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Displaying 90 of about 301 resultsPertussis is a highly contagious disease of the respiratory tract caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis (WHO, no date).
Measles is a highly contagious, serious disease caused by a virus from the paramyxovirus family. Transmission occurs through direct contact, droplet spread, and airborne spread. The virus initially infects the respiratory tract, then spreads throughout the body (WHO 2019).
Zika virus disease is a disease transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes which can lead to complications (WHO, 2018).
Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral infection caused by the chikungunya virus. It causes fever and severe arthralgia (joint pain) which is often debilitating. The disease can be endemic and epidemic in countries (WHO, 2020).
Cysticercosis is a preventable intestinal infection in humans and animals caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium (pork tapeworm). Human cysticercosisi can result in devastating effects on human health resulting in neurocysticercosis with blindness, convulsions, and epileptic seizures, and can be fatal. It is estimated to affect between 2.56 and 8.30 milli…
Typhoid fever is a life-threatening infection caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. It is usually spread through contaminated food or water. An estimated 11–20 million people get sick from typhoid and between 128,000 and 161,000 people die from it every year (WHO, 2018).
Cryptosporidium is a microscopic parasite that causes the watery diarrhoeal disease cryptosporidiosis (WHO, 2013).
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoC2), a virus first identified in human populations in late 2019. Transmission occurs through droplets containing infectious virus, either by direct face to face contact (splash) generated by speaking, singing, coughing or sneezing; or by aerosolisation for up to 1 metre. Virus-co…
Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable disease, that is endemic and epidemic worldwide, and caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV can cause both acute and chronic liver disease. Chronic infection puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis and liver cancer (WHO, 2020).
Viral haemorrhagic fever is a general term for severe illnesses, sometimes associated with bleeding, that may be caused by a number of viruses. The term is usually applied to diseases caused by viruses that belong to the Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Filoviridae and Flaviviridae families (WHO, no date).
Sexually transmitted diseases are infections transmitted from an infected person to an uninfected person through sexual contact (WHO, no date).
Blood-borne viruses are viruses transmitted by direct contact with infected blood or other body fluids (WHO, 2012).
Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of a microorganism to multiply or persist in the presence of an increased level of an antimicrobial agent relative to the susceptible counterpart of the same species (FAO, 2011).
A road traffic accident is any accident involving at least one road vehicle in motion on a public road or private road to which the public has right of access, resulting in at least one injured or killed person (United Nations, European Union and the International Transport Forum at the OECD, 2019).
A rail accident is an unwanted or unintended sudden event or a specific chain of such events (occurring during train operation) which has harmful consequences (United Nations, European Union and the International Transport Forum at the OECD, 2019).