Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Tropical medicine is a field of medicine that focuses on treating infectious and non-infectious disorders in tropical regions.

The three major infections in the tropics are

• Malaria
• Tuberculosis
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS

In addition to a wide range of noncommunicable disorders like vitamin deficiency, snakebite, scorpion sting, and toxin-related cardiac and neurologic symptoms, tropical medicine deals with uncommon and exotic parasite and bacterial illnesses. Consequently, this field includes internal medicine in addition to microbiology, virology, parasitology, and epidemiology.

Although it plays a significant role in global health, tropical medicine focuses more on the specific tropical infections that affect low-resource areas. It pays close attention to the pathogens, their vectors, how they spread, how to treat and prevent them, as well as how to create new drugs, insecticides, diagnostics, and vaccines to fight these diseases.

Hygiene:Hygiene is the practise of keeping oneself and one's surroundings clean, especially to prevent illness or the spread of disease. By maintaining adequate cleanliness, one can avoid contracting many contagious diseases, including fecal-oral infections. It makes a substantial contribution to the promotion of improved health and wellness. However, due to a lack of access to needs like clean water and soap, maintaining personal hygiene can be challenging in many parts of the world.

The various forms of hygiene include:

• Personal hygiene
• Environmental hygiene
• Domestic hygiene
• Food hygiene