Globalization has increased the spread of infectious diseases because of the people moving around the planet, such as influenza H1N1, Viruses and HIV/AIDS. Fist the most known example: the H1N1 influenza, a swine flu, with such an impact that on June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic in response to the sustained global spread of the virus. And this virus spread for moving of people in Mexico and the United States, then spread almost all over the world. Another example was the West Nile Virus on 1999. It is believed that this disease reached the United States via “mosquitoes that crossed the ocean by riding in airplane wheel wells and arrived in New York City.” (The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control, pa22). And finally one of the most deadly diseases the HIV/AIDS, which the WHO reports that there has been a 50% increase in HIV-infected people in Europe since 2004, showing that it is been spread faster because of the contact with other people in other countries. Indeed, no countries are safe of these diseases because of the traveling that the globalization allows the risk is always high.
Works cited
“The Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic: Global Challenges, Global Solutions” Institute of medicine .2009, Inc 23 Oct 2010 < http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2009/Domestic-and-International-Impacts-of-2009-H1N1-Influenza-A-Pandemic-Workshop-Summary.aspx>
“The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities, Workshop Summary - Forum on Microbial Threats” The National Academies. 2006, Inc 23 Oct 2010 <http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309100984&page=22>
“ Introduction HIV and AIDS case reports in the WHO European Region” HIV / AIDS Surveillance in Europe 2005, Inc 23 Oct 2010 <http://www.eurohiv.org/reports/report_73/pdf/text.pdf
Around the world there are thousands of diseases and anytime we can be exposed to sick, for this situation we need to maintain precautionary measures although inevitably there are some diseases that can infect a person and another, it is also important to know about diseases that exist in the countries we will travel to avoid any infection.
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