Disease at the Global Level
A) Choose a developing nation to explore the global measures of health and the burden of chronic disease. Try to choose a developing country that has not been discussed by another student.
- Use the wealth of information available via the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) websites to explore health data information:
- What are the top three chronic diseases and the top three infectious diseases?
- What are the top causes of morbidity and mortality in this country?
- Compare the top three chronic and infectious diseases in the United States with those of this developing nation. (Useful information for the United States can be found on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/LeadingCauses.html (Links to an external site.).) What are the differences and similarities?
- Discuss some primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies for the top three causes of morbidity and mortality.
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