Health Flashcards
What are the causes of cholera
Dirty water, flies, unwashed hands, dirty vegetables, war/natural disasters, raw/uncooked fish
What are the effects of cholera on people
Health issues, pay for hospital treatment, dehydration and kidney failure,
What are the effects of cholera on a country
impact tourism, money spent to keep populations healthy, economic loss from unproductivity
What are the strategies used to manage cholera
ORT, global hand washing day, fresh life toilets, Oxfam cholera education in Haiti, cholera vaccination project in Haiti, global task force on cholera control
Explain ORT
ORT adds vital salts and minerals, as well as energy, to the water meaning a victim of Cholera can recover much quicker.
Explain Global Task Force on Cholera Control
The GTFCC aim to reduce global fatalities from cholera by 90% by 2030.
What are the causes of heart disease
Smoking-narrows arteries, lack of exercise-excess cholesterol, bad diets- blocked arteries, stress-increase blood pressure, being overweight- heart has to work harder, inheritance
What are the effects of heart disease on a country
High demand on hospitals, economy suffers, increased cost for gov to provide free prescriptions
What are the effects of heart disease on people
Lower life expectancy and higher death rate lowering development, concern for family and friends, increased anxiety and stress
What are the strategies adopted to prevent heart disease
Educational adverts, education(eat well plate), treatment, prescribed fitness, surgery, NHS encouragement through government funded programmes
Causes of HIV/aids
Dirty needles, vertical transmission, medical cprocedures(unsterilised equipment), medical procedures(donor has HIV), unprotected sex
Effects of HIV/aids
Health implications, unable to donate blood, onward transmission to their people so makes it difficult to control the spread, risks to pregnancy stigma towards them, huge costs on medical services
Startegies gains HIV/aids in Africa
The dreams partnership, sex ed, ART, prevention of mother to child transmission, endless and syringe programmes, visual aids for low literacy areas
