Airports have always been in the spotlight when diseases spread from one region to the next. This progression all begins when somebody with a contagious disease steps on to a plane to fly to his or her destination. Not only are they on the way to their destination, but their germs are also going with them. Without a way of preventing this infected person from flying out of an airport, their illness is easily transported to their next destination. Because of this, consistent health screening is vital for all arriving and departing international flights so that airports can find, isolate, and treat disease spread over infected areas to prevent damaging and contagious effects disease can have on a region 's residents.
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As a result, diseases may spread more quickly. For example, the H1N1, or Swine Flu, initially spread quickly from Mexico to the United States. While some of the spread can be attributed to people who utilized other methods of transportation besides air travel from Mexico, airport detection help delay the spread of this disease. Researchers assisted in preventing the spread of H1N1 by having entry health screening, or a health screening when passengers are entering an airport from a flight. An H1N1 entry screening statistic says, “Entry screening has an advantage over exit screening in that it can detect travelers latently infected with a pathogen when they initiate travel but who go on to become symptomatic during the course of travel” (Khan1). It is important that people who are on longer flights, and flights that connect at different airports, are screened because of the better chance of H1N1 detection after a long period of …show more content…
There should be individualized health-screening for every person going to and coming from a disease-infected country at international airports by a nurse or health professional. In the Ebola outbreak of 2014, only about 150 people come in to airports across the US from Ebola stricken countries. These people were not seen by a health professional unless they had disease symptoms at the health screening area. It would not have been hard for 150 people at a handful of US airports to see a health professional to guarantee their health safety. At every health screening area at airports, sterilization of the screening area should completed after each flight of people come though health-screening
“What time should we leave? Two hours in advance? Three? Four?” Millions of people ask these questions each year before boarding a plane. Between driving, security, walking to the gate, and getting settled, boarding a plane exhausts travelers. But out of all of these different activities, one frustrates and restrains travelers the most: TSA security. People ask why they need all this security, complain about the inconvenience it causes, and ultimately annoys people to no end. Created after 9/11, Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, nationalized airport security, increased screening duration, and supposedly increases security on flights. However, statistics say these added security measures never come to fruition and potentially cost more lives than they save.
Healthcare providers are in the potential health hazard as well as the patients despite of their position. As the result, the transmission of the pathogen microorganisms such as influenza and tuberculosis can be acquiring. Diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis can also be transmitted from one person to another with the blood-borne pathogens involved. Some of those diseases can be prevented through vaccination process. It is a reason why is so important to have all required vaccinations done for all healthcare employees.
This type of screening was performed by a private organizations, who were hired by the airline that held the operation control over certain airline terminals based on a type of complicated competitive bidding process (“Introduction to US Airport Security”).
“Doctors told to prepare for global outbreak after Ebola victim was allowed on two planes” - - www.mirror.co.uk
The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, brought to light the need to enhance the security of the United States and brought about the spending of billions of government and private spending to defend the U.S. against a possible future act of bioterrorism. Congress passed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Respons...
Chronic diseases are conditions of long durations and generally slow progression such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and asthma. They are the leading causes of death, disabilities and rising health care costs in the United States and as well as in other countries of the world. However, the good news is that chronic diseases are all preventable. The World Health Organization has estimated that if major risk factors for chronic diseases were eliminated, at least, 80% of all heart disease, stroke and type-2 diabetes would be prevented and more than 40% of people with cancer would be avoided. Under the leadership of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City made improving citizen health a top priority. In my opinion, I totally agree with Mayor Mike Bloomberg that common ground can be found between health promotion and chronic disease prevention.
Those who actively pursue denying the rights of others while trying to further their cause lead to a hatred against their movement. Vaccines, while an important aspect in maintaining proper health they should not be absolutely mandatory. The choice of vaccination should be left to the parents, as it is their right to nurture and care for their kids as they see fit(Anthony). Furthermore, a governmental mandate on vaccination causes many issues, it denies rights to the parents, it denies right to the grown adults and it taxes those who don’t comply. This strategy is not a very American approach, it is a strict mandate, and order then to conform. This goes against the American concepts of individualism(Anthony), this concept is Communist. There are also many circumstances that mandatory vaccination neglects, this includes the civil liberties granted to all citizens by the first amendment, and the equal protection granted by the 13 amendment(US Constitution). There are many reasons why the idea of mandatory
The transportation of people, food, and manufactured goods have a great impact on public health. Many of the less developed countries do not have the same health and sanitary regulations that more developed countries do. When food, goods, and people travel from one country to another, they also carry with them the diseases that are in that particular country. This transportation of diseases causes a huge negative impact on public health. Many steps can be and should be taken to keep these diseases from spreading. Overall each country should check to make sure that all the imports are up to their sanitation standards. This way anything that is brought into a country will be healthier for the people that are buying them. Other ways to keep diseases from spreading are by making sure
The world is not prepared for a new Pandemic. Practically every country does not have the proper preparation required to protect from an outbreak, and viruses are only continuing to grow. A pandemic is a disease that is spread over a vast distance in the world. Most pandemics in the world’s history spread far over the world and killed many, due to improper communication and poor medicine. Not enough effort has been put into protection from outbreak, because not every country has a strong medical presence. In order to be prepared for the next pandemic, every country must have the same level of preparation to eradicate disease. Unless the research, funding, and protection strategies of medical science increase, at
The benefits of quarantine are overwhelming. It has saved countless human lives and prevented the suffering of countless individuals. Many people have acknowledged the necessity of quarantine. People who have the chance of being infected realize that this civic duty calls them to sacrifice their freedom of movement for the well-being of the public (Source D). The temporary sacrifice of a handful of people is justified when compared to the potential deaths of hundreds of people if the disease manages to spread.
Life is full of uncertainties. Risk lurks in every nook and corner of human life. In short, life is unpredictable. We need to be prepared for such circumstances. Leading a happy life, involves good planning and analysis for your personal health. Accidents do happen and you need to be prepared for such situations. In times of high health cost, you need to get covered for health risks.
Dr. Fauci, a respected immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared on multiple news outlets to voice his concerns about the mandatory Ebola quarantine. Dr. Fauci said that he was “concerned of the disincentive for the health care workers”. He warned that caution should be made when implementing policies, so as not to have unintended consequences and not group everyone in the same category—in this case, labeling all returning health care workers as a threat to the community. Dr. Fauci agues that this “blanket quarantine” applied to all health care workers is consequential, and that there are better ways of monitoring them that are more dignified, such as passive or active monitoring depending on the viral load that is present in the bodily fluids of the individual. In his conclusion, Dr. Fauci stresses the importance of educating the American people about the Ebola virus disease. While an epidemic of Ebola is waging in Africa, an epidemic of fear is emerging in the United States, and it is this fear that underlines many of the policy decisions regarding processing of those coming from Ebola-stricken
After the terrorist attack on September 2001, there are many changes that were executed in the airport security systems, and these changes ranged from thorough inspection of individual passengers as well as additional screening procedures, which the security personnel deemed appropriate. For example, following the 9/11, passengers were required to submit their bags for inspection prior to boarding the flight. The change in airport security has come at a great price as the passengers, security personnel, and the aviation industry as whole were affected. It has been over a decade since 2001, and that fateful event dictated the manner by which new
Disease outbreaks represent world challenges towards the accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is important for the public, politicians and health administrators to comprehend the notion that diseases can be managed; National reconnaissance systems and the formation of frequent practices of procedure for health information management have to be reinforced (D.Allusa, 2014, pers. Comm 20th march). Education, hygiene, and delivery of an adequate amount of safe water, sanitation services and appropriate housing are very central for prevention of infectious diseases. The valuation and response actions defined above should be appropriately coordinated.
Avoiding infection or, at least, breaking the chain of transmission is vital in any setting, but more so in healthcare environments where infections and vulnerable hosts are moving under the same roof. What needs to be done, then?