HLTC23H3 Study Guide - Oral Rehydration Therapy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Structural Adjustment
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Lecture 9: disease of children march 19, 2012. Six killer diseases of children : tetanus, polio, measles, diphtheria, tuberculosis, whooping cough. As shown in figure 1, just four causes of death account for about 85% of all child deaths globally: neonatal disorders, diarrhoea, pneumonia, and malaria. Almost 50% of these deaths are thought to be related to be underweight. Global under 5 mortality in 2008 (who 2011) Biology: genes, degree of immunity, susceptibility (prior illness), nutritional status. Behaviour: nature of risk behaviours, cultural traditions influencing disease transmission and persistence, psychological factors influencing manifestation of disease, interventions/treatments. Flu-like symptoms: fever, chills, headache, muscle pains, sweats, tiredness, nausea, diarrhea, anemia, vomiting respiratory distress, convulsions, liver damage, coma, death. No vaccine, only prophylactic drugs: quinine, chloroquine and artemisinin derivatives and preventative measures (bed nets, screens, activity timing, insecticides, reducing water sources) Note: syndemic with other diseases of poverty (relationship ie, w/ undernourished)
