ANT 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Treatment As Prevention, Aids, Waterborne Diseases
6 Dec 2017
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Disease: refers to a malfunctioning of biological/ and or psychological processes, while the term illness refers to the psychological experience and meaning of perceived disease. Epidemiology: study of the incidence, distribution, and control of a disease in a population. Epidemic : an unusual high number of cases in an area. Basic terms of our life and cancer diseases) Diseases of affluence: an outcome of wealth and lifestyles (obesity, depression, heart. Diseases of poverty: a product of poverty (malaria, tb, and aids) Across much of the developing world, unclean water is a much greater threat than violent conflict. More than a billion people lack access to clean drinking water and over 2. 4 billion lack access to proper sanitary facilities. There are more people in the world"s hospitals today suffering from waterborne diseases than any other ailment. 1. 8 million children die from diarrhea that could be prevented with access to clean water and a toilet.
