SCIE10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Neglected Tropical Diseases, Political Ecology, Built Environment
23 Sep 2018
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Human science - lecture 17 and 18 - week 9. Social approaches: considers the ways in which human health and well being are in uenced by social, rather than biological factors, double burden of disease: infectious disease and chronic conditions. Mapping health: cartographers simplify data in order to present the information that they deem as relevant, interesting and reportable, highly subjective, involving hundreds of cartographic decisions. One health: recognises that the health of humans is connected to the health of humans and the environment, many factors have changed the interactions among humans, animals and the environment. These have cause the emergence and re-emergence of diseases. Aids: 39 million people have died of aids globally, progress over the last 15 years have inspired a global commitment to end the. Five prevention pillars: young women and their make partners, key populations, condoms, voluntary male circumcision, pre-exposure prophylaxis.
