War on Disease Flashcards
1
Q
What are the five most common ways diseses are carried?
A
- Mirobs/air
- Unsantitary medical conditions
- Immagrints (travel)
- Mosquitoes
- Unclean water
2
Q
Name the four resons old diseases are cmoing back into the population…
A
- Resitance to antibiotics
- Not wiped out of the whole world
- A cure was never found
- Bioterrorism
3
Q
Why did people feel that these diseses ahd been eraticated?
A
- Improved snatitaion
- Mosquito control
- Global vacination
- Modern antibiotics
4
Q
Bioterrorism
A
When infectious particles are stored and can be let free to wreak havoc on a country, causing soical unrest and political instiblility
5
Q
What are some simple solutions to water-borne diseses in the U.S.A?
A
- Clean water/ filter systems
- Imporved sanitaion
- Testing water
- Track sysmptons (doctors) and over the counter dug sales (pharmices)
6
Q
What are the big six?
A
- HIV/AIDS
- Tuberculocis
- Influenza
- Diarrhal disease/ Cholera
- Maliria
- Measles
(The six most major infectous diesases)
7
Q
Who is at danger for getting
A