Causes and Management of some Selected Re-Emerging Diseases

Abstract

The paper presents an overview of re-emerging diseases with particular reference to Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDs and malaria in Nigeria. Tuberculosis is one of the respiratory diseases that affect all ages and sexes world wide. It remains one of the major communicable health problems in many tropical countries. HIV/AIDs has become a challenge to the world in general and to developing world in particular. The world is being seriously threatened by this deadly diseases of which no vaccine has discovered to prevent being infected. Malaria is a communicable diseases caused by the parasite called plasmodium. The infection is usually transmitted by the bites of infected anopheles mosquito. It examines the resurgence of these infectious disease. The causes, effects and management peculiar to each of the diseases highlighted. It was concluded that infectious diseases and its prevalence in Nigeria can be prevented through early vaccine and the use of health education to increase awareness/knowledge of infection disease persons through various health programmes.