PPT-Predicting Cholera in Yemen using NASA Satellites

Cholera a waterborne bacterial disease infects millions of people each year leading to thousands of deaths Predicting favorable conditions for cholera infection relies on identifying areas of above average temperatures and rainfall poor water infrastructures and changes in land use To tackle this problem scientists . The bacterium secretes toxin cholera toxin CT which causes severe 64258uid loss from the body into the digestive tract leading to dehydration and ultimately death by diarrhoea V cholerae has caused seven worldwide disease outbreaks or pandemics sinc Epidemiology and data handling . exercise. - With answer key . &. answers animated in slideshow-. Adapted for. A level biology students. By. . Severa. von . Wentzel. & . Mary Doherty . Doctors Without Borders / . Cholera is a Bacterial Disease. Cholera. About 75% of infected never develop symptoms.. Diarrhea. Dehydration. Symptoms. Cholera. Two kinds or oral vaccines. Whole-cell killed vaccines. Oral rehydration salts. By: Jon Stenz and . Kaitlyn. Cochran . Capital: Sana. ’. a . Predominately Islamic Country . 55 % Sunni 45% Shiite . Part of the Arab League . Language: Arabic. North and South Yemen unified in 1990 to form republic . CRISIS . APPEAL . 2016. ‘Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice’. Psalm 55:17. Yemen is a country in crisis. . More than 18.8 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance – that’s over three-quarters of the population.. Source: Country reports. Legend: Y = yes, N = no, C = case based, · = no report, ASR: age-standardised rate. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. . Dr. Ravi Kant . Assistant Professor,. Department of . medicine . Definition. Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease that can, in a matter of hours, result in profound, rapidly progressive dehydration and death.. /. . The earthquake in Haiti in 2010 strained the already limited water sanitation systems. http://spring2013env3400haiti.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/49/. . UN peacekeepers from Nepal brought cholera to Haiti. 12-12-2018. 40 years . Yemen – Netherlands. WATER Cooperation. Yemen 2008 -2014. . 12-12-2018. History . 4. Mohamed Al-. Hamdi. . Capacity building. 5. IHE. Foto’s Wim Spaans. 6. Chairman . TNO. Cholera is a serious disease affecting both children and adults. . It is caused by eating or drinking food or water that is contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.. It . is an acute secretory diarrheal illness caused . CHOLERA. Cholera is a serious disease affecting both children and adults. . It is caused by eating or drinking food or water that is contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.. It . is an acute secretory diarrheal illness caused . Poor sanitation. Houses lack basic facilities . Lack of clean water. Crowded living conditions. Inadequate sewage system. What is cholera and how do the symptoms arise?. Cholera. Cholera bacteria are ingested by humans through faecal contaminated food or water.. DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS. a) Specimens:- specimens from culture consist of mucus flecks from stool.. b) Smears:- Dark field or phase contrast microscopy may show the rapidly motile vibrios.. Three major outbreaks reported between 1992 and 1997. Worst hit then was Northern Nigeria. CFR was 5.3-13% across all age groups . In the last quarter of 2009, it was speculated that more than 260 people died of cholera in four Northern states with over 96 people in Maiduguri, .