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Infectious diseases can develop severe complications or even death, therefore introducing vaccination can be considered one of the most important medical breakthroughs. Immunization programs considerably decreased morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases, especially in children. Among the diseases that significantly affected the population were included measles, mumps and rubella. Measles is particularly serious because of the complications it can cause both on short and long term. Mumps is severe because it can evolve with meningitis and to measles particular attention should be paid, not only because of its frequent complications, but also because of the manifestations in pregnant women (congenital rubella). Lately, the vaccine coverage has decreased, and in order to remediate this, a very important role is attributed to the health professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Patients with diabetic ulcers of the lower limbs may suffer from infectious complications and due to this damage, the result may lead to amputation or death. Providing proper care, on several levels, for the diabetic foot is an effective measure to decrease the rates of amputation, which have unfavorable economic and social outcomes. Through screening, the prevention can be achieved. Moreover, an early diagnosis based on the evaluation of risk factors can lead to a prompt treatment, suppressing therefore the progression of the lesions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Travelers' diarrhea (TD) is the most common condition seen among people who are travelling, especially from developed to developing countries, its prevalence reaching almost 70%. Even though, in most cases, TD is a non-aggressive, self-limited disease and there are effective treatment methods available, prevention measures are worth being taken, because, by controlling the risk of infection and its post-infectious complications, the traveler's health would not be affected either during the trip, or after. TD prevention consists in three main types of measures, often requiring a combination of all of them adjusted to the destination and traveler's risk factors: education on food and beverage safety/hygiene, chemoprophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis. Because bacterial infection is the most frequent cause of TD (up to 90%), it becomes rationale, not only for curative, but for prophylactic purposes too, the usage of a non-absorbable bactericide wide spectrum antibiotic like Rifaximin-α which also has a low rate of resistance patterns. Due to its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics advantages along with its favorable results from several clinical trials, Rifaximin-α is now probably the best and safest prophylactic (but curative, too) option in case of TD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]