Need for the study Biomedical waste word is applied to waste generated during the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in the production or testing of biologicals1. Biomedical waste has been categorized as general waste, pathological waste, radioactive waste, chemical waste, infectious waste, sharps and pharmaceutical waste16. In country like India, where there is big and complex health care system, varied economy, private and Government hospitals working together, while
1.1 Background of the Study Infectious diseases remain to be one of the serious public health concerns worldwide, especially in the developing countries. Pneumonia is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases, which approximately affects 450 million people per year and is a major cause of death among all age groups causing 4 million deaths annually (Ruuskanen et al., 2011). The Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection including pneumonia also ranked as the second leading cause of morbidity (2012)
Lyme disease or Lyme Borreliosis is a serious infectious disease that is reported in many countries in the world. In 2013, the disease is claimed to be the fastest growing infectious disease in the United States with more than 300,000 cases reported from forty-nine states (CDC). This disease also afflicts 65,000 Europeans each year. Recent years’ reports show that there has been an dramatically increase in the number or Lyme disease incidences in both the United States and Europe (CDC, Pearson 88)
careers in bioscience and I’d love to learn more about them at TGen. In the future, I want to be able to work more closely with those affected by infectious diseases, research those diseases, and, hopefully, help develop cures. For the moment, however, paths to get a degree and how to study certain aspects of bioscience elude me. An opportunity to study at TGen would put me off to a great start, allowing me to step into biomedicine putting my best foot
analysis of the data, the probable cause of an infectious outbreak can be pinpointed. This connection between epidemiology and infection make microorganisms an important fact of epidemiology. “An epidemiologist determines the numbers of individuals affected by a disease, the environmental contributions to disease, the causative agents of disease, and the transmission patterns and lethality of disease”. “Epidemiologist evaluates factors such as disease transmissibility from and infected person to susceptible
most lethal disease caused by parasites that transmitted to people through the bites of infected female mosquitoes. It is an estimated that 3.2 billion people, almost half of the world's population, are at risk of malaria. Most cases and deaths occur in sub- Saharan Africa; Africa shares 89% of cases and 91% of deaths[30]. Malaria cases would be raised by the high levels of HIV infection, which weaken the immunity rendering people with HIV more susceptible to contracting the disease [10]. It enhances
Pathology is a scientific discipline involves study of diseases such as cancers and infections in genetic, molecular, cellular and organ levels. Pathology involves examination of tissue, bodily fluid, organs, and autopsies in order to diagnose the disease. A pathology study examine how and why the disease develop, the process of the disease, and effects of the disease including its symptoms and complications involved. An understanding of diseases is important as it contributes to diagnostic tests
functions (light microscope) • Blood microscopy; study of viruses, microbes and bacteria ( dark fields microscope) • Immunochemistry- study of immune systems response to infected tissue ( Florescent microscope) • Histopathology- Study that focuses of anatomical
Immunization is a simple and safe way to protect against any harmful diseases that can save lives before they come into contact with the community. It is important to have these taken as soon as possible since it not only protects individuals but also everyone in the public. This vaccination protects those who are too young or too sick to be immunized. These vaccinations have helped eliminate many infectious diseases in the U.S. including diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella
undernutrition. The reasons for poor nutrition are multifaceted and interventions against it .one of the case study shows child malnutrition and infant and young child feeding practice in Cambodia. Nutritional transition has consequences for several areas, including health environment, culture, society and economics. One major change regarding people health next to other noncommunicable diseases are increase. This problem explains in this chapter with example in Tanzania and Kenya. Moreover, the breast