality to into the commonly known myth about the link between vaccination and autism (Taylor et al. ...

Significant characteristics of a disease

Virulence is a term that describes “the capacity of a microbe to cause disease after infection”. It is a multifaceted phenomenon is dependent on the “context and nature of the interaction between the host and the microbe.” The number of fatalities that occur as a result of infection by a given pathogen is used as a measure of the virulence. Based on this parameter, the Ebola virus would therefore be considered to be highly virulent as compared to small pox. Give that research has provided better understanding of pathogens thus led to the development of potent forms of therapy; some of the pathogens ...

Part A

Introduction Fortune 500 companies are the top 500 companies in the US which are listed by Fortune magazine every year. The companies are generally ranked on the basis of their gross revenue (Fortune 500). The Fortune magazine started to enlist these 500 best company in 1955 for the first time. The concept of selecting best 500 American companies was first created by Edgar Smith, the editor of Fortune 500. In these 500 best companies, the top companies are Wal-Mart Stores, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Berkshire Hathaway, and Apple (Fortune 500) The company chosen for this research paper is ...

CAUSAL RELATIOSHIP BETWEEN AUTISM & MMR VACCINE

ABSTRACT This paper discusses about the causal relationship between Autism and the MMR (Mumps, Measles and Rubella) vaccine. We hypothesized that there is some relationship between the two. We observed some cases very closely with proper investigations and diagnostic tests. Total of 5876 children were selected from different parts of the United States, among these children, some were already vaccinated and some were about to get vaccinated within the time span of few days. All of these children were subjected to different physical tests, behavioral tests and diagnostic procedures. The children, who were apparently normal at the time of ...

The Bubonic Plague was arguably one of the most historically tragic and monumental times in human history. It managed to change everything we understand about ourselves physically while changing the social and cultural landscape around it. An upheaval of power followed the plague, as did a religious revolt. Ironically, an issue today that is causing many social and cultural changes centers around something meant to keep the plague, and many other deadly diseases, from reemerging: vaccinations. In the wake of falsified research that left the world believing vaccinations caused autism, some parents still believe vaccinations are bad. This belief is ...

The primary function of a vaccine program is not merely to protect the individual from the dangers of certain diseases, but to protect society as a whole through a concept known as herd immunity. Herd immunity is the byproduct of widespread vaccination programs; these programs protect everyone in society, even those who have not been vaccinated, by slowing or even halting the spread of diseases within the population (Dalgleish, 1996). The goals of the vaccination program are to reduce the spread of communicable diseases in high-risk populations, and to reduce the long-term need for care in these same populations. In addition, the ...

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I am pleased to submit my manuscript entitled “Hepatitis B immunization in newborns.” Myname is [Fill in your name ]. I am submitting this manuscript for review This paper is on the safety of vaccines used in Hepatitis B imunization. Several vaccines have been found to contain substances that once in the system of the infants may cause diseases such as lymphoblastic leukemia. This paper focuses on critiquing a journal article by Francois et al (2005): Vaccine Safety Controversies and ...

Level Title: Introduction

Being a health practitioner is one of the most interesting careers one can ever hope to be involved. In the line of duty, one can be confronted with exciting scenarios, some of which are so challenging. Drawing a line between when to act and when not to act makes it even more difficult. As a nurse, you may be confronted with an issue that requires your urgent attention. On Other occasions, one feels like intervening in a health situation even though out of duty. This happens as a result of ones moral judgment and the drive to give a helping hand in the area of ...

After arriving on Hispaniola, Columbus discovers that the only wealth of the Americas lay in its human inhabitants, who could be made to work as slaves either in Spain or at home. He identifies the natives as cheap sources of labor to work in the sugar and tobacco plantations. Columbus begins to gather the indigenous people to take back to Spain to sell in the slave markets. He describes the indigenous people as the “best and gentlest people in the world” . He marvels about the health and well-being of the people. He finds sources of gold used in an ...

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Autism and vaccines

Doubts regarding the linkages between MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine and the occurrence of autism prevailed in the medical field since the claims made by Wakefield on the possible direct association between MMR vaccine and the occurrence of autism. Assessments on the relationship between autism and MMR vaccine in the light of researches are discussed in detail.

Assessing the incidence of autism and MMR vaccine

The Wakefield controversy triggered quite a lot of research inputs and it was found that majority of the researchers concluded that there is absolutely no relation between MMR vaccine and the incidence of autism (Mrozek-Budzyn, Kieltyka & Majewska, 2010; Fombonne, Zakarian, Bennett, Meng, L. & ...

Introduction

Measles is “a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the measles virus” (CDC, 2014). Another term for this is rubeola, as opposed to rubella, which is a term for German measles. Measles can lead to fever, a runny nose, cough and rashes all over the body. One out of ten individuals with the disease also develop an ear infection, while one out of 20 individuals with the disease will contract pneumonia. For every 1000 children with measles around one or two children will succumb to the disease and/or its complications. Adults can contract measles if they were not vaccinated earlier in life ( ...

- What innovations or invention (technology) had the biggest impact on civilization throughout history, and why? The technology that you choose must be at least 100 years old or older. Consider how civilization has been affected by this technology over time. We have often witnessed little new-born babies in the hospitals being cruelly injected with long needles. We hear the doctors saying, “It’s for their own good.” This is because those babies are being administered with vaccines to help them develop immunity against specific diseases that can ultimately prove fatal. Today, myriad vaccines exist that almost completely ...

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Should it be enforced? Introduction In 1963, measles virus affected over three million families in the United States. The virus killed over 500 people and infected over 48000. When the vaccination for measles was first introduced, the outbreak dropped considerably to the point that measles was virtually eliminated on a global scale. However, during the recent years, a surge in measles outbreak has been observed across the states of Indiana and New York City. . The medical community is scrambling to take precautionary measures to reduce the epidemic, through vaccinations. This raises an important question: Should ...

A critical analysis of the different attitudes of mothers towards the immunization of their children in rural and urban area in Nigeria 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background information and justification for the study Child survival beyond the age of five in Nigeria is a great concern in both academic and professional circles with statistics indicating that only 194 out every 1000 children live beyond the age of five. A United Nations study revealed that the Nigeria ranked 15th among the nations with the highest under five mortality rates. High infant mortality rates in Nigeria are attributed to immunizable ...

Book Review of

“The Hot Zone” written by Richard Preston is a non-fiction English book published by Anchor in 1995. It contains 420 pages and based on Richard Preston article “Crisis in the Hot Zone.” It is a thriller that deals with the source and occurrences relating to viral hemorrhagic fever especially Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. The filo viruses, Ebola Virus called EBOV, Sudan Virus called SUDV, Marburg Virus called MARV and Ravn Virus called RAVV are the agents of level four of Biosafety. They are enormously hazardous to humans due to being very contagious and with an extraordinary casualty rate. There is ...

ID Number Build up of immunity happens after a person is exposed to different kinds of germs. But there is a single method called vaccination that prevents germs from multiplying. Vaccination functions by protecting the immune system brought about by bacteria or germs before the onset of infection. Vaccination grants resistance against diseases. This paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of vaccinations.

How Vaccines Function

The vaccination procedure imitates what would occur when a harmful virus or bacterium breaks the defenses of the body, however with a fundamental distinction, no dangerous germ involved. Rather, the vaccine is made up of an unidentifiable adaptation of the ...

Question 1: environmental health

- What were the main themes that first emerged after the spill? The first themes from the newspapers that were covered touched on the chemical spill from Kooragang Island Orica Plant. They all touched on the chemicals that were spilt at the plant and the area in which the chemical covered. The carcinogenic chemical exposure was communicated to the residents of the area three days after the event took place (Johnson 2011, p. 1). According to all the articles, the chemical that glided on seventy homes in the area for half an hour was hexavalent chromium (Fairfax Media ...

Despite the healthy benefits of inoculating children, parents still ask, “Is this right for my baby?” Since the heightened rate of autism among children, many parents have wondered if vaccines are to blame. Out of fear or the thought of saving their children, parents skip vaccines that protect children from harmful diseases such as tuberculosis, measles, mumps, and several others. Other parents simply believe that vaccines are unnatural and that if the child eats clean and lives healthy their body will naturally resist these diseases. This is all, of course, preposterous. Scientifically speaking, no amount of clean eating can ...

Plant and animal domestication has been one of the most significant developments to occur in the past thirteen thousand years, in human history. This development is of interest to all of us because it provides most of the food we consume today. It was required in the rise of civilization and was responsible for the transformation of global demography. Domestication, however, had its own consequences such as the development of epidemic infectious diseases. The main human killers since the development of agriculture have mostly been acute, epidemic, and highly infectious diseases that are confined to human beings and ...

Autism is a developmental problem that is mostly detected in early childhood. The exact cause of this disease is not identified, but many possible triggers have been thought to be the risk factors. Despite the countering researches, many people still believe that measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations (MMR) have the tendency to expose children to the risk of autism. The inconclusive facts on both sides, supporting and negating the connection of autism to vaccinations had been leading the public to make wrong decisions. Nowadays, many researches are condemning those against MMR vaccines and say the vaccine's benefit outweighs its minor ...

What is Autism?

It is a lifelong severely incapacitating developmental disorder which occurs in Children in first 3 years of their life. Autism causes disturbance and impairment in 3 areas communication, social skills and their restricted and repetitive behaviors. Individuals diagnosed with Autism may respond abnormally to sensations as one or multiple senses might get affected at once. These troubles are manifested in abnormal behavior with people, events and objects. Autism is also known as Spectrum Disorder as symptom severity ranges from social disability and mild learning to severe impairment with highly unusual behavior and multiple problems. Disorder might happen alone or ...

Introduction

Autism, Aspergers’s syndrome, and pervasive development disorders are conditions which affect children during their early childhood (Scahill & Bearss, 2009). These disorders are characterized by deficits in socialization and communication as well as unusual interests and repetitive behaviours (Scahill & Bearss, 2009). The aetiology of the diseases is yet to be fully elucidated and is the subject of myths, conjecture, and wide ranging debate. A debate about a possible link between autism and vaccines in a prime-time TV show and government settlements under the vaccine protection program are some of the recent events in relation to the issue (Scahill & Bearss, 2009). This ...

Vaccination is the application of antigenic material, also known as a vaccine, in order to trigger the immune system of a person to create adaptive immunity to an infective agent. Vaccines can preclude or improve morbidity from disease. The vaccination’s efficiency has been broadly analyzed and confirmed. For instance, the HPV vaccine, the influenza vaccine, as well as the chicken pox vaccine (Fiore, Bridges, & Cox, 2009; Chang, Rinas, Schmitt, & Smith, 2009; Liesegang, 2009). Vaccination is regarded as the most effectual way of preventing communicable disease. Widespread immunity on account of vaccination is mainly accountable for the global obliteration of smallpox, ...

Introduction

- Discuss New Jersey State health initiatives and their relationship to the DHHS National Prevention Strategy and Healthy People 2020.

List the state-mandated reportable communicable diseases.

Discuss the status of measles cases in the state with accompanying epidemiologic data. Discuss the status of pertussis cases in the state with accompanying epidemiologic data. Explain the Organizational structure of the state’s official public health agency. Present an overview of the state’s immunization program to include discussion of IIS (Immunization Information System). Conclusion Summary - Post of a summary of the paper to the Discussion Board in Blackboard with response to at ...

Epidemiology

Outbreak Characteristics (Who, When, & Where) Chapter 2 states that the characteristics of person who might be at risk of being a disease carrier depends on the factors like the age, sex, and even the person’s race (Gordis, 2008). As for the recent measles outbreak in Texas, it was identified that the outbreak started when one of the residents went back from a trip where measles is a common disease. This correlates to Gordis’ claim regarding human factors being the risk of acquiring the disease (state.tx.us). People who are sickened, range between the age of 4 months and 44 years old ( ...

Alfred Crosby (37) asserts that the Columbian Exchange happened when Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492. This was when there had been a substantial interchange or swapping of goods, animals, dwellers and slaves, as well as infectious diseases between the Old World, which was the Eastern Hemisphere and the New World, which was the Western Hemisphere. Man’s movement to another place, along with illnesses and afflictions is the main doer or stimulant to an outbreak. In addition, Crosby (31) says that illnesses were transmitted from Europeans to Native Americans and from Native Americans to Europeans. This ...

Children’s health and social theory of risks: Insights from the British Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) controversy

Children are passive recipients of medical decisions; therefore, parents who are conscious of good parenting practices ensure they make proper medical decisions on behalf of their children. The decisions taken on behalf of every child with regard to medical examinations, implies the different difference in child health related conditions. Amidst various advices from private and public sectors, parents trust the guidance given by medical practitioners than any other sector (Casiday 1). However, there are both social and biological reasons that determine a parent’s decision on the vaccination of their children. Nevertheless, it should be noted that there are contradictory ...

Abstract

New advances in medical science and technology have decreased the global burden of disease. However, low-income countries lack the necessary resources to provide for the healthcare needs of all their people. E-health systems have the potential to help low-income countries tap into the richer healthcare resources of more affluent countries, by providing cost-effective tools that can link them to global data management banks, clinical decision support organizations, and care-at-a-distance programs. However, to be effective, these resources must be used with care. The first step in prioritizing healthcare resources is to estimate the burden of disease. High-income countries have reliable ...

New advances in medical science and technology have decreased the global burden of disease. However, low-income countries lack the necessary resources to provide for the healthcare needs of all their people. E-health systems have the potential to help low-income countries tap into the richer healthcare resources of more affluent countries, by providing cost-effective tools that can link them to global data management banks, clinical decision support organizations, and care-at-a-distance programs. However, to be effective, these resources must be used with care. The first step in prioritizing healthcare resources is to estimate the burden of disease. High-income countries have reliable ...

The first step in prioritizing healthcare resources is to estimate the burden of disease. High-income countries have reliable systems to assess the causes of death in the population; however, mid- and low-income countries do not have such systems in place, and mortality rates from a specific disease have to be extrapolated from incomplete data. Several studies have approached the problem of estimating the burden of disease by using a variety of methods to determine which diseases are responsible for the most deaths, which countries are carrying the highest burden of disease and death, and which populations are at the highest risk ...

The world has seen a significant number of technological advances, including sophisticated applications targeted for the health sector; yet the burden of death remains high for the largest portion of the world. Developing countries do not have the resources to make these devices available for their people. However, a few countries are beginning to experiment with the more affordable use of information technology in healthcare systems. This part of the study explores the global burden of disease.

Key words: burden of disease, health patterns, ICT

E-health in Developing Countries with a Special Focus on Nigeria

In order to develop health programs and institute national and local health policies it is necessary ...

The controversy over vaccination of children has been flaring up from last decade and parents are refuting medical advice regarding vaccination of children. Medical community and concerned parents are segregated in two groups, both attempting to assert their viewpoint over vaccinations. The scientific data and results on the efficacy and requirement of vaccination for children provided and informed by medical consultants to parents is not accorded complete comprehension by parents and the number of parents who are willing to skip their child’s vaccination is on the increase. Children, during their early life stage are prone to diseases resulting ...

Autism is a neurological disease which impacts the ability of a person to communicate. Autism is known to be a group of several disorders which impacts the communicating and relating ability of the person. It is not a single disease but rather a description for a group of disorders that affect people in similar ways. This condition is also referred as autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The origin of autism causes several controversies due to the fact that it’s origin is largely unidentified presently. Autism is possibly caused due to an amalgamation of environmental triggers and genetic factors. Defective immune system is reported to be ...