martes, 23 de noviembre de 2010

Globalization of infectious diseases

 
 Migration is closely related with the globalization of infectious diseases. According on an Article Globalization of infectious diseases: The Impact of Migration by Brian Gushulak and Douglas McPherson, of The University of Chicago Press "With up to 20% of the World Population Living Outside of Their country of birth, The Potential Impact of Population Mobility on health and on the use of health services of host migration ITS Nations is Increasing in importance "A year ago the world experienced the consequences of the Swine Flu H1N1,  according to World Health Organization (WHO), the number of cases with this disease was much higher than the 4379.
 There are countries that are much more vulnerable for example, according to Executive Summary - The Globalization of Infectious Disease (1998) "Africa and India Both Population Suffer Significant Losses Each year from infectious and parasitic diseases. Approximately 5 million people in Africa and 2 million people in India - Mostly Children and young adults - Die Each Year Because Of These diseases. Africa and India's 7 million Deaths infectious disease account for 70% of infectious disease Deaths worldwide and 13% of all Deaths worldwide.
Infectious diseases worldwide are caused by many factors one of them is migration of people, it does not respect class or condition that is expected to take all

Works cited     

1.       Institute of Medicine of the nationals academies (2006) The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.iom.edu/Reports/2006/The-Impact-of-Globalization-on-Infectious-Disease-Emergence-and-Control-Exploring-the-Consequences-and-Opportunities-Workshop-Summary.aspx


2.       Salud.com  (2010) Gripe porcina en el mundo, ultimas noticias http://www.salud.com/salud-en-general/la-gripe-porcina-el-mundo-ultimas estadisticas.asp

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  1. In the past two decades has dramatically increased not only the volume but also the degree of globalization of the immigration system in its dual sense: increasing diversity of the host regions and increasing the areas of origin. Consequently, immigrants have a variety demographic, social, cultural and economic increasing and virtually unheard of in the past.

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