1. Disease

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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,

6. Bacteria
A microbe that infects humans
Can be cured by antibiotics

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

8. Types of Bacteria

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

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

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

12. Leprosy
Lesions and lose function of body parts

13. Cholera
Infects intestines
Can get from shellfish

14. Plague
Carried by fleas on rodents

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

16. Outbreak!

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

18. 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

19. 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

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

21. 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

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