Disease

Causes of Disease Unsanitary living conditions, Warfare, Famine, Poor or Non-Existent Medical Care, Sexually transmitted Most third world (developing nations) nations suffer from all of the above causes.

Epidemic and Pandemic Epidemic? Pandemic? An epidemic may be restricted to one location For example the nation of Ethiopia in Africa Pandemic? is an epidemic of infectious disease that has spread through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide For example HIV/AIDS is a Pandemic around the World

UN/International Reaction to Disease United Nations: World Health Organization (WHO) The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis; the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases; sexual and reproductive health, development, and ageing; nutrition, food security and healthy eating; substance abuse; and drive the development of reporting, publications, and networking.

UN/International Reaction to Disease The UN and International community has assisted in teaching, Water desalination, water purification, food preservation, crop rotation, sexual education, medical treatment, etc… treating, Providing Healthcare, preventive care, etc… and inoculating people of the third world when possible. Inoculating against common diseases,

Bacteria A microbe that infects humans Can be cured by antibiotics

Virus Non living attaching to living cells and replicates Preventable with Vaccines

Types of Bacteria

Anthrax A bacteria that usually comes from infected animals Causes black ulcers, swelling, and can be fatal

Botulism Enters in wounds or improperly canned foods Creates poisons that can kill you if your immune system is weak

Tetanus Attacks nervous system Locks up muscles 1 out of 3 die

Leprosy Lesions and lose function of body parts

Cholera Infects intestines Can get from shellfish

Plague Carried by fleas on rodents

Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria are evolving and have become harder to kill with antibiotics Race to create the next antibiotic before it becomes resistant

Outbreak!

HIV/AIDS Destroys white blood cells which prevent disease Have origins in monkeys Spread by blood

Influenza (THE FLU) Normally a Virus that is dangerous for the old and the young Many different types Vaccine only designed for some form of the flu Mutated throughout history = Spanish Flu killed 80 million from 1918-1920

Avian (Bird) Flu Virus that birds can come sometimes pass to humans Very deadly Fear is that it will mutate and will be passed between people and become airborne

Swine Flu New mutation sweeping world Started in Pigs passed to human Human to human contact now happening

Vaccines Give in an injection that gives you a dead form of the Virus Body see the virus and produces antibodies to fight future infections Sometimes viruses mutate making vaccine useless

VICTORY!!! SMALL POX 33% would die - 5% Blind – 60% Scared December 1979 ERADICATED Only disease to be destroyed