Running head: MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY STRATEGIES 1

Morbidity and Mortality Strategies

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Morbidity and Mortality Strategies

There are diverse preventive as well as treatment mechanisms which are designed for

individuals suffering from disease or those premised to be in danger of being affected by disease.

By acquiring data of morbidity as well as mortality rate of a specific geographical area, it

becomes easier to develop the prevention strategies and measures that will be employed in this

geographical area. This is because the challenge and issues that are faced by this demographic set

are identified and the relevant and proper mechanisms laid to effective use in arresting the

morbidity or mortality in the population (Pruss et al., 2016). By reducing the rate of morbidity,

the trickle-down effect is also felt in the mortality rate section. This is due to having fewer

umbers of individuals who are infected. By understanding the morbidity rate patterns of a

particular community or population, it becomes easier to develop the necessary mitigation

procedures which will reduce the infection of disease and this in turn leads to reduced mortality

rates (Aschengran & Seage, 2014).

Different regions have different patterns of morbidity and mortality rates. In

understanding the possible preventive measures that can be employed towards a specific disease,

the dynamics greatly change in terms of recording very low infection rates since there is in-depth

understanding of the various measures that will be required towards undertaking the treatment as

well as preventive mechanisms and measures. It is essential to conduct studies in regions which

have low morbidity and mortality rates (In Detels etal., 2017). This is due to these regions having

great knowledge in matters of prevention and treatment measures. In conclusion, diseases require

first an appropriate understanding of the characteristic features that are endemic in a locality.

Thereafter, this understanding facilitates the building of preventive and treatment mechanisms

which will be used towards a particular disease.

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References

Prüss-Üstün, A., Corvalán, C., Bos, R., Neira, M., & World Health Organization,.

(2016). Preventing disease through healthy environments: A global assessment of the

burden of disease from environmental risks.

In Detels, R., In Gulliford, M., In Abdool, K. Q., & In Tan, C. C. (2017). Oxford textbook of

global public health.

Aschengrau, A., & Seage, G. R. (2014). Essentials of epidemiology in public health.