Leading causes of morbidity and mortality part 2

Huntington’s disease has been in existence for many years. People used to mistake it for other conditions such as for Parkinson’s disease or possession by the evil spirit. As a result, an incorrect measure of dealing with the disease was used. A scientific breakthrough, for instance, the discovery of the gene that is associated with the disease formed a milestone upon establishing the correct measures to take. It also allowed early diagnosis so that people can be able to receive better care. The prevalence of the disease is low in many areas, but a particular region in Venezuela has recorded a substantial number of people suffering from the disease. Advancement in technology has allowed for pretest in this area, and since it was identified to be a hereditary disease, then people are advised how they could be able to control the disease. One control measure that has been taken into account, includes using odd contraceptives to control the population in the area. Apart from the stated objectives, the paper will explore the impacts which Huntington’s Disease has had and continues effecting on the human population. test and artemesinin combination therapy (ACT) were available in about 70% of rural and sub rural health centers. The national health programs and other organizations distributed a total of 191,718 ACT strip and 282, 532 insecticide long lasting nets (ILLN) during May 2008 to April 2009. Availability of information education and communication (IECs) materials for dengue in health centers was high, with more than two-third of the health center have IECs materials for dengue. On the other hands, IECs material for malaria was present in about 50% of health centers. The vector-borne diseases control program distributed 37,000 pamphlets on vector-borne diseases during May 2008 to April 2009. Particularly in a malaria high endemic area, Ngapudaw, the training program for malaria case management was carried out for 80 hospital staffs. Insecticide residual spray had also been carried out in high endemic area with population coverage of 40,122. Mass larviciding activities were carried out with population coverage of 347,231 in study area for dengue control. It was found that distribution of malaria drug was well covered as one health personnel mentioned that “During Cyclone Nargis, a lot of malaria drugs supply was given to my health center but malaria is not prevalence in my area. I was afraid of malaria drugs to be expired.”