Death comes from Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on September 1 that it is studying a new epidemic, spreading rapidly and causing high casualties that are occurring in Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The WHO says more than half of cases are children under 10 years of age, while the number of deaths is thought to be 60-100.

Symptoms of the new disease are high fever, headache, diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting. The disease broke out three months ago in chickens and pigs, but then spread to humans. Poor hygiene and some habits such as cleaning up the body by hand have facilitated the spread of the disease. Local health workers and WHO representatives took blood samples for testing while strengthening the medications

More than half of the new infections are children (Photo: Reuters)

Sanitary measures for epidemic prevention, water safety inspection and other sanitation measures in the population.

The main threat comes from Africa, where in the last three years alone has recorded the highest occurrence of viruses, with 228 outbreaks. Next is the Pacific Ocean (108 episodes) and east Mediterranean (89), Southeast Asia (81). Less than all is North America and Latin America, with only 41 cases of virus outbreaks. The source of the disease, reportedly, is air travel. Each year an average of 2 billion people travel by plane, making an epidemic somewhere on Earth just a few hours to become a threat to another corner of the world. Other contagious factors also include population growth, rapid urbanization and increasingly polluted environments. The WHO warns that a global effort against infectious diseases has been 'severely difficult' due to the increase in drug-resistant diseases - a consequence of poor treatment and drug abuse.

Under the new conditions, according to WHO, the only ability to combat rapid spread is cooperation and absolute publicity in this regard. WHO urges countries not to hide information about outbreaks, to exchange information on effective viruses and pharmaceuticals, especially data exchange and technology of rich and qualified countries. High health service, with poor countries.

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The WHO report ' A safer future ' published late August said 39 new diseases worldwide after only three decades.Margaret Chan, WHO's general director, announced that new diseases appeared with unprecedented probabilities - a new disease every year - making not only one region or one continent, but globally vulnerable. .In the next decade, the world will face diseases that are not as dangerous as HIV / AIDS, Ebola or SARS.