• 제목/요약/키워드: Prevention of Epidemics

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조선시대 피역의서에 나타난 역병(疫病) 예방법 (Infectious Disease Prevention Act Written on Medical Books in Joseon Dynasty)

  • 조원준
    • 대한예방한의학회지
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.145-157
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    • 2008
  • There were many books on infectious disease prevention act, and still remained 5 books including Ganuibyeokonbang. Epidemics were seriously ill and widely contagious, so it was important to prevent them. Therefore, they wrote various preventive measures from epidemics on those books. They emphasized medication, and used not only compound prescriptions but also singular ones. They wrote 5 compound prescriptions including Sohaphyangwon and many singular ones on Ganuibyeokonbang, and they used folk medicine such as red-beans준 for practical use on that book. On Sinchanbyeokonbang, they emphasized Hyangsosan and presented many prescriptions to specialize in epidemics. Heojun presented various prescriptions for Dangdokyeok on Byeokyeoksinbang, and he excluded incantation methods to cope with epidemics medically. Since Ganuibyeokonbang they had tried to improve personal hygiene such as boiling clothes of patients.

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가금질병과 방역 개선책 (Poultry Disease and Its Prevention)

  • 오경록
    • 한국가금학회지
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.99-106
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    • 1996
  • Because of the imminent market opening of livestock and poultry products, Korean poultry industry is faced an influx of contagious diseases from abroad. Due to the increasing trend of intensive and automatic poultry farming, the risks of catching various poultry epidemics are ever more increasing. For the prevention of poultry epidemics, the principles of biosecurity should be observed rather strictly. In addition, regular checking to confirm the presence or absence of latent diseases through serological test, post-mortem examination, and laboratory test, should be carried out routinely. Finally, all kinds of stress factors should be minimized to keep the flock healthy and productive, so that they can achieve their maximum genetic potential.

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("간이벽온방"에 기재된 돌림병의 예방과 치료 (Prevention and treatment of epidemics written in Ganuibyeokonbang)

  • 이윤심;조원준
    • 한국한의학연구원논문집
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    • 제13권1호통권19호
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2007
  • As epidemics were spread over the whole Pyeongan province at 1524, Jungjong commanded the government officers like Kim Sunmong to publish Sokbyeokonbang, known as Ganuibyeokonbang, to cope with the epidemics. They regarded the cause of epidemics as abnormal climate, pathogen or grudge, and named the disease on the basis of cause. To prevent epidemics they presented three kinds of method. They used a charm to calm the people, used Sohaphyangwon to keep from getting infected with them and emphasized the importance of individaul sanitation. They proposed compound herb remedies like Sipsintang, Hyangsosan, Seungmagalgeuntang and so forth according to the symptoms. They presented lots of single herbs used for food or easily seeking herbs to lighten the people's expense, in addition.

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Traditional Unani Medicine in Flu-like Epidemics and COVID-19 during Pregnancy: A Literary Research

  • Sultana, Arshiya;Khanam, Marhaba;Rahman, Khaleequr;Sumbul, Sumbul
    • 셀메드
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    • 제11권4호
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    • pp.20.1-20.23
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    • 2021
  • Background: The pandemic COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2 has spread like a forest fire. This disease may have serious consequences for pregnant women. Presently, no specific drugs or vaccines exist to battle this disease and researches are underway. Unani medicine has a unique role in prevention and management during epidemics. Here, we reviewed the overview of COVID-19 infection and pregnancy, concept and practices in Unani medicine for flu-like epidemics in general and pregnancy, and safety of Unani drugs for the prevention and treatment of mild symptomatic cases of COVID-19 during pregnancy. Methodology: Unani classical texts and pharmacopoeia were meticulously explored for concepts and practices for flu-like epidemic diseases. Further, we browsed scientific databases such as PubMed, Scopus and others for an overview, epidemics and Unani medicine, effectiveness and safety of Unani drugs in COVID-19 and pregnancy. Results: Unani medicine includes prevention and management of flu-like epidemic include quarantine and isolation, aromatic herbal drugs fumigation and spraying for environmental disinfection, ilaj bid tadbir for health promotion and use of health-protecting drugs and symptom-specific drugs in general and related to pregnancy. Lahsun, asalussus, behidana, banafsha, zanjabeel, unnab, etc are in use since antiquity for the prevention and treatment of asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic pregnant women during infectious and epidemic diseases. Conclusion: Currently, the aforementioned plants are proven for antiviral, antioxidant, immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory activities, probably useful in the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, scientific studies have provided new insight into the mechanism underlying the therapeutic effect of Unani medicines that are safe in pregnancy.

Reemergence of mumps

  • Choi, Kyong-Min
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제53권5호
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    • pp.623-628
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    • 2010
  • The mumps virus is a single-stranded, non-segmented, negative-sense RNA virus belonging to the $Paramyxoviridae$ family. Mumps is characterized by bilateral or unilateral swelling of the parotid gland. Aseptic meningitis is a common complication, and orchitis is also common in adolescents and adult men. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings, but because of high vaccination coverage, clinical findings alone are not sufficient for diagnosis, and laboratory confirmation is needed. Mumps is preventable by vaccination, but despite high vaccination coverage, epidemics occur in several countries, including Korea. Many hypotheses are suggested for these phenomena. In this review, we investigate the reason for the epidemics, optimal methods of diagnosis, and surveillance of immunization status for the prevention of future epidemics.

코로나19와 한국의 글로벌가치사슬(GVC) 변화 (COVID-19 and Changes in Global Value Chains of Korea)

  • 구양미
    • 한국경제지리학회지
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.209-228
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    • 2020
  • 본 연구의 목적은 코로나19의 확산에 따른 한국의 무역 및 산업의 변화를 글로벌가치사슬 관점에서 분석하고 시사점을 제시하는 것이다. 이를 위해 코로나19와 직접적으로 관련 있는 방역용품과 GVC 참여도가 높은 IT산업을 분석하였다. 방역용품은 코로나19의 확산에 따라 수출입 변동 폭이 컸다. 마스크의 경우 최종재는 수출입이 급격히 변화했지만 중간재의 변화는 상대적으로 크지 않았다. 한국의 IT산업은 GVC에서 전방참여도가 높아지고 후방참여도가 낮아지는 전반적인 변화 속에서 주요 무역대상국별로 차별화된 특성을 보였다. 아직까지 코로나19로 인한 변화가 직접적으로 나타나지는 않았지만, 중국, 베트남과의 생산 연계와 무역 의존도가 높은 상황에서 다변화 전략의 필요성이 높아졌다. 코로나19는 여전히 진행 중으로 포스트 코로나 시대의 GVC 변화에 대응하기 위한 기업의 전략과 정책적 노력이 필요하다.

신종 인플루엔자 대유행에 대한 우리나라의 대응방안 (The Preparedness Plan for Influenza Pandemic)

  • 이덕형;박기동
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제38권4호
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    • pp.386-390
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    • 2005
  • Influenza A viruses periodicall y cause worldwide epidemics, or pandemics, with high rates of illness and death. A pandemic can occur at any time, with the potential to cause serious illness, death and social and economic disruption throughout the world. Historic evidence suggests that pandemics occurred three to four times per century. In the last century there were three influenza pandemics. The circumstances still exist for a new influenza virus with pandemic potential to emerge an d spread. The unpredictability of the timing of the next pandemic is underlined by the occurrence of several large outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza since the early 1980s. In 1999, the World Health Organization published the Influenza pandemic plan. The role of WHO and guidelines for national and regional planning. And in 2005, WHO revised the global influenza preparedness plan for new national measures before and during pandemics. This document outlines briefly the Korean Centers for Disease Control's plan for responding to an influenza pandemic. According to the new pandemic phases of WHO, we set up the 4 national levels of preparedness and made guidelines for preventing and control the epidemics in each phase. And also we described the future plans to antiviral stockpiles and pandemic vaccine development.

AIDS의 현황과 대책 (AIDS Occurence and Prevention)

  • 이선자
    • 한국보건간호학회지
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 1994
  • This article reviewed the epidemic characteristics of AIDS during the period of 1985-1993 and its socio economic implications in Korea. The author discussed the principles of AIDS prevention measures through NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) programs and also introduced WHO recommended approaches of preventing AIDS which was declared 'AIDS Days '93'. December 1. 1993. The followings are the summary of articles. 1. The total number of HIV (+) were 313 cases. Male was 289, female was 34 by December 3D, 1993. 2. The number of AIDS patients were 16 cases, 14 out of 16 died and two are alive. 3. Principles of AIDS prevention measures; (1) Investment in health (2) Social and Political Commitment (3) Comprehensive Health Promotion Program (4) Respect for Human Dignity (5) Provide Safe Health Care Settings (6) Monitoring the AIDS epidemics (7) Meeting the challenge together

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Analysis of Social Media Utilization based on Big Data-Focusing on the Chinese Government Weibo

  • Li, Xiang;Guo, Xiaoqin;Kim, Soo Kyun;Lee, Hyukku
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • 제16권8호
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    • pp.2571-2586
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    • 2022
  • The rapid popularity of government social media has generated huge amounts of text data, and the analysis of these data has gradually become the focus of digital government research. This study uses Python language to analyze the big data of the Chinese provincial government Weibo. First, this study uses a web crawler approach to collect and statistically describe over 360,000 data from 31 provincial government microblogs in China, covering the period from January 2018 to April 2022. Second, a word separation engine is constructed and these text data are analyzed using word cloud word frequencies as well as semantic relationships. Finally, the text data were analyzed for sentiment using natural language processing methods, and the text topics were studied using LDA algorithm. The results of this study show that, first, the number and scale of posts on the Chinese government Weibo have grown rapidly. Second, government Weibo has certain social attributes, and the epidemics, people's livelihood, and services have become the focus of government Weibo. Third, the contents of government Weibo account for more than 30% of negative sentiments. The classified topics show that the epidemics and epidemic prevention and control overshadowed the other topics, which inhibits the diversification of government Weibo.