Global Health Assignment

Global Health Project Presentation- 60 points

You will have different areas of global health to choose from. Decide on a topic within these areas that is a current global issue that we are facing. Explain the background/history, global incidence & prevalence, symptoms prevention/treatment, strategy for control.

Global Areas to look for a topic:

Neglected Parasitic infections (Soil-transmitted helminth infections in children, Chagas Disease, Cysticercosis, Toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis)
Occupational & Health Hazards (chemical safety, environmental cancers, water & sanitation, outdoor air pollution, stress & workplace)
Infectious Diseases (Ebola, Cholera, COVID-19, Wild Polio Virus, Enterovirus, drug-resistant Tuberculosis, MERS, SARS, Zika)
Non-communicable diseases (Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease)

HSC 2100 Global Health project

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