According to the Entertainment Society UK

Third of people still do not understand how to correct hepatitis C can be transmitted. This is the picture people in the UK, as in the UK Cicil by MOH. In Indonesia, may be greater.

In fact, 100,000 people in the UK is not aware that they are exposed to hepatitis C. Some of the facts of the hepatitis C disease in the UK shows:
~ Nearly one out of four people do not know that hepatitis C can be transmitted through syringe sharing
~ One of the eight thought that hepatitis C can be transmitted through a kiss. (The risk is very small)
~ One of the six think that most consume food and water contamination can be contagious virus (But not so for hepatitis C)
~ One third of respondents believe there is a vaccine for hepatitis C (Fact: Up to kin have not yet a vaccine for hepatitis C)

This is the picture in the UK, and of course in the levels of the health of communities is still low, have a more or less.

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Pig flu According the World Health Organization

This is in the World Health Organization, WHO estimates the outbreak of swine flu pandemic is finally entering the phase 6 of 6 scale outbreaks of the set. Swine flu, which has changed the name to be influenza A H1N1, has spread and even have them on the never visited Mexico of late.

WHO director-general, Margaret Chan, on Wednesday (29 / 3) have become increasing scale outbreaks 5. He said that this flu outbreak should be given very serious attention to the impact-akan impact. According to him, the pandemic is estimated to have difficult and sometimes very surprising.

Although this virus in Mexico have been shut off, but in other countries the phenomenon is most often caused diarrhea. Chan said the disease can provide a range of symptoms with a very knowledgeable, that's up to the light weight. But according to him the supervision of the required changes in the situation that may occur.

Some suspect the theory of why this is off the outbreak in Mexico. Some scientists say the likelihood of the victim-survivors in Mexico do not get adequate treatment that eventually caused the high death rate.

Keiji Fukuda, WHO assistant director-general, said this looks like a virus, such as regular seasonal flu. Fukuda said that was still not clear whether the influenza A H1N1 pandemic will be severe. To remind that there are 3 great flu pandemic in the world is Spanish Flu in 1918, 1957 and 1968. 50 million people died in 1918. Guan Yi, a microbiology expert pandem the University of Hong Kong in 1918 initially appear mild, but in the second wave became very death.

Indonesia and Egypt became a place that must be prepared mengahadapi this outbreak. Because, when joined with H1N1 or H5N1 bird flu virus is, it will be a catastrophe.

WHO also said that the pigs can not be answerable in this outbreak. This is because the infection outbreaks among humans and pigs in their own suffering was not found this virus. So destruction of pigs is not necessary in dealing with this outbreak. Consumption of pork is still allowed home cooked cooked.

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