Pandemic Term Papers Samples For Students

Pandemic Plan

The Ministry of Health (MOH), Guinea on March 21st, 2014 informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about the growing occurrence of Ebola virus disease (EVD). The initial report of the cases derived from Gueckedou, Kissidougou, and Macenta in the overseas district, a vicinity that establishes the boundary with Liberia, and Sierra Leone; and late in the principal town of Conakry. The samples of blood gathered from the early cases and after examination revealed favorable results for Zaire Ebola virus (EBOV) species by RT-PCR at Educational Institute of Pasteur in Lyon, France. The MOH of Liberia confirmed the initial infections of ...

1.0 Introduction
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is an incurable human disease condition that is characterized by the developed inability of the human body to fight against infections and attacking diseases. It results from the destruction the cells (lymphocytes) of the body that confer protection against diseases. This destruction occurs when a virus known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) enters and invades a person’s immune system. HIV/ AIDS is one of the greatest killers that the world has ever known. In Africa, the disease condition is a major pandemic resulting in more deaths in a year (between 1999 and 2000) than ...

HIV in the Middle East has been characterized by denial since it is viewed as a disease existing in countries that are morally decadent. Obedience to Islam is offered as the best protection to this epidemic. The Middle East consists mainly of Arab countries and, therefore; there is some inclusion of North Africa in this paper. Data gathered by UNAIDS suggests the region has largely escaped the epidemic. 480,000 residents were living with HIV in North Africa and the Middle East at the end of 2003.
However, this is no cause for celebration as 75000 people were newly ...

The Black Death: Europe's Most Notorious Plague

In the mid-14th century, Europe enjoyed robust trade with the Near East and the Far East. By the 1340s, sea trade routes had been established with faraway countries such as Syria, Egypt, Persia, China, and India (history.com, internet). Due to their trading interconnectedness, European port cities such as Messina (Sicily), Rome, Florence, Marseilles, and even the north African port of Tunis, were struck by what soon became known as "The Black Death" -- the plague (history.com, internet). Because of the confluence of factors that caused the rapid spread of The Black Death throughout an entire continent, and its high ...

Introduction

Let’s face it: HIV/AIDS is one of the most pressing socio-economic challenges facing the world today. Consequently, the business community cannot turn a blind eye to the issue because it is with us now. Although the menace has been of particular concern to developing countries, which have been hardly hit, the issue is not confined to the business enterprises in developing countries only. Businesses from the developed nations are also affected as well. In the current scenario, whereby the world has become a global village, multinationals are expanding into developing economies and in the process they are experiencing economic impacts ...