Essays about: "Cholera"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the word Cholera.

  1. 6. Responsibility failure or too high expectations? : From humanitarian crisis to legal dispute in cholera-struck Haiti

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linn Zettergren; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti 2010 a second disaster hit the small Caribbean country. This time in the shape of a cholera epidemic, imported by Nepalese UN soldiers. The disease outbreak culminated in a previously unpresented lawsuit against the United Nations in which their principle of absolute immunity was questioned. READ MORE

  3. 7. Applications of phage therapy in veterinary medicine

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Sergey Gazeev; [2018]
    Keywords : phages; phage therapy; bacterial infections; aquaculture;

    Abstract : This paper describes some different investigations of phage therapy within veterinary medicine, in treating some of the most common bacterial infections in poultry, cattle and fish. As a red thread, phage therapy is being compared and contrasted with the current standard antibiotic treatment within some common diseases, as well as in general, in the discussion section. READ MORE

  4. 8. The battle for reparation for cholera victims in Haiti

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Alice Wadström; [2017]
    Keywords : Haiti; cholera; reparation; United Nations; human rights; responsibility; moral responsibility; New Approach; the New Approach to cholera in Haiti; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2010, an explosive cholera epidemic erupted in Haiti, killing close to 10.000 people and injuring some 800.000. Several scientific reports have traced the spread of the bacterium back to the United Nations base in the Mirebalais in Haiti, which hosted the Nepalese peacekeeping contingent. READ MORE

  5. 9. Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion towards Cholera Prevention on District Level in Mozambique : A Communication Analysis

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Dorrit Booij; Daniel Al-Ayoubi; [2015]
    Keywords : Mozambique; the Lago district; cholera prevention; one-way communication; two-way communication; public relations theory;

    Abstract : Cholera remains a threat to public health in many developing countries, including Mozambique. Although the disease is easily preventable by practices of hygiene and sanitation, cases are reported in the country every year, as for example in the Lago district in 2015. READ MORE

  6. 10. Four Wastewater Treatment Methods Evaluated from a Sustainability Perspective in the Limbe Urban Municipality Cameroon (Central Africa)

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utveckling

    Author : Eko victor Mosoke; [2013]
    Keywords : Environmental; Water; Wastewater; Sustainability; Limbe municipality; Cameroon; Management and Sanitation.;

    Abstract : Aggravated by rapid population growth, urbanization, and industrialization and most recently by climate change events, the availability of water especially in the third world is reaching critical proportions.  This is aggravated by the non treatment of wastewater (sewage) and discharged of untreated wastewater into water bodies. READ MORE