The phenomenon of infectious diseases worry about systems that fight nationally and globally
Last week, the world was re-imprisoned for fear of the unknown in the development of bird flu infection. Suddenly, health authorities in China, Vietnam and Hong Kong, where the contagious disease was still active, reported that the bird flu virus had first been discovered in wild animals. It appeared that all the measures taken by the countries, including the crematoria of disposing of millions of birds at once, did not succeed in placing the people on the safe shore. Yeah. The bird flu virus exists and develops, and may jump at any moment to become a new epidemic of human sex. Despite all the talk of scientific progress, the AIDS virus emerged in the late 20th century, killing millions of people and settling into the bodies of tens of millions of people. The mad cow virus then moved from herds to humans. He joined the list of communicable diseases, a disease that afflicts only a few people. The 21st century also began with SARS, which threatened to turn into a pandemic that kills millions. Bird flu is strongly associated with animals. Scientists are following the nightmare of becoming a human-infecting virus. On the other side of the picture, America is terrified of the "Valley of the Nile" virus, which in the last year of the last century has succeeded in reaching it. Infectious diseases, unexpectedly, have become a major concern for people across the globe.
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Mix virus and economy
Hussain Abdel-Razzaq al-Jazairi, Regional Director of WHO in the Eastern Mediterranean, completes the list of concerns. "Last year, the yellow fever epidemic in southern Sudan, the outbreak of the Rift Valley fever in Egypt, and the spread of dengue fever in Yemen were reported, and isolated cases of hemmorhagic fevers were reported in a number of countries in the Region. A big problem in Somalia and the West Nile fever has emerged in Tunisia. " "The list of emergency infectious diseases in the Mediterranean region seems to have been reduced by the relative inadequacy of epidemiological surveillance systems ... some countries are deliberately blinding some epidemics," he said. "The SARS outbreak has caused enormous economic losses by applying strict sanitary rules at airports and harbors. Livestock exports from Somalia declined by 92 percent in 2000 due to the spread of Rift Valley fever, with a loss of nearly $ 120 million. "
The Ebola epidemic in Sudan and Zaire emerged in 1976 and 1979. The cholera epidemic was renewed, after experts long thought it was about to be eradicated. In 1993, the World Health Organization declared a medical emergency to renew the TB epidemic. The West Nile Valley virus is monitored in more than 30 states of the United States, as well as Morocco, Tunisia and Oman. Rift Valley fever is renewed in sub-Saharan Africa. It is known that he appeared in the seventies in Egypt and moved to Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Egypt. Dengue's disease has also reappeared in Pakistan, Djibouti, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Yellow Fever was reported to have been renewed in southern Sudan.
Diphtheria has been hit for three years in Iraq. A wave of Leishmaniasis disease swept Iraq, Pakistan and Sudan. In 2001, 52,000 people in Britain were infected with Stophilococcus bacteria.
Causes of the return of infectious diseases
The strong return of infectious diseases is probably due to several factors. The phenomenon coincided with changes in human demography, that is, overcrowding. In the year 800, the population was 1 million. At the end of the twentieth century it became 6 billion. There has also been a change in human behavior. International trade and tourism also expanded. Today, humans can reach anywhere in the world in less than 36 hours. This speed requires mixing people, which facilitates the spread of diseases among them. "In Egypt, I saw a" taste "of China," said Zuhair Hallaj, representative of WHO's Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, "We have been fighting for polio for 20 years, and we are still fighting it by various means ... We have to be realistic. Epidemics and infectious diseases ".
He urges the promotion of cooperation between concerned ministries, non-governmental organizations and international organizations.
Diego Buryo, an expert at the World Health Organization (WHO), stresses that the fight against communicable diseases is a priority, accelerating the process of analyzing information about these diseases and spreading them rapidly in countries. The importance of building an informal system that collects information from various sources, such as NGOs and the media, is important. This system includes another system that reveals information based on rumors. And then distinguishes between correct information and vice versa. He also notes the importance of building a good management structure run by an experienced team, operating within a flexible system to obtain information from densely populated places such as sporting events and pilgrimage. He stresses the importance of training epidemiologists to support epidemiological efforts.
A global emergency response network has been built. The network monitored SARS and influenza patients.
This network collects information from both formal and informal sources. This information comes from United Nations partners such as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), UNICEF, NGOs, private laboratories and others.
He points to an international logistics mechanism that WHO is working to improve. It is housed in a store containing medicines and vaccines, to be delivered in the event of a pandemic wave anywhere in the world.
Boreo pointed out that there is a laboratory network currently working on training specialists in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other Arab countries. It runs a training program in Jordan, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon, which lasts for two years.
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