Health Issues: Deadly Diseases to Avoid

Some 60 million people have been infected with Hiv, and about 20 million have died of Aids. During the year 2005 there were 5 million new infections and more than 3 million Aids related deaths. The victims included more than 500,000 children. The vast majority of Hiv victims have no access to adequate treatment. There are 4 billion diarrhea cases every year, described as a major killer of the poor. It is caused by various infections spread by contaminated food, or water, and even poor hygiene. These infections result in a yearly death toll of more than 2 million people. Malaria affects some 300 million people and about 1 million die each year. In Africa one child dies of malaria about every 30 seconds. According to the World Health Organization, science have no major bullet or single solution. During 2003, measles killed more than 500,000 people, and is the leading cause of death among children. Measles is very highly contagious. Every year some 30 million contract the disease and there is an inexpensive vaccine for the disease, which been around for 40 years. Pneumonia kills about 2 million children under the age of 5 each year. Most of these deaths takes place in Africa. In many parts of the world limited access to health facilities prevents victims from getting lifesaving medical treatment. Tuberculosis caused some 1,700,000 deaths, and is of great concern to health officials. Some strains have developed resistance to all major anti TB medications. Drug resistant strains are developed in poorly unsupervised patients. Now presently the H1N1 flu has developed and originated from Mexico. This disease has become an pandemic. There have many school closures behind this deadly disease. If you have symptoms please go to your nearest hospital. Even about 40% of workplace americans will not be able to work with this disease. Some employers and health agencies have updated plans to help respond to this disease. There have also be shortages of the vaccine for swine flu. The total recommended days to stay at home with the swine flu is up to seven days. Do you think swine flu came from swine that was neglected? I know we are not God, but could swine flu been prevented?