Community Health and Population Focused Nursing C228 SZT Task 2 August 1, 2014 Measles p. 2 Measles, also known as Rubeola is a highly contagious acute viral illness. It is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family. In 1953, 549,000 measles cases were reported in the United Stated, along with 495 measles deaths, annually. Although 549,000 cases were reported, it is estimated that 3-4 million people or most every American was infected with this virus during their lifetime. After the implementation and licensure of the live measles vaccine in 1963 the number of cases significantly dropped by 1988 in the U.S...
For example, Mexico and Peru who had incorporated slaves as primary agricultural labor force had a less common slavery rate than Portugal/Spain did in Cuba and Portugal in Brazil. Main reasons included the gold and silver mining were abundant around this two empires; also agricultural surplus were massive than tropical export agricultural found in Brazil at the time before African slaves arrived to brazil. In addition, commercial political regulation and troublesome fleet system limited access to European consumers and additional potential profits. Concisely, african slave trade provided labor power that develop plantations around the Equatorial region and Caribbean. In order areas it was a supplement to labor for a declining indigenous population.
Document 2 [Tomas de Mercado] shows that the ballast stones used in the ships on the outgoing trip were replaced by silver during their return trips; while document 6 [Antonio Vazquez de Espinos] claims that from 1545 to 1624 a total of approximately 326,000,000 silver coins were taken out of the mines in Potosi. These documents show that during this time there was an excessive amount of silver found and it drastically affected the economy in Spain. “High prices ruined Spain as the prices attracted Asian commodities and the silver currency flowed out to pay for them.” (de Mercado) Just because there was silver flowing into
The big financial-center banks that erivatives may have won a Nobel, but are they really a sell derivatives, moreover, may have an incentive to push a good idea? Companies have suffered huge losses trading product without clearly explaining the risks to a customer. in the type of derivative financial products whose invention was “You see a gap between the sophistication of Wall Street firms facilitated by the work of Fischer Black and the Nobelists. and the client firms,” notes Suresh M. Sundaresan of the Options and other derivatives—including futures, forwards Columbia University Graduate School of Business. “Because and swaps—are instruments for speculation as well as hedges bonuses on Wall Street are tied to transaction volume, this creagainst a drop in an asset’s value.
. . Explain why labor is expensive in the colonies. Who wants to work for someone else when you can do it yourself. Thus to entice labor wages must be high.
Combined with a minority of cases in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, 5,843 people have contracted Ebola hemorrhagic fever, resulting in 2,803 deaths (http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/ebola-6-months/en/). The Ebola virus is highly contagious and has a high mortality rate, usually around 50 percent, but areas struck by previous outbreaks of the disease have experienced mortality rates as high as 90 percent (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/). Without delving further into the medical or biological data regarding the virus, it is suffice to say that this virus has the potential to cause a worldwide pandemic. It is therefore imperative
The Congo river ends up in the: Atlantic ocean also known as the mouth. Due to the fact that the Congo has many tributaries, the Congo River is the biggest transportation source in Central Africa. The rivers tributaries are on the left side: Lomami, Maringa, Busira and Kasai. And the tributaries on the rights side are: Lufira, Luvua, Lukuga, Linda, Aruwimi, Ubangi and Sangha. In the river many rapids and waterfalls of the Livingstone falls, among others.
Most deaths occur among children living in Africa where a child dies every 45 seconds of malaria and the disease accounts for approximately 20% of all childhood deaths (WHO 2010). Malaria is a major cause of illness and death in Ghana, particularly among children and pregnant women in Ghana. In 2006, malaria accounted for 38.6% of all outpatient illnesses and 36.9% of all admissions (MOH, 2009). Malaria prevalence per thousand populations was 171 and 2,835 malaria-attributable deaths (all ages) representing 19% of all deaths were recorded. Infection rates are high in children peaking at more than 80% in those aged 5 – 9 years and falling to low levels in adults (MOH, 2009).
Poverty effects our health in many ways including mental health and diseases, access to vaccinations, malnutrition, and attaining adequate healthcare. According to Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, one in seven people go hungry in the world everyday. That is 925 million people. Nearly 50,000 people, including 28,000 children, die everyday due to poverty-related problems and preventable disease in impoverished third-world countries. That doesn't include the other millions of people who are infected with AIDS and other incurable diseases.
A banking crisis in Cyprus sends shares on the world’s stock exchanges lower. Curbs on the importation of gold in India impact on the earnings of Ghanaian and South African gold miners. “- Gill Marcus. Therefor while globalization has developed our world massively in terms of supply chains, technology and finance, these factors have also made the world we live in more complicated and dangerous, specifically for people who have a low income. Globalization is also the cause of inequality in the worlds economy, considering the fact that globalization has benefited the rich much more than the poor.