PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS IN USA

Pandemic Preparedness in USA

Pandemic Preparedness in USA

Introduction

A pandemic is an epidemic (an eruption of a contagious ailment) that outburst in a country, or at least across a large area. In medical genre, it is a contagious or transmissible ailment that is due to a biological cause such as by a virus, bacterium or parasite. As all the pandemic diseases have the ability to outbreak rapidly, nonetheless the contact with affected patient is required in most causes. Medical history is full of widely spread pandemics, however, the spread of precautionary measures and modern technologies have made their existence seldom in numbers.

Discussion

In April, 2009, the eruption of Swine Flu in Mexico created great concerns in the medical circle as it was spread up like fire. Swine flu A H1N1A 2009, first outbreaks in Mexico, immediately reporting a large number of casualties around the world. WHO affirmed it as an epidemic; on the whole it caused 15,921 deaths worldwide, as reported by BBC. Swine flu appears to be more infectious as compare to the common flu; people living in congested or crowded places are more likely to be affected by the disease. On seeing the intensity of the infection several air lines had canceled their flights to Mexico. Referring to the statistic given below, the official number of travelers, who travel around the world, has been on a constant rise. According the figures provided by World Tourism Organization, the number of international travelers reached to 922 million in 2010 as cited in International Travel and Health 2010: Situation as on 1 January 2010 by World Health Organization. Travelling around the globe can cause serious threats to the health and well being of the people. Though health issues related to travelers are numerous which can be resulted due to a possible change in temperature or due to poor hygiene or decontamination of water or food. Nevertheless the travelers are at a high risk against the infectious diseases, when travelling in public transports. Airborne conversion of the ailment occurs when particles of the stimuli are spread in the air. These stimuli are produced when the effected individual cough, sneeze or even talk. As they remain active in the air for a specific span of time, the chances for the outbreak of the disease are much greater. As a matter of fact all travelers should seek guidance and information on the probable ailment or pandemics, which they might encounter during their travel.

Swine Flu which is often called as pig influenza is foremost epidemic to outbreak across the world since 1968. This is an ailment which is frequent in the population of pigs all around the world. Similarly, the outbreak of Avian Flu in 2003 and 2004, which started from Asia and flare up to Europe, created a panic around the globe. Avian flu virus is an ailment in birds, it is a contagion that causes the bird virus to transform and contagious to humans. Though the people who are in close contact ...