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Important epidemics and pandemics through history: | |||
* Plague | |||
* Cholera | |||
* Typhus | |||
* Smallpox | |||
* Measles | |||
* Tuberculosis | |||
* Malaria | |||
* Yellow fever | |||
Tuberculosis is still one of the most important health problems in the developing world. | |||
==Web Resources:== | ==Web Resources:== | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 13 September 2009
This page is under construction and edited by Peter Friedl EMBA09. In case of any questions/remarks, feel free to contact me
Description:
The World Health Organization WHO, characterises three conditions responsible for the start of a pandemic:
- emergence of a disease new to a population;
- agents infect humans, causing serious illness; and
- agents spread easily and sustainably among humans.
A disease or condition is not a pandemic merely because it is widespread or kills many people; it must also be infectious. That means that cancer, for example, is not classified as a pandemic as it is not infectious.
Enablers:
Factors which strengthen this driving force. (these are actually other driving forces, and you can link to them in the wiki!)
Inhibitors:
Factors which weaken this driving force. (these are actually other driving forces, and you can link to them in the wiki!)
Paradigms:
Changes in ways of thinking about the world due to the driving force.
Experts:
- World Health Organisation
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Robert Koch Institut
Timing:
Important epidemics and pandemics through history:
- Plague
- Cholera
- Typhus
- Smallpox
- Measles
- Tuberculosis
- Malaria
- Yellow fever
Tuberculosis is still one of the most important health problems in the developing world.
Web Resources:
- [1] WHO - World Health Organization
- [2] ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- [3] CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention