West Coast University Burden of Infectious Disease & Risk factors Paper

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Watch this video before you start your week 5 assignment. This video will provide some perspective into health care in sub-Saharan Africa, and the potential challenges you may face.

PBS NewsHour. (2011). South Sudan's health care system shows dire need [Video]. Retreived from http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/video/2011/01/...

For weeks 5, 6, and 7, you will be acting as a relief worker for a new public health clinic opening in sub-Saharan Africa to help combat communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

Address the following in your paper:

  1. Determine the major communicable and noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.
    1. Analyze why these diseases are prevalent.
  2. Assess the challenges to prevention, transmission, and treatment of communicable diseases.
  3. Evaluate the risk factors for the burden of noncommunicable diseases.
  4. Investigate the costs to the population for both communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
  5. What is needed to prepare a public health employee for working in this kind of environment?

Your paper should be 3–4 pages in length, and include a minimum of 3 scholarly sources. Use current APA formatting to style your paper and to cite your sources. Integrate your sources into the paragraphs. Use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. You will need to include a reference page listing those sources.

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Burden of Infectious Disease
Introduction
1. Infectious disease explanation
2. Thesis statement
Discussion
1. Major communicable and non-communicable diseases in Sub- Saharan Africa
2. Challenges to prevention, transmission, and treatment
3. Risk factors and the burden of non-communicable diseases
4. Costs to the population for communicable and non-communicable diseases
5. Preparing a health employee to work in such an environment
Conclusion
1. Restatement of the thesis
2. Summary of the discussion


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BURDEN OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Burden of Infectious Disease

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BURDEN OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Burden of Infectious Disease
Introduction
South Sudan is an example of sub-Saharan Africa with nearly a non-existent healthcare
care system. The economic challenges experienced in the country affect the healthcare system in
a significant manner. For example, inadequate finances make it hard for the government to
provide infrastructure and medication need to attend to the health needs of the population. Such
challenges are responsible for the deteriorated standards of care in the country. The discussion
below examines the healthcare challenges in south Sudan to identify their impact on the
population.
Major communicable and non-communicable diseases in Sub- Saharan Africa
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