Essays on Malaria

Ethiopia is a land-locked nation, and it is situated in the Horn of Africa. In 2013, the country had a populace of 94.1 million people. The life expectancy in the same year was 62.77 years while the GDP was $47.53 billion. The GDP and GNI per capita are $505.05 and $129.6 billion respectively by the year 2013 ("Ethiopia | Data," 2014). Malaria is a severe pandemic in Ethiopia whereby 75% of the country's land is prone to malaria while more than 54 million populates are at risk of contracting the disease. The disease-causing parasites prevalent in this country are the ...

Risks to the Mine

The major hazards to the mines include the possibility of floods taking place in the sites, and they will lead to a stop of the mining process. Secondly, the mines are prone to gas explosions. The explosions will increase the hole, and might even lead to the prevention of further mining (Khan, et al. 2004). Thirdly, the mines might face chemical leakage, an act that may cause decomposition of rocks and depletion of the important resources in mines. Moreover, mines are prone to dust, that will lead to blocking of the extraction process, by occupying the region, or causing ...

The diagnostic reasoning for clinical diagnoses involves the collection of data and application of systematic approaches to formulating hypotheses and create lists of different diagnoses. However, sometimes the clinician can make errors that that have a direct impact on the way they handle a patient leading to incorrect diagnoses, treatments and overall management plan. Most medical errors are identified as systemic and are usually solved using various interventions as checklists. However, there are other errors that occur during diagnosis and treatment, and these are attributed to flawed diagnostic reasoning (Wellbery, 2011). Diagnostic reasoning errors are mostly caused by heuristics ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.gov, 2017), malaria is contracted from the bite from a specific type of mosquito. A dangerous and sometimes fatal disease, symptoms of mild malaria include chills, high fever, and other signs similar to the flu; severe malaria results in organ failure and is a medical emergency. Even though malaria is a serious threat, it is treatable and preventable. There are approximately 1500 cases of malaria diagnosed annually in the United States. Most of the cases originate in people traveling from countries where malaria is present, such as South Asia and ...

One of the developing African countries challenged with severe health problems and requiring special attention from international organizations is Angola which has been marked by increasingly high levels of malaria incidence. Malaria is considered the main health problem haunting Angola (Schwartz et al., 2001) and this tendency has been persistent for years. The number of deaths caused by the disease has been varying but extremely high – around 21,000 cases in 2012 (UNDP, n/a). Moreover, the disease affected non-Angolan residents during the civil war in the country lasting until the early 2000s: the troops of the UN peacekeeping mission ...

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Question 1 According to the World Bank Health expenditure per capita (current US$) report, Kenya’s health expenditure per person is 77.679 USD, which is higher compared to other countries in the region; Tanzania’s is 51.717 USD and Uganda’s is 52.294 USD. Additionally, it is higher than the East Africa’s average of 60 USD. The World Health Organization recommends a minimum of 36 doctors per 100,000 people which Kenya has not attained seeing that their current rate is at 17 physicians per 100,000 people (Gatura and Mbaluku 2). The number of physicians refers to ...

Part 1

The country that I will focus on this quarter is Kenya. That follows the reason that the country’s major health documents such as the publications by the Ministry of Health are written in the English language that I am fluent in, and understand quite well. Besides, Kenya is classified as a lower middle-income country and has severe disease burden including HIV, Malaria, and tuberculosis, which are all eligible for the global funds. Not to mention, regardless of its considerable low economic status, Kenya is the leading African nation, which contributes significantly towards global health.

Part 2

The Kenyan proposals to ...

An example of something that was counter-intuitive

Some countries try to stimulate their economies by increasing the money supply. When people have a lot of money, you would expect them not to be poor since they can buy whatever they desire. Economists have tried to explain what happens in most countries where such policies are implemented. In most cases, it is found that people tend to become poorer despite the availability of money. The common intuition is that the economy will get stimulated, but economists describe this as a country being in a liquidity trap. People demand more than what is the productive capacity of their ...

Introduction

The Institute of Medicine, U.S.A, identified global health problems as health concerns that transcend national boundaries. These health issues are influenced by environment prevailing in other nations. Thus, there is a need for cooperative action from countries across the globe to find solutions to these concerns. With the kind of high mobility seen today, an epidemic outbreak in Africa, can readily spread to rest of the globe, if measures to contain its spread are not taken on a global scale. Polio eradication, containment of influenza virus, policies to restrict tobacco use are examples of policies that were instituted to ...

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 ...

The single-celled parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, causes malaria, was responsible for 214 million cases and 438,000 deaths globally in 2015, of which 88% of cases and 90% of deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. The morphology of P. falciparum is characterized by numerous rings (young trophozoites) and the absence of mature trophozoites and schizonts. In a P. falciparum blood smear, multiple infected erythrocytes appear more often than in other species and the rings of the parasite in the blood smear tend to be smaller than other species. Distinctive crescent-shaped gametocytes appear late in the infection. In vitro cultivation of P. ...

Introduction

Malaria is caused by a mosquitoes’ bite that carries a Plasmodium parasite. Malaria’s symptoms are: shivering, fever, headache, chills, and sweating malaise. Malaria can turn out to be life threatening to infants, elderly or people with low immunity (Better Health Channel, 2015). Typically, malaria is transmitted through infected Anopheles mosquito’s bite. After the bite, Plasmodium parasite is released into the bloodstream. It takes 2 to 3 days for the parasites inside RBC (red blood cells) to multiply and causes infected cells of the individual to burst open. Malaria can also spread through an infected mother as she ...

Mosquitoes, as tiny as they are, cause adverse effects on the human population ranging from diseases, deaths, economic fluctuations and losses. Dealing with the mosquito-caused diseases is costly since a lot of money is a necessity to fund the eradication projects. Some of the deadly diseases that a single mosquito can lead to are malaria, elephantiasis, dengue and the new Zika virus. Although some of the diseases, for example, the dengue disease have vaccines, it is bad that some of them like Zika, Malaria and Elephantiasis have no vaccines so far. Besides, the Zika virus threat is bad for ...

In the last years of the 1970s, there was global concern over the discovery of a deadly virus that resulted in outbreaks of a hemorrhagic fever in West Africa (Peters & LeDuc, 1999). The high rate of death and the contagious nature of the disease was a cause of concern to the international medical community and researchers combined efforts to discover the cause, etiology, effective therapies, and methods of control of what would come to be known as the Ebola virus. Although there have been few cases reported outside West Africa, the potential for the spread of the disease prompts ...

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Climate change and health: discussion and impacts

In the span of two centuries, humans have done what no other species has been able to accomplish-to impact the basic functioning of the planet. Scientists call this era as the “Anthropocene;” it was at this time in history wherein humans became the commanding species on the planet resulting in massive disruptions in the planet’s ecological and geophysical operations. Prior to the era, the climate was stable in the Holocene period and before that the Pleistocene period was primarily marked by significant glacial movements (McMichael, 2011, pp. 187-188). With regards to global health, the impacts of ...

Definition:

Ebola virus, well known for its hemorrhagic effects produced inside as well as outside of body. This virus progresses with bleeding, which leads to organ failure and if not treated properly can also cause death. ("Ebola virus and Marburg virus - Mayo Clinic", 2016). Ebola is also termed as Ebola Hemorrhagic fever because of its hemorrhagic property and it is also known to cause the death of 90% effected people ("Ebola Virus: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention", 2016). There are 5 strains of this virus and four of them are known to cause deadly symptoms like hemorrhage. Ebola have its ...

1. Introduction a. The outbreaks of the Ebola virus in West Africa have generated significant concern due to the high death rate and contagious nature (Peters & LeDuc, 1999). b. Differences in the fatality rates in Ebola infection over the last decades probably are a reflection of advances in diagnostic accuracy, proficiency in acute care stages, and identification of infection sources (Laupland & Valiquette, 2014). c. Although cases are rare and primarily confined to West Africa, there is concern of a possible pandemic secondary to ease of international transport of contaminated people and goods. d. The transmission is through blood and ...

Analysis of Error in Risk Management at the Work Setting

Analysis of Error in Risk Management at the Work Setting

Introduction

I visited a local health facility in Orlando, California where I attended a committee meeting of the board of management. The agenda for the meeting included the topic of risk management changes, which needs to be implemented in order to avoid more financial expenditure. The members present deliberated upon the various cause of the risks, evaluation of the possible failures and their impact in the management system in addition to the various serious safety events in the hospital. This paper seeks to discuss the information received from the meeting ...

Dr. Victor Babes and discovery of Babesiosis

Babesiosis also known as piroplasmosis is a tick- borne disease, which is an emerging intra- erythrocytic parasitic infection in human. The parasite first known to affect only cattle but later was found in other mammals as well. The parasite was later found to affect humans as well. The severity of the disease caused by this parasite can range from mild- to moderate- to severe, i.e., causing death by organ failure. Till date approximately 100 species of the Babesia genus has been identified yet only a few has been suggested to be pathogenic in humans. The symptoms more or less ...

1) Population growth and overpopulation is one of the major problems of every developing country. The factors that influence population growth are: a) Women getting married at early ages lead to a high birth rate. b) Provision of health benefits to children, women and the elderly have contributed to decreased mortality rate, and thus increased birth rate. c) Lack of family planning contributes to increased birth greatly. According to census, The United States population as on June 11, 2016 is 323,747,258 with one birth in every eight seconds, one death in every seconds and one international migrant ...

Analysis of Diseases

Overview Chikungunya (CHIK) refers to a re-emerging arboviral disease transmitted by the mosquitos Aedes aegypty and Aedes albopictus (Pialoux 318). The virus belongs to the genus Alphavirus and family Togaviridae. The word chikungunya derives from Makonde language (spoken in Tanzania and northern Mozambique), where it means “to walk bent over” (Halstead 557). This name refers to the main feature of both chronic and acute phase of the disease a change in posture causes by the arthritis and arthralgia (Charrel, Lamballerie and Raoult 769).

History

The disease gained its name after the outbreak in Tanganyika, the modern Tanzania in 1952. However, ...

The History of Vietnam

The Vietnam War has a major influence on people's perspective of Vietnam as a business environment. In recent years, the Vietnamese economy has been on the rise since 2012. There is a lot of bilateral trade going on between Vietnam and the United States amounting up to over 6 billion USD (UKTI Team in Vietnam, 2013). Vietnam should be considered for business ventures since it offers a large number of opportunities. Vietnam is among the top ten fastest growing economies in the world. The government of Vietnam is also calling for foreign investors to invest in Vietnam in various ...

Introduction

Quinine is a basic organic amine which is found in the bark of cinchona tree. It has a long history of relationship with humanity. The extracts from the bark containing quinine were used to treat malaria from the 17th century but as a pure chemical substance, it was isolated from the bark only in 1820 (Achan et al. 144). Its chemical formula is C20H24N2O2, according to IUPAC its systematic name is (R)-(6-Methoxyquinolin-4-yl)((2S,4S,8R)-8-vinylquinuclidin-2-yl)methanol. Its structure is shown in Fig. 1. Quinine is used for a variety of purposes. It is still used for ...

Climate change at global capacity is a fact and scientific studies conducted to determine the causes have all implicated greenhouse gasses, including carbon dioxide, for causing the same. The emergence of industrial-based economies in most parts of the world is central to the problems highlighted thus far. In Collapse Informatics and Practice, Tomlinson et al. provide a summation of the situation by stating that “the world is very likely to reach a tipping point by 2040 [because of] global warming/climate change” unless carbon emissions drop (3). Thus, as commercial enterprises continue to expand, the world is fast approaching its “ ...

The analysis of the collected data is the most exciting and creative stage of sociological research that requires thorough study as well as distinctive imagination, intuition, professional and life experience. However, this step is the most complex of all components of the research process of social reality. The most common is this definition of data interpretation: “data interpretation is a set of actions committed in the process of studying the empirical data for in order to formulate an idea of the characteristics of the researched object, or simply the primary processing of empirical data” (Macionis et al. 2010).

Hence it becomes clear that the main themes and issues of data interpretation are:

1) ...

Introduction

Myanmar is a third world country beset with a major social and health issue in the form of HIV/AIDS. The epidemic in Myanmar is largely concentrated in key cities such as the Kachin State in the North, Shan and Kayin State in the East, and Mon State and Tanintharyi Region in the South. Recognized as a huge health problem by the Ministry of Health, about 270,000 adult people in Myanmar are infected with HIV. While some studies claim that the number of infected people is declining, there are also concurrent reports that say HIV prevalence has spread in ...

Background information

Malaria, a mosquito borne transmissible disease of both human beings and some animals is a pertinent disease in the 21st century which accounts for more than 650, 000 deaths annually (WHO, 1147). The prevalence of malaria is highest in the tropical and subtropical regions. Adverse effects of the disease is an equally major public health issue that affects maternal and child health. In the developing countries, malaria is a leading cause of maternal and child health. Consequentially, it is a pertinent public health disease. This manuscript offers a succinct analysis of the disease while appraising its causative agents, life ...

Introduction

The sixth-millennium goal is on the strategies to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other infectious diseases. The plan according to the United Nations is to tackle it in stages that will lead to combat eventually the menace. The targets that were set were in three primary sectors whereby by the year 2010 all the affected by HIV/AIDS get access to treatment then by 2015 the spread of the be reversed significantly as well as the reversal of the spread of malaria and communicable diseases that were giving the community problems.

ANA Social Policy Statement

The nurse is a significant feature in the health care ...

In general, Kenya is a dry country; about four-fifths of the land is considered arid or semi-arid. The land considered useful for agriculture only occupies about 17 percent of the nation’s area; throughout the country, average yearly rainfall ranges from 200 mm (in the north) to over 1,800 mm on the sides of Mt. Kenya (The Encyclopedia of Earth, 2008). Ironically, the economy of the country centers around the agricultural part of the country; agricultural products bring in about 30 percent of the nation’s income. When droughts come, they can send Kenya’s economy into severe ...

Executive summary

It is evident that Malaria remains to be one of the main issues affecting children in Sierra Leone. Essentially, the high child mortality rate resulting from Malaria infections in Sierra Leone has become a critical concern. This position has been reiterated by the National Health Sector Strategic Plan. The organization revealed that Malaria has become both a health, social and economic challenge to the country. In essence, it has been identified that the disease is the primary causative agent of children deaths in the nation. Although there are other diseases that account for children deaths, Malaria still remains a ...

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease, passed on from parents to children along the generations. It is a condition which causes severe pain and anemia. It happens when the body lacks healthy red blood cells to circulate oxygen in the body. The usual shape of the red blood cells is round, and they are flexible so they can pass through the narrow blood vessels of the body. However, sickle cell anemia causes them to become sickle-shaped, like tiny crescents, which are sticky and inflexible. This restricts their movement in the blood vessels causing them to get stuck in ...

Paramecium is a unicellular organism belonging to genus, Protozoa. Like many other Protozoa, paramecium has ciliated body that aids in locomotion. The habitants of protozoa vary from fresh water bodies, marine water, brackish and stagnant waters in in basins and ponds, (Ladenburger 7). Some species of paramecium can easily be cultivated and induced to conjugate. Due to these characteristics, paramecium has been used in laboratories for research purposes. The body of a paramecium is covered by cytoplasmic structures which are called cilia. Cilia are hair like structures which helps the organism in movement. The flickering movement of cilia propels ...

Effects of Cote d'Lvoire and Globalization

The effects of the Globalization phenomena can be felt all around the world. Globalization is interaction and subsequent integration of people, countries and organizations driven by information technology infrastructure and aimed at bolstering international trade and cooperation on common issues. Without denying the innumerable good it has done to the nations of the world, even to Cote d'Lvoire, there is no disputing that there has been allot of harm brought upon this nation. In this manuscript, it shall be revealed that globalization has not been good for the people of my country.

The History of Cote d'Lvoire

Pre-colonial History There is little information in ...

Introduction

When it comes to the topic of race, it can be observed to have many meanings ranging from social to biological. According to anthropologists’ views, race can be viewed in terms of biological and cultural variability. Anthropologists look at the customs of the society from various parts of the world in order to search for the common elements that define people’s existence. There have been many types of research that have been conducted in order to find the relation and impact between race and medicine. The reason for the researches is because of the constant debates that have ...

Source

Abstract Sickle Cell Disease is a life-long debilitating disease that affects nearly 100,000 Americans (Sickle Cell Disease). Sickle Cell Disease is most common among people of African, Caribbean, Indian, Mediterranean, Saudi Arabian and people of Central and South American descent. Many scientists attribute Sickle Cell Disease to being the result of an evolutionary response against malaria (University of Utah Health Sciences) The reason for this is because the majority of cases of Sickle Cell Disease are located in regions of Africa or exist in descendants of Africans who used to live in areas that had high levels of ...

Education

When it comes to natural selection, it is called the regular, hypothesized procedure through which biological behaviors comparatively emerge in a populace. Natural selection appears a central device of evolution and it received notice through Charles Darwin, who focused it to be contrasted with artificial selection. It appears an exclusive keystone of contemporary biology. The introduction of natural selection was made by Darwin in his appealing text in the year 1859. The text was written on the basis of species, where an illustration of natural selection was made like similar to simulated selection. This is the procedure through which ...

Age of Patient: 10 years five months

Gender: Male Parent/Guardian: Magdalene Ekaterina Subjective The patient has been experiencing a fever, weak joints and night sweats associated with malaria infection over the last two days. The patient’s parent confirmed that he was not able to eat as much as he used to an indication of loss of appetite. He feels dizziness after a long sitting position and general weakness implying poor oxygen supply, a symptom associated with malaria and anemia, however, he has no headache, stomachache, nausea, earache or diarrhea.

He says he is feeling like vomiting now.

The patient has travelled over the last two weeks over a long distance and has confirmed ...

Abstract

The population of any species should be preserved using any means necessary. There are genetic preservation and natural preservation. The genetic preservation strategy takes a shorter time than the natural strategy. A hypothesis was developed to establish the possible breeding options that were available. Also, lab tests were conducted on the same breeding topic. The kind of breeding strategy that was used is crucial to the development and sustenance of the population. There exists planned breeding strategy and planned breeding strategy. However, the random breeding strategy is prone to inbreeding. This refers to the breeding of species that are ...

Introduction

The plasmodium parasite develops in the female anopheles mosquitoes and humans. Infection in humans is associated with the presence of multiple (thousands) of antigens against the parasite in the human body. Throughout the life stages, the parasite is known to change which leads to the production of different antigens. Lately, the parasite had developed different strategies to confuse the human immune system. The life cycle of the malaria parasite takes place in two main stages (hosts): The female Anopheles mosquitoes and humans. In humans it strives in the liver and spreads infection in the red blood cells. The ...

The article “Minds of Their Own” was written by the author Virginia Morell and published in the National Geographic Magazine. In this article Virginia explores the mental abilities of animals and explains how scientists have discovered the intelligence in them. The article begins with an example of a scientist, Irene Pepperberg, who is a Harvard University graduate. She introduced to her laboratory a parrot named Alex and attempted to teach it how to communicate. According to Morell, there are particular skills that are seen to indicate higher mental abilities in animals; a good memory, self-awareness, grasp of grammar and symbols, understanding other’s ...

Medical Anthropology is considered one of the elements that make up anthropology and the study has been widely appreciated across the world. This field was founded by George Foster and Ben Paul. This field studies the health and diseases of individuals where the environment forms an interrelationship with the human health system. The main purpose of this paper is that the author of the article believes that the future of medical anthropology is to intersect with other fields.

The article discusses the future of medical anthropology. What is the future that the writer is talking about?

- Medical anthropology is expanding to other fields and interacting with other with other disciplines in the science department. Though medical ...

Nations all over the world have been fighting for equality and equal rights all throughout history. However, in the year 2013 not everybody is equal and there are people dying as we speak, while we could save them. Africa suffers and sees their children die from malaria and poverty. According to UNICEF (2002), 99 percent of deaths from malaria occur in Africa, where one in six childhood deaths is due to malaria. In terms of numbers, about 3,000 people die from malaria in Africa within each passing day, among of which are children and pregnant women (Okwa). ...

- Lifestyle diseases occur due to the change in the daily habits of people because of an inappropriate relationship of people and the environment. Factors contributing to lifestyle diseases include poor eating habits, bad posture during working, and physical inactivity. According to World Health Organization (2009), report unhealthy lifestyles and faulty diet account for many deaths in the world today (Glennie, 2010). Working people suffer depression, obesity, backache, and diabetes. Glennie (2010) argues that many adults suffer hypertension and store due to lack of inactivity since they work for long hours in order to meet strict deadlines. Other occupational ...

Economics

How can they justify this policy? Give at least two reasons and explain them

The need for the policy justification before delivering treatment and malaria vaccines is critical since the receiving nations might perceive the cheap and subsidized vaccines as rejects and they may end up not embracing them. Hence, the first way of justifying is consider the world health Organization statistics (Robert, 34). The level of the need and poverty of the nations to be assisted should be first discussed with the concerned parties. This will ensure that the need for the vaccines is widely analyzed based on ...

My younger brother’s doctor kept on apologizing for not able to save him. Alas! My ten year brother lost his life. It was that phase of my life when I did not know enough about health and life-death transition. He did not have any major disease. He was just suffering from flu and fever. On the other hand, his doctor diagnosed him with malaria meningitis. He was not able to identify my brother’s disease. However, he was sure that malaria took away the life of my brother as the disease was a common cause of death among children ...

Intervention Levels:

An integrated approach for Control of Malaria in Africa.

This intervention program highlights components of the multilateral approach to controlling malaria. It is aimed at drawing attention to healthcare providers and policy makers in Africa where the disease has resulted to devastating effects. This health program is a good approach of fighting malaria that has thrived in Africa. Major obstacles curtailing the fight against malaria and measures to help combat it are well articulated.

Major obstacles curtailing the fight against malaria are resistance of parasites to clinically useful drugs and the speedy development and spread of vector resistance to residual ...

Chapter 4: Prokaryotic Cells and microorganisms

This chapter looks at the morphology, and pathogenic mechanisms of prokaryotic cells and microorganisms respectively. It discusses in detail the structural components, functions of the different organelles of prokaryotic cells as well as feeding and survival mechanisms of prokaryotic microorganisms.

Prokaryotic cells have a specialized cellular structure. Prokaryotes are unicellular and their cells have no cellular organelles, that is, a membrane does not surround their nucleus. These cells contain intricate phospholipids, sterols, and sphingolipids. They are typically 1-5µm in diameter .

Their outer surface is covered by glycocalyx, which is a gel like cellular envelope that provides prokaryotic cells with protection against ...

Question 1

UNICEF is an arm of the United Nations with headquarters in the New York City which is involved in the provision of developmental and humanitarian help to mothers and children in the developing countries. Most of UNICEF’s work is field-based and has staff in close to 200 nations. Over 200 national offices perform the mission’s work in through collaborative programs with the host nations. Most of the work by UNICEF is performed in New York, especially administration and management. The supply division is in Denmark, in the city of Copenhagen and distributes antiretroviral drugs and vaccines for ...

Among the various issues faced by societies globally is the danger associated with the so-called global warming or climate change. Although often used interchangeably, global warming and climate change are two different scenarios that have synergistic relationship. Defined as the overall increase in the global temperature due to excessive accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, global warming differs from climate change which is defined as the abnormally drastic change in climate patterns which have started since the beginning of the 20th century. Despite their differences, global warming and climate change are often seen as two inseparable phenomena. The ...

Short response

English East India Company was a joint stock company incorporated in 1600 and received extensive privileges to trade in India. English East India Company has organized its own lobby in the British Parliament. The aggressive policy of the company expressed in provoking famine in Bengal, the destruction of the monasteries in Tibet and administered by the Opium Wars in China. Initially, the company had 125 shareholders and the capital of 72 thousand pounds. The company managed by the Governor and the Board of Directors, who were responsible to the shareholders' meeting. English East India Company acquired the government and military ...

The “bottom billion” refers to the poorest people in the world and not necessarily countries. Although they may be concentrated in the poorest countries in the world, especially in Africa, they are also found in many developing countries across especially across the globe. These people suffer from many problems as a result of their country’s situation apparently because the country itself is so poor and cannot provide itself with requirements for survival ; the kind of aid it is receiving simply is not appropriate and is thus not working ; it is ravaged by war and similar problems ; or, poor governance ...

1. The three modules pertaining to, inspiring sustainability of GIS in health care are described below: I. Creating and sharing database: Health care has entered a new age where precision in diagnosis and treatment has started to become top priority. With advancement in genomic, a wealth of information, that can help predict, prevent and intervene with the diseases process, is now available. In addition a lot of data are created by the health care industry. Very often these data’s are not handled and used to their best. Data requirements for GIS involves spatial data, attribute database, data presentation methods, location ...

Discuss the challenges related to being a socially responsible business, and suggest ways these challenges can be overcome.

Corporate Social Responsibility especially concerning social welfare and the environment are important engagements for businesses. They improve the livelihoods of people especially in the target markets while empowering those people to support the business by acquiring more purchasing powers. However, some challenges stand in the way of the establishment of socially responsible businesses. These challenges include lack of uniform support from a business’s executives as well as the junior employees. When only a few people and not the entire business personnel support a given social responsibility issue, the projects suffer divided attention, denial of critical resources such as time, money ...

The Panama Canal is a 77.1 kilometer international waterway constructed by United States of America which was one of the largest public investments of its time. France started the project of the canal in 1881, but had stopped due to engineering issues and high mortality due to diseases like malaria. Later on the US took over the project and started construction in 1904 and was completed in 1914. This waterway links the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The objective behind this project was to reduce shipping distance. The average time taken to traverse the canal is between 20 and ...

Introduction

Halting the spread/progression of HIV/AIDS by the year 2015 is one of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The United Nations (2013) indicate that tremendous advancements have been made in efforts to reverse the spread of HIV among the world populations. Most regions in the world have reported a reduction in persons newly infected with HIV. However, from a global perspective the awareness and knowledge level of how HIV is transmitted and prevention measures still remain significantly low especially among the young generation. Moreover, adherence and access to HIV treatment still remain a challenge to the control of HIV spread (Bermúdez, ...

Introduction

King Tutankhamun also known as King Tut or Tutankhamen was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled between the period of 1336 and 1327 BC. He is believed to the 12th ruler of the 18th Dynasty of Egyptian history (Carter and Romer 2008). His precious mummy discovered in 1922, in the Valley of Kings by Howard Carter and George Herbert first brought king Tutankhamun to light.. It is the discovery of Tutankhamun’s mummy that first made Tutankhamun and his lineage a subject of public interest worldwide. A lot of facts have been uncovered about him ever since, and all these facts ...

1. Observation and background information One of the major agents of global environmental change is deforestation. Deforestation is a consequence of land use change which is often affected by both biophysical and socioeconomic factors. Human decisions heavily influence land use in response to global markets. Geist and Lambin (143) noted that tropical forests are disappearing because of pressures coming from both local and regional scale having synergistic effects in different parts of the world. Human activities such as agricultural expansion, human population dynamics and agricultural policies have direct and indirect impact on forest cover change. Deforestation in the ...

Wine to Water: A Bartender's Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World is a well written piece by Doc Hendley, which reflects a motivated path of his life to make clean water available for the needy people around the world. The book is an important inspiring story that conveys an honest message of help, assistance and support. Doc, a family name for Dickson, represents himself as a slacker, a school guy, a musician who likes to play guitar, and a promising bartender with mature interpersonal skills. Along the way, Doc realizes his effort for needy people as a possible satisfied direction for his life. He implements ...

Economics

How can they justify this policy? Give at least two reasons and explain them The need for the policy justification before delivering treatment and malaria vaccines is critical since the receiving nations might perceive the cheap and subsidized vaccines as rejects and they may end up not embracing them. Hence, the first way of justifying is consider the world health Organization statistics (Robert, 34). The level of the need and poverty of the nations to be assisted should be first discussed with the concerned parties. This will ensure that the need for the vaccines is widely analyzed based ...

Designing an approach to Lower Respiratory Tract Infections.

Candace Moore No University Affiliation Nursing Introduction: Ethiopia is highly affected by communicable diseases like many countries less economically developed countries. These diseases accounted for over 60% of total death and 63% of DALYs in Ethiopia 2010. Out of these communicable diseases lower respiratory infections play a major role in the mortality and morbidity of the people. These diseases contribute about 14 % and almost 11% of towards all communicable death and DALYs respectively ((( Source from summative assignment))). The risk of developing acute lower respiratory infection was found to be very high in children under the age ...