Cases can be prevented due to exercises such as:

• Healthy hygiene
• Proper disposal of harmful factors
• Testing
• Screening
• Examinations that determine if individuals are infectious 
• Test how individuals contracted infectious diseases
• Quarantine patients 
• Preventative vaccines 
• Classifying diseases
• Preventative measures and precautions will be taken to prevent further diseases

Milbank Q. 2005 Dec; 83(4): 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00433.x. 

doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00433.x

• Communicable diseases cause 6 of the region’s 14 million annual deaths, which in turn contribute 42% of all the disability-adjusted life years lost (WHO, 2010). 
• Socioeconomic factors 
• Environmental and behavioral factors
• Movement from place to place spreads disease
• Communicable diseases have a negative affect due to globalization and rapid economic activity
• Not enough resources for public health 
• Nearly 2 million children under the age of 5 years die annually in the world from pneumonia and acute diarrhea, in Africa and South-East Asian countries, despite the fact that there are simple and cost-effective ways to fix these problems (WHO, 2010). 

Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2010;88:162-162. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.065169

The policies to communicable diseases are as stated: 

Companies that have persons with communicable diseases will be assessed on current medical judgments, the risks of transmitting the illness to others, the symptoms of each person who has the disease, and identifying risks and responding to employees with a communicable disease. 

Communicable diseases include, but are not limited to, measles, influenza, viral hepatitis-A (infectious hepatitis), viral hepatitis-B (serum hepatitis), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection), AIDS, AIDS-Related Complex (ARC), leprosy, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and tuberculosis. [Company Name] may choose to broaden this definition within its best interest and in accordance with information received through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (SHRM). 

Companies are not to discriminate employees based on their disease. Applicants and current employees are not to be denied work because of their disease. However, companies may reserve the right to deny work in certain facilities due to medical observations and restrictions. 

Companies will respect and protect privacy of individuals with communicable diseases. They will maintain professional and legal safeguards to protect patients privacy about the diseases they may have.  

Disease Prevention Programs

• Immunization Programs
• Office of Aids Administration
• Sexually Transmitted Disease Control
• Shoo the Flu
• Perinatal Hepatitis B Program 

In situations such as outbreaks due to emergency disasters associated with hazards, conflict, complex emergencies, and famines; people’s health is put at risk (Brainard, 2017). Communicable diseases bring along risk factors that cause health issues; these risk factors include crowded conditions, forced displacement, poor quality shelter, poor water, sanitation, and hygiene, lack of healthcare facilitates, and lack of adequate surveillance (Hammer, 2018). These risk factors are commonly associated with diarrheal diseases and infectious diseases such as respiratory infections, malaria, and measles. Communicable diseases are caused by microorganisms from bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. These diseases can be spread directly or indirectly from person to person or be transmitted though bug bites. Other areas these diseases are spread through are ingesting contaminated foods and water. Communicable diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS account for millions of deaths each year. 

Disease can cause burdens on developing countries and strain their economies. More than 80% of the deaths that occur are not considered diseases in the developed world. The estimated amount towards deaths globally is 47 trillion dollars through 2030 if the world’s economy does not reform. The health of people in low-income communities is compromised because of risk factors such as little to no healthcare that is available and the infrastructure being damaged. The consequences to such circumstances is spreading of diseases and death. 

About burden of communicable disease. (2019, May 7). Retrieved January 30, 2020, from https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/all-topics-zburden-communicable-diseases/about-burden-communicable-disease

Atherly, A., Whittington, M., VanRaemdonck, L., & Lampe, S. (2017, December). The Economic Cost of Communicable Disease Surveillance in Local Public Health Agencies. Retrieved January 30, 2020, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29130264

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Hammer, C. C., Brainard, J., & Hunter, P. R. (2018, July 1). Risk factors and risk factor cascades for communicable disease outbreaks in complex humanitarian emergencies: a qualitative systematic review. Retrieved January 30, 2020, from https://gh.bmj.com/content/3/4/e000647

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Hello,

My name is Harleen Kandola is this is my journey as a student in the BAS HCML program at Bellevue College. Some interesting things about me are I am very passionate and courageous. There are a few things in this life that I care for deeply and those are animals and helping people. I have always had an interest in the healthcare field and have had the opportunity to dip my feet in many different areas in the field. I started really focusing on the healthcare field when I had been diagnosed with cancer in high school. The experience I had with doctors and healthcare staff was extremely positive and it inspired me to get into the field.

I currently work at a restaurant as a manager. It took me years to reach my current position at this location because I started as a cashier. Working at this restaurant has taught me hard work. With the knowledge I have gained working as a manager and a student of the HCML program, I believe I possess all the qualities that I look for in an efficient and productive worker in the workplace. I am currently interning with a company called ResCare as a Quality Assurance Coordinator and my plan for when I graduate this quarter is to land a job with this organization.

Thanks for joining me on this journey! I am excited to be on this journey and successfully achieve greatness within this program. Management and making sure things run smoothly and efficiently has always been important to me. Patient care and caring for others in general is an aspect in life that I hold strongly and close to my heart.