Objective: Explain the importance of healthcare professionals in the United States maintaining current knowledge of diseases and/or outbreaks affecting other countries.
Instructions
Visit the. This link opens to the World Factbook. Click the search drop-down menuPlease select a country to view.
Select a developing country of interest to you.
Scroll down the country page and click thePeople and Society plus (+) sign.
Note: Developing country is the term currently used for Third World country. A developing country is a country that is on the verge of experiencing industrialization.
Assignment
Report specific health-related issues, including the following:
Population size
Birth rate
Health expenditures
Drinking water
Sanitation
Major infectious diseases
Write one page describing what you consider to be the most dangerous infectious disease found in this country. Do this by imagining which disease would affect health care in the United States the most if there were an outbreak starting tomorrow.
Include a title page and a reference list. You must cite and reference the website and at least one other source. You may use your text as a source.
