A critical review of a published epidemiological paper NURSING ESSAY

A critical review of a published epidemiological paper.

Malaria is one of the major health problems prevalent in the Third World countries; negatively impacting the people’s health as well as the development of the country has a whole.
Introduction
300 – 350 million cases are found to be caused by malaria with a mortality rate of 2-3 million deaths per year. (World Health Organization 2010). Malaria is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium and is transmitted by the anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria is caused by four species of protozoan parasites. Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P.ovale and P.Malariae.

P.vivax is the most wide spread form of malaria infection in the world. (Gbotosho et al. 2011). P.falciparum causes the most severe form of the Malaria and is responsible for most deaths and serious morbidity. It enters the blood cells at the gametocyte stage from the mosquitoes gut to the blood of the human during a blood meal. Malaria constitutes about 10% of the disease burden in Africa.

Malaria is both a social and behavioral problem and that has to taken into account while perceiving and treating the disease.

On the same lines, AIDS could also be considered as a social and behavioral problem or diseases, which is having major impacts throughout the world, particularly in Third World Countries. Human Deficiency Virus (HIV) infection causes the Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the people who were exposed to this virus die due to the co-infection with opportunistic pathogens. There are two types of HIV virus; HIV type -1 and HIV type – 2. HIV-1 is found throughout the world. (Gunn and Pitt, 2012)………………………………………….