Disease assignment
MAKE A POWERPOINT ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ON DISEASES or PROPOSE YOUR OWN DISEASE
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1. the presentation answers all the questions /5
2. you summarize the information in an engaging way /5
3. you include photographs to tell your story /10
4. You offer insightful commentary and opinion on this topic which shows you did your reading
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DISEASE QUESTIONS
What was the disease caused by, which microbe?
What are the symptoms of the disease?
What was the disease vector?
Who became ill? What factors influenced and exacerbated the disease outbreak?
How did people respond to treat the disease?
What measures were taken to control the spread of disease?
Show us some pictures
1. Ebola:
a. Describe the disease
News articles
c. HOSPITAL FROM HELL
d. TREATING EBOLA
Anna
2. 2. ZIKA outbreak in South America. It was linked to Guillain Barre Syndrome and microencephaly.
a. Describe the disease Zika https://www.cdc.gov/zika/index.html
News articles
b. News articles on treatment
c. outbreak details
nick
5. MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE
emily
6. Flesh eating disease caused by streptococcus
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw140405
DISEASE OVERVIEW QUESTIONS. Many diseases may be affecting a population at the same time. What is the community affected by many diseases
What are the factors that makes this community more vulnerable to the diseases mentioned. What are recommendations for reducing the disease
DISEASE OVERVIEW TOPICS
d. HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE: A variety of diseases can affect people living in extreme poverty. What diseases are the most common and what are the challenges to treatment? Write an overview of the diseases and describe how health workers are responding.
Hepatitis C in Vancouver in the Downtown Eastside: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-s-downtown-eastside-residents-dying-at-8-times-the-national-average-1.3223569
e. EFFECT OF WAR ON MEDICAL TREATMENT: MEDICENS SANS FRONTIERES: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS an independent organization. The attack in Kabul on MSF clinic, the apology by president Obama. And head of msf Dr.Joanne Lui “received” the apology but did not accept it. What happened in the attack in Kunduz? http://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack-msf-idUSKCN0S10SX20151007
