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Primary health care is the essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound, and socially acceptable methods and technology made …

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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely absence of disease or infirmity …

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Prevention may be: 1.       Primordial Prevention 2.       Primary Prevention 3.       Secondary Protection 4.       Tertiary Prevention   The goals of prevention …

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Webster defines disease as a state in which body health is impaired, a departure from a state of health, an …

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Many definitions of health exist. These include: The condition of being sound in body, mind or spirit, especially freedom from …

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Disease control involves: Surveillance Eradication Control Quarantine Segregation Isolation Disinfection Sterilization Surveillance: Surveillance of disease is the continuous scrutiny of …

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Infections may be: Nosocomial Cross Infections Infestation Epizootic Enzootic Zoonosis Exotic Opportunistic Nosocomial infection: An infection occurring in a patient …

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Phases in infections The different phases in infections include: Infective period Communicability period Incubation period External Incubation period Prodromal Period …

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Infection The entry and development or multiplication of an infection agent in body of man or animal is called infection. …

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Dengue Prevention Strategy 1. Reduce mortality by 50%  by 2020 – by early detection and prompt treatment of cases through …

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