BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Better sanitation (clean)
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Access to medicine
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They are smarter
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the developing world, the leading infectious causes of death are respiratory tract infections, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS, which together represent >90% of deaths [11]. The remaining 10% are due to tropical diseases and various other infections [11].
Detailed explanation-2: -Poverty, poor education, low health knowledge, poor infrastructure, geographic factors, life style, and environmental factors (i.e., limited access to resources such as clean water) have been identified as primary factors contributing to the high incidence of infectious diseases among women in developing countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Infectious diseases topped the global risks chart, displacing climate change, in a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The last time the category was named the top global risk in terms of impact was in 2006.
Detailed explanation-4: -These factors are complex but can be classified into three different categories: virus factors, human factors, and ecological factors. The factors contributing to the cause of such viral infectious diseases will be systematically reviewed in this article.