Thursday, January 7, 2010

Facts and achievements of 2009, according to the WHO

2009 went away and 2010 began. As revision, the World Organization of the Health (WHO) realized a photographic memory with the facts and the most significant achievements of the year 2009 as for topic of the health (like for example the appearance of the Flu TO H1N1). Next, this health blog will announce a little more of this interesting released article some days ago in the official web site of the WHO.

Flu TO H1N1, one of the most important topics of 2009


Since it is already a custom, this health blog cannot allow mentioning the news about the WHO. Really for this reason in this occasion one will allude to the revision of the events and more important sanitary achievements of the year 2009 that the international sanitary organism realized to dismiss the year.

The above mentioned photographic memory 2009 refers to diverse topics related to the world health like, for example, the financial crisis and health; the World Day of the Health; Pandemic for the virus H1N1 and the International Sanitary Regulation; you vaccinate against the virus H1N1: common risks, shared resources; reduction of the infant mortality for pneumonia; and prevention and treatment of the infantile diarrhea.

It is important to add that also it mentions that the WHO the Prince of Asturias of International cooperation received the important Award; woman and health: a reference frame to be employed at the future; a whole of 4 million persons receives treatment antirretrovírico; reduction of world sanitary risks prepares premature deaths; antimalarial struggle can help to fulfill the Targets of Development of the Millenium; and Afghanistan uses new vaccine against the polio.

Although all the topics mentioned previously are important, it is undoubted that the most significant was that of the appearance of a new illness: the Flu TO H1N1. Turned immediately into world pandemic, the first one of the XXIst century, this illness has already caused the death of approximately 12.220 persons, according to the last information spread by the WHO from his web page, which also indicate that the region of the Americas keeps on being most affected as for deaths.

To know more about this interesting revision realized by the WHO, do not hesitate to enter to his official web site.

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