disease.
7. Quiz
1. Which is T.B. day?
2. Which is malaria day?
3. Give scientific name of vector of dengue.
4. When was pulse polio programme started ?
5. How is malaria controlled ?
6. How is typhoid tested ?
7. Which is AIDS day?
8. What is another name of tuberculosis ?
9. What is another name of rabies ?
10. What is other name of jaundice?
11. What is ORS ?
12. Name a vaccination which provides life long
immunity
Answers
Step-by-step explanation:
1.
Each year, we commemorate World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
2. 25 April
Upcoming World Malaria Day
World Malaria Day, marked each year on 25 April, is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control.
3.Aedes aegypti
The mosquito
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the main vector that transmits the viruses that cause dengue. The viruses are passed on to humans through the bites of an infective female Aedes mosquito, which mainly acquires the virus while feeding on the blood of an infected person.
4. 1995
India committed to resolution passed by World Health Assembly for global polio eradication in 1988. National Immunization Day (NID) commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunization programme was launched in India in 1995, and is conducted twice in early part of each year.
5. The main current measures are focused on reduction of the contact between mosquitoes and humans, the destruction of larvae by environmental management and the use of larvicides or mosquito larvae predators, and destruction of adult mosquitoes by indoor residual spraying and insecticide-treated bed nets.
6.The only way to know for sure if an illness is typhoid fever or paratyphoid fever is to have a sample of blood or stool (poop) tested for Salmonella Typhi or Salmonella Paratyphi. If you have a fever and feel very ill, see a doctor immediately.
7. 1 December
World AIDS Day on 1 December brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic.
Answer:
ANSWER
Step-by-step explanation:
1. world tb day - 24 March
2. malaria day - 25 April
3. Vector of dengue - Aedes aegypti
4. pulse polio programme - 1995
5.> Case management (diagnosis and treatment)
of patients with malaria
>Prevention:
- Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs)
- Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnant women (IPTp)
- Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infancy (IPTi)
- Indoor residual spraying (IRS
6. sample of blood or stool (poop) tested for Salmonella Typhi or Salmonella Paratyphi to identtify the illness.
7. AIDS day - 1 December
8. Other names of tuberculosis - Phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, consumption
9. other name of rabies - hydrophobiya
10. other name of jaundice - Icterus
11. ORS - Oral rehydration therapy
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