Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
Spread of Measles Globally
Community Health Nursing: Environmental and Global Health Issues and How Communities Are Affected by Environmental and Global Health Issues
This study intends to examine the impact of increased mobility of the human population, the spread of disease, changes in vaccination patterns and the global issues for health community health professionals. This study intends to analyze the communicable disease outbreak of measles and to discuss the route of transmission of measles. In addition, this work will create a graphic representation of the outbreak's international pattern of movement or possible movement.
Measles Outbreaks In Europe
It is reported that measles outbreaks in Europe served to contribute to a global rise in the number of...
The outbreaks in Africa over the same time period are reported as representative of a "widespread resurgence of measles that affected 28 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with more than 250-000 reported measles cases and more than 1500 reported measles-associated deaths. Estimated underreporting of measles suggests that true numbers of cases and deaths may be as much as 10 -- 50 times higher." (World Health Organization, 2012) Because measles spreads quickly, the need to diagnosis measles immediately exists. Failure to maintain high levels of population immunity in a uniform fashion throughout European countries is reported as "… the underlying cause of the outbreaks." (World Health Organization, 2012)…
Bibliography
Global Measles and Rubella: Strategic Plan 2012-2020. World Health Organization. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/Measles_Rubella_StrategicPlan_2012_2020.pdf
Measles OutbreakIntroductionIn 2019, the United States experienced a significant measles outbreak that swept across various states, including the CDC\\\'s Region C, with a notable impact in Florida. This paper discusses the Measles outbreak in CDC Region C during 2019 by looking at the specifics of the outbreak, the timeline of the outbreak\\\'s discovery, and its spread to other regions. It also describes the risk factors associated with the outbreak, the
Measles, Sars, Air Quality Global Health Issues Global Health Issues: Measles, SARS, and Air Quality Global Health Issues: Measles, SARS, and Air Quality Global Health Issues: Measles Measles is caused by a single-stranded negative-sense RNA virus and is easily transmitted through aerosols or secretions generated by respiratory tract activity (reviewed by De Vries, Mesman, Geijtenbeek, Dubrex, and de Swart, 2012). Following exposure to the virus, a high fever will develop after approximately 10 to 12
Environmental and Global Health Issues Environmental & Global Health Issues Communicable disease outbreak: Measles Until recently, it was thought that measles had been entirely eradicated in the United States, thanks to the success of the national vaccination program. According to the CDC, "measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000" (Measles outbreaks, 2012, CDC). However, that proud statement has been amended, as cases of measles have once again begun to reassert
Communicable disease outbreak (SARS) by doing the following: Describe the communicable disease outbreak. A community wide outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) within the greater metropolitan area of Los Angeles County would represent one of the most dangerous and damaging health incidents in America's recent history. An extremely virulent manifestation of the human coronavirus SARS-CoV, SARS is known to cause severe fever in exposed patients which is typically accompanied by aches,
Communicable Disease/Community Nursing 2003 SARS Outbreak In November 2002, the first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was reported in the Guangdong Province in China (Lau and Peiris, 2005). Over the next few months, SARS cases were reported in over two dozen countries in Asia, South America, Europe, and North America (CDC, 2004a). The biggest concentration of SARS cases appeared in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Canada (Totura and Baric, 2012).
African-American Women in New York State "About 30% of Hispanic and 20% of African-Americans lack a usual source of health care compared with less than 16% of European-Americans" (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003). "Racial and ethnic disparities in health care, whether in insurance coverage, access, or quality of care, are one of many factors producing inequalities in health status in the United States" (Lillie-Blanton & Lewis, 2005, p. 1).