Disease outbreaks can emerge unexpectedly and spread rapidly, threatening the health and even the lives of many people. But did you know? Many outbreaks can actually be prevented or their impact significantly reduced.
Preventing Widespread Outbreaks
If you receive news of an outbreak in a certain area, do not enter that area. If an outbreak occurs in a region where you are, do not leave that region in an attempt to escape the outbreak.
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Al-Bukhari, M. (2020) Sahih Al-Bukhari. Compiled by M. Mohee Uddin.Human Mobility Can Be a Factor in Disease Transmission Human mobility is the primary cause of infectious disease transmission. Due to globalization and easy transportation, diseases can spread very quickly and widely, even causing pandemics. However, the impact of human mobility on disease transmission is not always the same. Its effect depends on location (greater in cities and crowded areas compared to remote villages), timing (stronger at the beginning of an outbreak, decreasing in the later phases), and disease type (more significant for respiratory diseases like flu and COVID-19 compared to sexually transmitted diseases).
Preventing Outbreaks in the Early Stages through Travel Restrictions Travel restrictions are highly effective in the early stages of an outbreak when the disease is still confined to specific areas that are the primary sources of spread.
Separate the Sick from the Healthy Do not put a sick person with a healthy person as a precaution.
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