WHO’s Concern on Disease in Planes: Another Challanges for D-8 Civil Aviation Cooperation
Istanbul, Turkey | September 25, 2007 by
World Health Organization(WHO) informed that contagious diseases appears and broadens faster than ever around the world while treatments of these diseases gets difficult gradually.
Another interesting caution spotted by WHO in its annual report is that the airway traveller figure for 2006 which is 2,1 billion, and these figures have the chance to cause contagious diseases move faster around the world.
The report showed large number of new diseases has been arised, 39 new pathogens came on the scene which was not known a generation before such as HIV-AIDS, Ebola and Sars and it would be a total ignorance to beleive no other new diseases will appear.
Study also proved over 1100 new diseases were placed on records by WHO authorities in last 5 years.
WHO Director General Margaret Chan stated that mass transportation made contagious diseases travel easier and information sharing about diseases between countries were important for to reveal and lower the risks.The report also made a call for efforts to be vitalized on inspections, prevention and taking under control of diseases such as cholera,yellow fever.It is also informed by the report that paramedics who service in poor countries may need an internationally support to take under control and diagnose viral epidemics.
D-8 Secretary General, Dr. Dipo Alam said that this concern should be taken as an early alert signal for D-8 Civil Aviation community, and should be raised and anticipated by D-8 DGCA in their discussion in the 3rd meeting in Istanbul on December 2007.
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