Essays on Sars

Pandemics and epidemics are terms related to the outbreak of any disease on a large

scale, anywhere in the world. Any society, community or locality can be affected by the outbreak of a disease at a particular time, which may cause death or result in a large population of people becoming critically ill. Any outbreak of a disease can last from days and even remain for years. This will depend on the intensity, kind of disease and extent of the outbreak. A disease of such nature, which affects a lot of people simultaneously, can be considered contagious. It might also be a new kind of disease, which might be previously unknown to the population ...

Introduction

According to Trevino & Nelson (2011, p. 35), fraud does not happen as a coincidence. To be specific, fraud in organizations is usually premeditated and has to happen in the right conditions and members of the organization in authority often set these conditions. As such, identifying the root causes of fraud, which is called fraud deterrence, should be one of the priorities of corporate governance. Since fraud has been a common menace in the history of organizational management, various strategies, government regulations, and acts have been developed to prevent the occurrence of fraud (Giroux, 2013, p. 32). These procedures cover ...

Developing a Surveillance and Monitoring Program

What action can you take when an outbreak is reported close to home? Background SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the SARS Coronavirus. Coronaviruses are mostly found in poultry with only a few strains hosted by humans. In the past, Coronaviruses only caused mild flu infections. However, in recent years, the coronaviruses SARS and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) have been associated with causal problems for acute respiratory conditions. Further scientific reports have shown that SARS Coronavirus is a new mutant strain origination from animal hosts (Chan & Chan, 2013).

Symptoms

SARS symptoms include ...

Admittedly, one of the world’s greatest public health leaders was Dr. Lee Jong-Wook. He was the first South Korean to be elected as the head of a United Nations agency, the World Health Organization where he served for eight years as a leader. Dr. Lee had taken over as the director of the World Health Organization at a time when the agency was undergoing revival that had been initiated by his predecessor Gro Harlem. Despite this being a major challenge, his fifteen years’ experience working with the organization prior to his appointment proved significant, as he was able ...

Introduction

Communication is one of the key players in the problem-solving techniques in major incidents and crisis. In the case of a crisis such as a disease outbreak, how communication is handled in spreading the information about the diseases to the general public as well as the pertinent medical official is very important in mitigating the aftermath. In this case, SARS was a contagious disease with very little information known (Coombs & Holladay, 2011). The medical officials, as well as the health organisations, were caught unaware with very little information concerning the diseases. As a result very little could be done, ...

Question 1

Crisis in tourism can be considered a process, or various processes that are put in place for handling unforeseen situations that usually threaten an organization, cooperation or business as well as a group or a person. Crises often take place without any warning in prior for preparation, hence creating uncertain circumstances. In such situation, it is essential to put plans in place that can be swiftly be executed for either position actions to remedy the circumstance or decreasing potential impact of the crisis to settle the circumstance in a given appropriate period. For example, not most nations have overall ...