Healthy Choice

How someone can be can recovered if always forget to consume medicine? According to survey, average 60 percent patient in South Africa forget to consume medicine. This is become one factor make medical expense increased. To see that survey result, a doctor named Dr. David Green created “smart” pill bottle cap that can send message containing medicine consume time schedule to patient via short message service (SMS). This unique invention was collaboration between Simpill, a company based on Cape Town, South Africa, and the biggest cellular operator company. Tellumat Communication was success to develop patient monitoring system by wireless facilities. The result, this medicine bottle has double function, beside used for keep medicine also have function to remind you via SMS if time to consume medicine has come. This is makes patient not forget to consume their medicine. This medicine bottle also makes sirens sound to remind you.

More than one third of A-H1N1 Influenza Vaccine to Children polls respondents in some states in United States of America, according to Associated Press-GfK news agency version, statement to denied. Polls found 38 percent parents will not allowed their children given vaccine by school. The reason is connected with side effect even reported not seriously. Some of them think that influenza not more dangerous than ordinary influenza. Meanwhile the rest of A-H1N1 Influenza vaccine given slit to two opinions, between still worried with side effect of vaccine and the other surely to accept this plan. “Basically flu is flu. I just worried to side effect in the long time period,” says Julie Ueclein, one of the mothers who denied this A-H1N1 Influenza Vaccine given plan. Government health office side said they still given this vaccine to children at schools, beside need to prevent this disease, also no have negative effect.

Spread level of A-H1N1 Influenza is four times faster than another virus and 40 percent dies victim is young and healthy person. “This virus track is unbelievable, almost not heard about their spread,” says General Director of World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan to France’s Le Monde Daily on Saturday (August 29, 2009) in Paris, France. “In six weeks, the virus spread all over the world. Although, for another virus take six months to reach same distance with A-H1N1 Influenza spread,” explains Chan. “Sixty percent of people who died have healthy problem,” she added. That means about 40 percent from died victim happened on young and in well healthy condition. They died because fever from A-H1N1 Influenza infection in 4-7 days.
“This fact more worries. More than 30 percent of world population in high density countries has risk to get A-H1N1 Influenza infection,” she says. A-H1N1 Influenza pandemic now is dominated by flu strain in biggest part of the world. Pandemic keep continue in next some months to infection susceptible population. Even that, emergency service resources and emergency care unit application for cancer and heart diseases is better not to be changed. “All countries must prepare to the worst condition to face it this condition,” she explains. The last data from WHO showed more than 2,180 person died because this virus since April 2009.

World Health Organization (WHO) explained that A-H1N1 Influenza virus already infected human in many countries with various climate. This is revealed from cumulative case numbers and death by A-H1N1 Influenza in the world report. So far recorded more than 182,000 A-H1N1 Influenza infected cases and almost 1,800 death cases in 177 countries in the world. Dr SJ Habayeb, WHO representative in India clarified in New Dehli, A-H1N1 Influenza have no connected with climate. “A-H1N1 Influenza cases reported from countries with cold and hot weather temperature,” he says. For example, A-H1N1 Influenza infected cases reported from Texas, New York, and California with various weather temperatures.

Countries in all over the world appealed to alertness about possibility of A-H1N1 influenza pandemic second wave. This is will be one next challenge for every country in the world is how to distributed vaccine to preventive this virus. According to General Director if World Health Organization (WHO) Margareth Chan on August 21, 2009 by video in Asia Pacific Regional Symposium about Flu in Beijing, China, every country government in all over the world must prepared to face A-H1N1 influenza pandemic second wave. So far, more than two dozens of formation companies effort to produce safe and effective vaccine for A-H1N1 influenza.
“We need prepare for every surprises form new spread of this virus in the future. This is together with no purposed mutation that keep continuing as survival mechanism of microbe in the world,” says Chan. “We also need to upgrade our alertness for second or third of this virus spread as we seen in the last pandemic,” added Chan. According to the last data from WHO, approximately 1,800 people dies since the first A-H1N1 influenza infection on last April. The highest dies number happened on countries in America continental.
WHO declared global pandemic on last June and now 170 countries reported have A-H1N1 influenza positive cases. When this pandemic going weaken in southern hemisphere, in northern hemisphere must alertness prepare following with flu regular season come. “Like every influenza virus, A-H1N1 get benefit from season changed,” says Chan.
Issue about how to secured safety and effective vaccine supplies in all over the world need to solve. “We need input to choose the priority group to get protection by vaccine given,” added Chan stressed. “This is the most difficult decision have to make by every countries in the world. Like we know, vaccine supplies are very limited for the next months,” he says. This early week northern hemisphere already ordered more than one billion A-H1N1 influenza vaccine dosage. Medicine company from China, Sinovac Biotech, this week announced positive early data from clinic tested, after testing subject given by one vaccine dosage. But many expert stated need double dosage for most of people because many of them no have A-H1N1 influenza immunes yet. Assistant of WHO Director General, Keiji Fukuda make statement ,”In this situation, access to vaccine, access for another important benefit for every countries, is same important to share information about virus.” To increase access of vaccine and anti-virus medicine, WHO respond about A-H1N1 influenza pandemic second wave possibility will focus on tracking and monitoring extraordinary cases, information provided and support. “Alertness must to do in many countries to pandemic respond is very different.” Fukuda says. “This thing showed to us, we need to increase our alertness,” added Fukuda. That is mean, all stake holders need to increase their alertness, knowledge, also national and international capacity strengthen.

President of Costa Rica Arias get A-H1N1 flu. He became known first head of state who get this desease. Sixty nine years old president and win Nobel Prize for Peace get light case. President said he carantined at home and cure with antiflu drug Oseltamivir. “That pandemy make no difference and can attacked anyone,” says Arias on Wednesdat y (August 12, 2009). “I am one of victims in this this country amd O pnbey to recommendation that make by healthy authourity to all population.” His brother also authourity officer in this country, Rodrigo Arias, said before to Costa Rica people that shocked when known their president must be isolated at home for at least one week, but not delegation executicve power along his absence. President Arias who also have cronis brochitis, reported have indication like flu for a few days so make him to followed medical check up. “After fell throatache, headache, and fever, President asked to followed medical check up and Tuesday their confirmed he get influenza virus A-H1N1,” says Rodrigo Arias. President Arias this recently lead international effort to crissis overcome in Honduras, after Predint Manuel Zelaya overthrowned in militery coup d’etat on June. Minister ofInformation Mayi Antillon said that Arias will keep working from home. “He don’t want to lied people,”says Antillon. Arias win Nobel Prize for Peace in 1987 for his plan to make peace and ended civil war and geurilla conflict in South America. He became president for the first time in 1986-1990 and back to elected as president in 2006 and promise to ended corruption and bering Costa Rica to a free trade pact with United States of America.