//4.a. Increasing global mobility impacts the diffusion of disease and the ability to respond to it, at a variety of scales Flashcards

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Why does increasing global mobility lead to wider disease siffusion?

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  • because of greater internaitonal flows of people
  • imporvements in transport and the effect of a ‘shrinking world’ can enable international organisations to respond rapidly to disease outbreaks
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What is the WHO

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  • World Health Organisation
  • established in 1948
  • operates the UN system, directing and coordinating international health
  • 194 member states
  • works with other inational organisations e.g. UNICEF
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What are the WHOs aims?

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  • gathering health data
  • providing leadership and identifying priority areas on critical health matters
  • research health problems
  • monitoring the international health situation
  • supporting UN member states when devising health strategies
  • providing technical support during a health cricis
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What does the WHO also do

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  • publish World Health Statistics annually-which gives a country by country insight into health risks, mortality rates, spread of disease and government spending
  • funds many research projects
  • aims to increase understanding across all health related challenges
  • seek to research and develop vaccines
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How did the WHO respond to the Nepal eathquake in 2015

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  • delivered emergency relief

- provided medical facilities

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Example of a disease outbreak at a local scale- 2009-10 H1N1 Influenza outbreak- key facts

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  • in April 2009, it was identified in Veracruz state
  • H1N1 quickly spread to other parts of Mexico and North America
  • by June it had upgraded H1N1 to pandemic status in 74 countries
  • in the UK there were two peaks-July and October
  • by May 2010 it was in steep decline
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Example of a disease outbreak at a local scale- 2009-10 H1N1 Influenza outbreak- mortality rates/deaths

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  • total mortality estimates by the end of 2010 range from 151,700 to 575,400 with a WHO average of 284,500
  • half of these deaths reported in Africa and Southeast Asia. Cases here ranged from 43 million to 89 million
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British Red Cross and Cholera epidemic in Haiti, 2010- January 2010 facts

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  • 220,000 dead
  • 300,000 injured
  • 1.3 million homeless
  • 60% live on less than $2.5 per day
  • homless moved to makeshift camps
  • capital city- Port Au Prince- 86% of population living in slums
  • 50% of people had no toilet
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British Red Cross and Cholera epidemic in Haiti, 2010- October 2010 facts

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  • outbreak of Choldera from October 2010 to Novemeber 2014
  • 720,000 cases
  • 8700 dead
  • Nepal aid workers- relocation diffusion
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British Red Cross and Cholera epidemic in Haiti, 2010- what were the worst affected areas?

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  • Artibonite- 47,230 cases, 811 deaths

- Port Au Prince- 20,307 cases, 249 deaths

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British Red Cross and Cholera epidemic in Haiti, 2010- what was the response?

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  • clean drinking water to 300,000 people living in Port Au Prince camps
  • hygiene programme, building 1300 latrines for 250,000 people
  • providing medical supplies to the main hospital in Saint Marc
  • treating 18,700 cases in portable treatment units
  • raising awareness among local people on how to avoid infections and the symptoms
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