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Unit 1 Discussion: The Role of the Center for Infectious Disease and Research
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Each year thousands of people die from such infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and Emerging & Neglected Diseases like African sleeping sickness, measles, Chagas disease, and toxoplasmosis. The challenge for society is to eliminate the world’s most devastating infectious diseases through leadership in scientific discovery. Have the diseases multiplied in number or has the medical world gotten better at detecting ?
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For this unit discussion, please respond to the following:
- Define the role of the Center for Infectious Disease and Research in in the treatment, research, and control of infectious and emerging diseases in developing countries.
- Describe what steps are being taken?
- What are some of the initiatives that the Center for Infectious Disease and Research has undertaken to combat infectious diseases?
- How do we determine the effectiveness of these initiatives?
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Controlling Infectious Diseases
The contemporary healthcare research and disease control sector has experienced n increase in healthcare issues experienced in different environments. Organizations dedicated to the research on infectious diseases provide the necessary information needed to control the spread and impact of such diseases. Efforts geared towards research of infectious diseases that primarily influence the ability to avail the necessary medication for the developing society.
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