Many people forget about public health until there’s an outbreak, like the rise of H1N1 virus (or Swine Flu). Public health is a field of medicine that operates in areas other than infectious disease, and long before an epidemic takes ...Communicable Diseases
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Many people forget about public health until there’s an outbreak, like the rise of H1N1 virus (or Swine Flu). Public health is a field of medicine that operates in areas other than infectious disease, and long before an epidemic takes hold. Public Health, in fact, includes the “protection and improvement” of overall health of the masses. Historically, public health has concentrated on communicable diseases, hygiene, and prevention of epidemics. The discipline has expanded over the years to encom
"Eight in 10 men will be overweight or obese by 2020", "Obesity timebomb: Eight in 10 men will be overweight by 2020" and "80% of men will be overweight by 2020 study claims" in major UK newspapers. It is an impressive report that analyses most recent Health Survey for England data (1993-2007) and uses this to predict future obesity trends and their consequences in terms of the increase incidence of Body Mass Index (BMI) related diseases. It uses a statistical model to predict the trends for obesity to the year 2050. It looks mainly at an age group of males and females between 40-65, sorts them out according to their BMI and makes the predictions for obesity in relation to other non-communicable diseases such as arthritis, coronary heart disease, diabetes, gall bladder disease, hypertension, stroke and the following cancers: breast, colorectal, endometrial, kidney, oesophageal and liver. The BIG message being sent to us: the higher BMI, the quicker you will die from one of this non-communicable disease!
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Many people forget about public health until there’s an outbreak, like the rise of H1N1 virus (or Swine Flu). Public health is a field of medicine that operates in areas other than infectious disease, and long before an epidemic takes ...
Cold and flu season is approaching, but these viruses aren't the only bug out there. Are you ready? What can you do now to prevent catching the local virus du jour?
"Eight in 10 men will be overweight or obese by 2020", "Obesity timebomb: Eight in 10 men will be overweight by 2020" and "80% of men will be overweight by 2020 study claims" in major UK newspapers. It is an ...
Chronic non-communicable diseases were defined as diseases or conditions that occur in, or are known to affect, individuals over an extensive period of time and for which there are no known causative agents that are transmitted from one affected individual ...
Infectious diseases, which are also called communicable diseases, kill more people worldwide than anything else.
Capacity Building of leaders in NCD preventionModuels discussedFormulation of an action plan to control NCD Nowadays there is a high rate of communicable diseases. Although there are medical ways to prevent such infections, simple personal hygiene actions can help keep the infections at bay. One such action is frequent hand wash. When you are in ...
An infectious disease is a clinically checked disease giving a result from the presence of pathogenic microbial agents.....
Disease is the term used for any condition or tendency that hampers the normal functioning of the body. In general, human beings refer the term 'disease' to any condition that causes uneasiness, dysfunction etc. The study of diseases is called ...
Africa plays host to numerous tropical diseases including malaria, buruli ulcer, schistosomiasis, leprosy, filariasis, African trypanosomiasis, Ebola, Giardiasis, and African sleeping sickness to name a few.Page 1 of 11
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