Globalization of diseases‏

Newspaper Contribution.
Teacher. Carlos Tanchez
Name (s) Rolando Pacheco.
Esteban Villalobos.
Globalization of diseases‏


Modern means of transportation allow people to travel around the world; they allow diseases move around the world, too.One example is AIDS/HIV. This disease has spread throghout the world.According to the World Health Organization, on 2004, on estimated 1039000 to 1185000 person in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS, and on estimated 39.5 million people world wide are living with HIV West Nile Virus.The West Nile Virus is another example.The current "swine flu" or H1N1 virus is another good example; here in Costa Rica we were victims of the spreading of diseases through the masive means of transportation.Globalization has brought negative consequences such as infectious diseases.The globalization of diseases becomes extremely contagious here in Costa Rica that the President of the Country fell in; according to CNN there were 718 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in Costa Rica and has been blamed for 27 deaths. So, the modern transportation have a lots of disadvantages.Reference sources:"Globalization and Diseases" Wikipedia October 2005. 1 June. 2010http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization_and_disease"Costa Rican president sock with swine flu"CNN.com/world. August 12, 2009