GLOBAL ISSUES: February 2010

Saturday, February 6, 2010

HEALTH ISSUE

H1N1

What can we say about this topic? It’s something like horrible right?

H1N1 of Influenza A….this virus is different from the regular seasonal flu. Why we said that? It is because this virus spread rapidly to every country in the world so it can cause serious illness to human.

KKM statement

The phenomena of H1N1 infection is still wondering actively around the world especially on the North hemisphere. In east and west Europe, South Asia, and North Africa still been infected although the number of victim increasing. It was found that majority of the case was effected by the virus. In mean time, the numbers of victim around the globe are more than 3554 case.

WHO statement

29 January 2010 - As of 24 January 2010, worldwide more than 209 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 14711 deaths.

WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of information.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

HEALTH ISSUE

AIDS around the World…..

We must take serious about this issue. This epidemic can causes death. It is not only in Asian but it is all over the world. Hmm.. What is AIDS means actually?

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome! That’s it. AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, Human Immunodefiency Virus. People who have HIV antibodies are called “HIV Positive”. Having HIV disease is not the same as having AIDS because many people are HIV-positive but do not get sick for many years. HIV can slowly spread the immune system. If the immune system is damaged, viruses that usually not cause any problem can make person become very sick.

UNAIDS estimated that for 2008 worldwide, there were:

33.4 million living with HIV
2.7 million new infections of HIV
2 million deaths from AIDS

Approximately 7 out of 10 deaths for 2008 were in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region that also has over two-thirds of adult HIV cases and over 90% of new HIV infections amongst children.