The main role of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to guide and manage health internationally in the United Nations’ system. (What We Do, n.d.). WHO’s objective is to encourage “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health” (Skolnik, R., 2012). WHO employs individuals who specialize in science, medicine, public health, management, economy, health statistics, and emergency relief (WHO - Its People and Offices, n.d.). In the area of medicine, the emergency medical teams (EMTs) are important in the response to emergency medical needs worldwide. Dental medicine helps promote the importance of oral health and oral disease prevention globally (World Health Organization, n.d.). Besides generating strategies …show more content…
The two most common ways of mother-to-child transmission is via delivery and breastfeeding. The baby has a 15-30 percent of contracting HIV through delivery and a higher risk of 90 percent through breastfeeding. There are several ways to try to prevent the mother-to-child transmission as well as the prevention of HIV in girls and woman. Globally, there are counseling services and testings’ that are given to pregnant women along with supplying family planning services to reduce pregnancy in infected mothers. Preventive antiretroviral drug therapies are available with the proper follow-up care and treatment for mother and infant, and if needed, nutritional counseling and breast-milk substitutes. Boehringer-Ingelheim is a pharmaceutical manufacturer of nevirapine, and has provided this drug for free to help with the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Third world countries have run out of funds to supply the most effective drug therapy, HAART. Due to the over usage of this drug, nevirapine, mothers are becoming resistant to it, so WHO is currently promoting the use of cotrimoxizole prophylaxis to all children and mothers who are HIV-infected. (Lamptey, Johnson, & Khan, 2006, p.
At CADH, I was taught how to act upon the eight competencies in different aspects for the public. As a clinician I was taught how to apply the dental hygiene process of care; assessing signs and symptoms, as well as risks factors related to oral disease, and then make a diagnosis, plan, implement, and evaluate the treatment within the dental hygiene scope of practice. One of many important roles of being a dental hygienist is being part of a dental care team where I we work in collaboration with a dentist or a dental specialist. I have been able to extensively develop my management skills to understand the administrative setting of the school, as well as the authority responsibilities and roles of my faculty and other professionals involved. As an administrator, I am responsible to manage my clients’ periodontal status, by identifying presence of disease, setting care priorities, eliminating risk factors, and deciding whether the client is already in the maintenance state or needs further special treatment. As ...
Assisting the dentist in everything from patient relations to a wide variety of dental treatments and procedures.
“Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood-borne virus typically transmitted via sexual intercourse, shared intravenous drug paraphernalia, and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), which can occur during the birth processor during breastfeeding.” There is no cure for HIV or AIDS but over time different types of medications have been developed that slows down the advancement of the disease. AIDS is a lethal disease that is caused by HIV. HIV destroys the immune system and causes the body to not be able to fight off any diseases.
It is a vital role of a dentist to prevent the dental problems in order to decrease the number of oral disease.
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A clinician by profession (2010) and an idealist by nature I believe that life should be lived most effectively. According to me the most effective way to fulfil my personal goals is to take the knowledge I acquire through a Master’s degree in dental hygiene program, and use it in my arsenal to educate people in my community about oral health and its determinants. A career as a dental hygiene instructor for a basic preparation dental hygiene program is my opportunity to not only effectively utilize my leadership skills to facilitate a well coordinated learning milieu for dental hygiene students, but also to advocate various inter related dental hygiene roles such as that of a clinician and a researcher in the dental hygiene environment. An excellent communicator of ideas backed up with an intuitive personality, makes me an ideal candidate to grow as a clinician and assume the role of an educator in a dental hygiene setting.
Yes, dental hygienists face several challenges in an everyday scenario, but they also face the challenge of benefiting others outside of their job and to the ones who are not as fortunate as others. It is imperative that dental hygienists and other health professions come together to expand their knowledge and practices to help the poor. The future of dental hygiene is expected to come from the interaction within the communities, and in order to do so, hygienists need to find the drive and put in the extra effort to encourage others to focus more on their health in order to stay healthy. If the dental field works to help others, their biggest challenge will soon become their
Due to their direct contact with patients, personnel of health care teams are exposed to a higher risk of contracting diseases. Specifically, this risk becomes more potential for dental professional teams if we know that most of the human microbial pathogens are isolated from oral secretions. They can cause serious diseases that might transmit from patients to the personnel, and vice versa (Bednarsh & Molinri, 2010). In 1970 and the early 1980s, result showed the tendency among dental professionals to have more certain infectious diseases than the general public due to their exposure to blood and saliva of their patients (Bednarsh & Molinri, 2010). Disease, such as hepatiti...
Stoto, Michael A., Donna A. Almario, and Marie C. McCormick. Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States. Washington, D.C.: National Academy, 1999. Print.
Due to the decisions of president Mbeki many people died because they did not receive the antiviral drugs that could have prolonged their lives. Also, many HIV+ women transmitted this virus to their children during childbirth because they were not given the antiviral medication needed during their pregnancy. The rate at which an infected ...
AS a dentist one should be strongly determined to devote selflessly for the betterment of mankind .Patient usuall...
Laurent Mandelbrot et al., Lamivudine-Zidovudine Combination for Prevention of Maternal-Infant Transmission of HIV-1, 285 JAMA, 2083, 2083-2093 (2001).
Growing up in Mexico, I noticed that not many individuals in my community understood the importance of dental health, nor did many of them even have the means to attain it. When I moved to America, I realized that this mentality was not exclusive to the community I had grown up in. Even within the United States of America, many people belonging to underprivileged communities were not aware of the importance of dental health. Even though their daily lives were negatively affected by their dental problems, it did not seem as though they felt dental care was worth the monetary expense. It is these experiences that now inspire me to pursue a career in dentistry; I treasure the importance of dental health, on bringing diversity to the profession,
This report is based on the major and specific global health problems in the world. Global health refers to the health of all people in the world which concerns about the health issues that go beyond the borders of each country due to the globalization ( Dyar & Costa, 2013). As well as health issues are referred to the health problems created due to this globalization.
The emergence of HIV/AIDS is viewed globally as one of the most serious health and developmental challenges our society faces today. Being a lentivirus, HIV slowly replicates over time, attacking and wearing down the human immune system subsequently leading to AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) at which point the affected individual is exposed to life threatening illnesses and eventual death. Despite the fact that a few instances of this disease have been accounted for in all parts of the world, a high rate of the aforementioned living with HIV are situated in either low or medium wage procuring nations. The Sub-Saharan region Africa is recognized as the geographic region most afflicted by the pandemic. In previous years, people living with HIV or at risk of getting infected did not have enough access to prevention, care and treatment neither were they properly sensitized about the disease. These days, awareness and accessibility to all the mentioned (preventive methods, care etc.) has risen dramatically due to several global responses to the epidemic. An estimated half of newly infected people are among those under age 25(The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic). It hits hard as it has no visible symptoms and can go a long time without being diagnosed until one is tested or before it is too late to manage.