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Health Issues Around the World

Health Issues Around the World. How does our environment affect our health?. • Nearly all in third world countries. • 200 million under the age of five get no healthcare. • #1 Killer: Pneumonia 30 cents antibiotics = treatment. • #2 Killer: Diarrhea – no oral rehydration.

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Health Issues Around the World

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  1. Health Issues Around the World How does our environment affect our health?

  2. •Nearly all in third world countries. •200 million under the age of five get no healthcare. •#1 Killer: Pneumonia 30 cents antibiotics = treatment. •#2 Killer: Diarrhea – no oral rehydration. • Large disparities within own countries between well-off children and poor children. • Immunizations. 10 Million Children Die Annuallyfrom Lack of Healthcare http://news.yahoo.com: May 6, 2008

  3. The USA

  4. United States of America

  5. Colombia

  6. Colombia • Health issues • World-wide dengue distribution, 2006. Red: Epidemic dengue. Blue: Aedes aegypti. • The tropical diseases are important issues in Colombia, and major causes of death. The malaria affects near 85% of the national territory, mainly the Pacific ocean coast, the amazon jungle and eastern savannas, with an estimated of 250.000 cases/year and a mortality rate of 3/100.000.[6] The main agent is Plasmodium vivax with 66% of the cases, except in the pacific coast, where Plasmodium falciparum causes 75% of the cases. • The yellow fever and the Dengue fever[7] are major public health concerns, due to its high epidemic potential, high mortality rate and wide distribution of Aedes aegypti. The Colombian government develops vaccination campaigns against yellow fever in a regular basis.[8] • Bothrops atrox is the main cause of death for snakebite in Colombia. • The Santander Department and nearby areas are endemic to Chagas disease. Other diseases such as Leishmania, rabies, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and West nile virus are also present in Colombia.[6] The snakebites are big concerns, because the shortage in antivenom supplies countrywide.[9] • Different forms of malnutrition affect severely the population, specially children under five years, with moderate to severe rates of malnutrition of 21% and iron deficiency anemia of 23%.[10] (see aguapanela).

  7. Africa

  8. Africa

  9. Afghanistan

  10. Afghanistan

  11. India

  12. India • The ten leading causes of death at ages 5-14 are: • Diarrhoeal diseases (17%), • Unintentional injuries: other (16%), • Other infectious and parasitic diseases (15%), • Respiratory infections (10%), • Malaria (9%), • Ill-defined conditions (5%), • Motor vehicle accidents (4%), • Cancers (2.9%), • Digestive diseases (2.9%), and • Fever of unknown origin (2.9%).

  13. Spain

  14. Spain

  15. What do YOU think? • Does our environment affect our health? • Why do different places in the world have different health problems? • What could we do to solve some of those health problems?

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