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Today we attended ADCEM Pharmaceutical’s 25th anniversary celebration titled “Social Enterprise in Healthcare.” ADCEM has been a supporter of DRASA from the beginning and we were honored to be part of such a milestone event. So what is a social enterprise? A social enterprise is a business with a double bottom line: to deliver targeted social […]
This tough bacteria known as MRSA is often called a super bug because it’s so hard to treat Name MRSA aka methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (pronounced mur-sah) Transmission Staph are common bacteria that live on our skin, in our noses, and in our throats, but MRSA is caused by a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to […]
Also known as The Black Death, the plague is 1 of the oldest identifiable diseases known to humans Name Plague aka The Black Death Transmission An infectious disease caused by a bacteria called Yersinia Pestis These bacteria mostly live in small mammals (especially wild rodents) The bacteria spread among rodents through fleas (insects) that bite infected […]
The Zika virus has made so many headlines in the last year. Find out why: Name Zika virus Transmission The Zika virus is transmitted several ways: Infected mosquitoes biting people Infected pregnant women can pass the virus to their babies which leads to severe birth defects The virus can be passed through sex from an […]
There are so many myths about leprosy. Does it cause your body parts to fall off? Does it make you blind? Learn the facts below Name Leprosy, now known as Hansen’s disease (named after G. A. Hansen who discovered it in 1873) Transmission A chronic infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the eyes, […]
80% of people with this virus don’t have any symptoms Name West Nile Virus aka WNV (name comes from the West Nile district of Uganda where it was discovered in 1937) Transmission A virus that lives in birds but can spread to and infect humans, horses, and other mammals When mosquitoes bite birds infected with […]
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