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Diseases

Concept of diseases versus infection. Natural history of disease: Susceptibility stage, presymptomatic stage, clinical stage and disability or recovery stage.

Various causes of diseases: Bacteria (T.B. and typhoid) Viral (HIV/AIDS and measles) Protozoa(Malaria).

Classification of: by causative agents, by mechanisms of transmission.

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Immunizable diseases:

What an immunizable disease is. The six childhood immunizable diseases in Uganda. Other immunizable diseases. Rabbies, cholera, yellow fever. Typhoid. Typhus, Meningitis and Hepatitis B.

Causative organisms, signs, symptoms, effects/complications and treatment for the immunizable diseases.

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Contagious diseases:

Concept of a contagious disease. Scabies and leprosy as contagious diseases.

Causative organisms; signs and symptoms. Effects. Treatment and prevention.

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Diarrhoeal diseases:

Concept of. Causes: infective (Bacterial, viral, protozoal). Non-infective (toxins, poisons, physiological and nutritional)

Importance of diarrhoeal diseases in childhood: dehydration, malnutrition, low intelligence and death. Relation to poor hygiene and sanitation of home environments.

Symptoms and signs of dehydration. Importance of fluids (ORS fruit Juices, rice soup) in management of diarrhoeal diseases.

Preventive measures: personal hygiene, breast feeding, sanitation of environment, preventing pollution.

Cultural beliefs associated with diarrhoea and their harmful effects.