From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO
Health problems are one of the most important problems that need attention, whether in a small scope such as a village or city, or global scope like the whole world. Every year, the world faces many diverse health challenges.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is an international body formed to pay attention to and take care of global public health. WHO collaborates with various parties to monitor the progress of the disease and its causal factors, while predicting future health threats.
Here are 10 global health threats that will get more attention from WHO and its partners in 2019.
1. Air pollution and climate change
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There are still many people who think that climate change is not really happening, or is just a hoax and conspiracy. This understanding encourages apathy towards the environment which will adversely affect the world.
WHO informed that 9 out of 10 people in the world breathe air polluting every day. The majority of deaths from air pollution occur in low and middle income countries, where the amount of industrial, transportation, agricultural, and household emissions is high.
Air pollution is the biggest contributor to climate change. WHO estimates that there will be an additional 250,000 deaths due to pollution each year between 2030 and 2050.
2. Non-communicable diseases
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WHO announced that non-communicable diseases (cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other non-communicable chronic diseases) are responsible for 70% of deaths worldwide, or more precisely 41 million people. About 15 million of them are premature deaths.
Most early deaths occur in low and middle income countries. The five main factors are tobacco use, lack of physical activity, alcohol use, unhealthy diet and air pollution.
These factors also exacerbate mental health, where half of mental illnesses begin to appear at the age of 14 years, and most are not detected or treated. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people aged 15-19 years.
3. Global influenza outbreaks
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Indianexpress.com
WHO estimates the world will face a global influenza outbreak. Many people still think that influenza is not a serious illness. In fact, around 650,000 deaths occur annually due to influenza, especially seasonal influenza.
Influenza viruses always mutate to fight the immune system in our body. When a virus appears stronger and infects a person, this disease can spread so quickly because there are not many people who are immune and the availability of vaccines or medicines is not available.
4. Unhealthy environment
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More than 1.6 billion people (22% of the world population) live in environments with prolonged crisis conditions. These crises include drought, hunger, conflict, and forced displacement.
Around 65.6 million people have been forced to flee their homes or residences for several reasons, ranging from natural disasters, environmental problems, war, human trafficking, and others.
They have difficulty accessing adequate health services, even for the simplest health services. This kind of environment exists in all regions of the world without exception.
5. Antimicrobial Resistance or Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is the ability of bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi to fight the effects of treatment. Microbial resistance is very difficult to handle because it requires a more qualified alternative treatment to fight microbial development.
Diseases that can be treated with drugs at this time, will turn out to be incurable because of the ability of microbes to survive. In 2017, the WHO informed that around 600,000 cases of tuberculosis (TBC) were resistant to rifampicin , an antibiotic against TB bacterial infections. And 82% of these numbers are TB that arise from bacteria that are resistant to drugs.
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6. Ebola and other pathogenic bacteria
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Gizmodo.com
The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported via Gizmodo, as of February 10, 2019, 510 people had died and 100 of them were children. This Ebola outbreak in Africa is the second largest Ebola outbreak in history after the Ebola outbreak in 2014-2016 in West Africa, where 30,000 people were infected and 11,000 died.
In addition to Ebola, WHO has identified several other potentially endemic viruses such as the Zika virus, Nipah, MERS ( Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome ), and SARS ( Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ), including Disease X which represents the human need to be ready for the emergence of unknown pathogens which can cause serious outbreaks.
7. Inadequate health services
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Unsplash / rawpixel
Health care centers should be able to provide comprehensive and affordable health services. However, there are still many countries, especially low and middle income countries, which have inadequate health care facilities.
This is probably due to uneven infrastructure, ineffective governance, and poor allocation of resources. Adequate health services are needed to meet global health coverage.
8. Antivaksin
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Japantimes.co.jp
Doubt or refusal to vaccinate will reduce world progress in preventing diseases that can actually be prevented by vaccination. WHO announced that vaccination has prevented 2-3 million deaths per year, and was able to save around 1.5 million additional lives if global vaccination coverage was increased again.
The number of people with measles has increased by 30% throughout the world. The Telegraph reports that since the beginning of 2019, 136 people, mainly children, have died from measles outbreaks in the Philippines and 8,443 others have been infected. This outbreak is most likely due to a lack of community trust in vaccination, which is the result of political controversy.
9. Dengue fever
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Dengue outbreaks that have occurred in Indonesia since the beginning of 2019 have claimed several lives. The number of cases of dengue fever is indeed more prevalent in countries with rainy climates, such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, and others.
WHO estimates that around 40% of the world's population is at risk of contracting dengue fever, and 390 million people are infected each year.
10. HIV
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Unsplash / belart84
The HIV epidemic is still ongoing in the world. WHO informed that since the beginning of the epidemic, HIV had infected as many as 70 million people and around 35 million of them died. Now, 37 million people around the world live with HIV in their bodies. Various measures to prevent transmission and efforts to eradicate the stigma surrounding HIV sufferers continue to be intensified.
That was a list of global health threats that would get more attention from WHO in 2019. It is our duty to always maintain health and the environment, and to share information from trusted sources to people in need.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is an international body formed to pay attention to and take care of global public health. WHO collaborates with various parties to monitor the progress of the disease and its causal factors, while predicting future health threats.
Here are 10 global health threats that will get more attention from WHO and its partners in 2019.
1. Air pollution and climate change
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Nextcity.org
There are still many people who think that climate change is not really happening, or is just a hoax and conspiracy. This understanding encourages apathy towards the environment which will adversely affect the world.
WHO informed that 9 out of 10 people in the world breathe air polluting every day. The majority of deaths from air pollution occur in low and middle income countries, where the amount of industrial, transportation, agricultural, and household emissions is high.
Air pollution is the biggest contributor to climate change. WHO estimates that there will be an additional 250,000 deaths due to pollution each year between 2030 and 2050.
2. Non-communicable diseases
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Unsplash / rawpixel
WHO announced that non-communicable diseases (cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other non-communicable chronic diseases) are responsible for 70% of deaths worldwide, or more precisely 41 million people. About 15 million of them are premature deaths.
Most early deaths occur in low and middle income countries. The five main factors are tobacco use, lack of physical activity, alcohol use, unhealthy diet and air pollution.
These factors also exacerbate mental health, where half of mental illnesses begin to appear at the age of 14 years, and most are not detected or treated. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people aged 15-19 years.
3. Global influenza outbreaks
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Indianexpress.com
WHO estimates the world will face a global influenza outbreak. Many people still think that influenza is not a serious illness. In fact, around 650,000 deaths occur annually due to influenza, especially seasonal influenza.
Influenza viruses always mutate to fight the immune system in our body. When a virus appears stronger and infects a person, this disease can spread so quickly because there are not many people who are immune and the availability of vaccines or medicines is not available.
4. Unhealthy environment
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Unsplash / rainierridao
More than 1.6 billion people (22% of the world population) live in environments with prolonged crisis conditions. These crises include drought, hunger, conflict, and forced displacement.
Around 65.6 million people have been forced to flee their homes or residences for several reasons, ranging from natural disasters, environmental problems, war, human trafficking, and others.
They have difficulty accessing adequate health services, even for the simplest health services. This kind of environment exists in all regions of the world without exception.
5. Antimicrobial Resistance or Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Unsplash / drew_hays
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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is the ability of bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi to fight the effects of treatment. Microbial resistance is very difficult to handle because it requires a more qualified alternative treatment to fight microbial development.
Diseases that can be treated with drugs at this time, will turn out to be incurable because of the ability of microbes to survive. In 2017, the WHO informed that around 600,000 cases of tuberculosis (TBC) were resistant to rifampicin , an antibiotic against TB bacterial infections. And 82% of these numbers are TB that arise from bacteria that are resistant to drugs.
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6. Ebola and other pathogenic bacteria
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Gizmodo.com
The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported via Gizmodo, as of February 10, 2019, 510 people had died and 100 of them were children. This Ebola outbreak in Africa is the second largest Ebola outbreak in history after the Ebola outbreak in 2014-2016 in West Africa, where 30,000 people were infected and 11,000 died.
In addition to Ebola, WHO has identified several other potentially endemic viruses such as the Zika virus, Nipah, MERS ( Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome ), and SARS ( Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ), including Disease X which represents the human need to be ready for the emergence of unknown pathogens which can cause serious outbreaks.
7. Inadequate health services
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Unsplash / rawpixel
Health care centers should be able to provide comprehensive and affordable health services. However, there are still many countries, especially low and middle income countries, which have inadequate health care facilities.
This is probably due to uneven infrastructure, ineffective governance, and poor allocation of resources. Adequate health services are needed to meet global health coverage.
8. Antivaksin
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Japantimes.co.jp
Doubt or refusal to vaccinate will reduce world progress in preventing diseases that can actually be prevented by vaccination. WHO announced that vaccination has prevented 2-3 million deaths per year, and was able to save around 1.5 million additional lives if global vaccination coverage was increased again.
The number of people with measles has increased by 30% throughout the world. The Telegraph reports that since the beginning of 2019, 136 people, mainly children, have died from measles outbreaks in the Philippines and 8,443 others have been infected. This outbreak is most likely due to a lack of community trust in vaccination, which is the result of political controversy.
9. Dengue fever
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Pixabay.com/sasint-3639875
Dengue outbreaks that have occurred in Indonesia since the beginning of 2019 have claimed several lives. The number of cases of dengue fever is indeed more prevalent in countries with rainy climates, such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, and others.
WHO estimates that around 40% of the world's population is at risk of contracting dengue fever, and 390 million people are infected each year.
10. HIV
From Ebola to Antivaksin, This is a Global Health Threat According to WHO Unsplash / belart84
The HIV epidemic is still ongoing in the world. WHO informed that since the beginning of the epidemic, HIV had infected as many as 70 million people and around 35 million of them died. Now, 37 million people around the world live with HIV in their bodies. Various measures to prevent transmission and efforts to eradicate the stigma surrounding HIV sufferers continue to be intensified.
That was a list of global health threats that would get more attention from WHO in 2019. It is our duty to always maintain health and the environment, and to share information from trusted sources to people in need.
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