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The Global State of H1N1 (Swine Flu )
Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.Ds
This article argue that H1N1 in modern age, like SARS in the 1930s, need to be globally managed far from narrow national political policy making. Therefore, This analysis will not deal with symptoms or methods of prevention. Apart from killing at least 2,185 people worldwide, the H1N1 virus – popularly known as the Swine Flu – has sown great confusion and more than normal uncertainty about the future. It was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic, which simply means a global threat.
To report regional comparative analysis, there are certain notes about data collected or reported. Understanding what data means among researchers is important to understand the situation of the H1N1 disease. Because it is limited to certain methods of reporting ( official or non-official), daily or weekly, rates or actual numbers, regional or global, Therefore, worldwide tally of deaths can be seen as an indicator for comparative analysis according to these methods of reporting. However, According to the regional factor, we may compare Arab and Muslim countries, or the Mediterranean Region (MR) the rate and numbers of death cases, differ from other nations in the West or South America regions. While the highest number of case in Egypt was in June 2009, 185, more than double of that number was reported in Argentina (453 death cases). The number of deaths in the United States was 408. Australia 75, United kingdom 33. Brazil 103.