NATS 1670 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Microorganism, Surgeon General Of The United States, Smallpox
25 Mar 2014
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Life expectancy in the us went up from 1900-1927 to below 50 to below 60. In 100 years or so, we almost doubled life expectancy in the us & canada. From 1960 to 2010, it"s almost 7 billion. In 1880 the cause of death was infectious diseases; today it"s approximately 6% We were able to create vaccines, antibiotics, and reduce dramatically the death of infectious diseases in developed countries. Life expectancy in canada vs. africa is a lot and this is due to mostly aids. In africa today 63% die from infectious diseases. Africa, especially sub southern africa, is mostly affected by infectious diseases compared to the rest of the world. billion can provide the basic treatment for hiv, which can solve tuberculosis as well there. To make the chemicals in drugs is very cheap. This is the annual budget of advertising soda and cigarettes. People in africa receiving treatment for hiv is going up compared to the past.
