It has come to the knowledge that Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) and Taiwan have forged an agreement for the establishment of a research and development center. Let’s focus on the agreement then. It has been learnt that the agreement calls for the establishment of a technology incubator center and it is going to be modeled after Taiwan’s world-class ICT spark plug, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).
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Though the health care infrastructure in India is apathetic and appalling, the Indian government is gearing up thanks to the outbreak of swine flu. This becomes evident owing to the latest instruction of the government. The government has made it mandatory for all health centres to use non-reusable syringes. Don’t you consider this as great? A number of investigations have stated that among 5 billion medical injections administered in India annually, 62 per cent are unsafe. The news is, indeed, shocking and has brought Marc Koska, inventor of non-reusable K1 syringes, to India.
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It is a good news for the commoners but is bad for the HIV patients. Reason? A recently concluded study has stated that HIV patients remain more vulnerable to an increased risk from the deadly H1N1 flu virus. Can this be accepted? Well, the World Health Organization has come to the fore with the same deduction and according to it, infection with the flu virus may have a more serious impact on people suffering from immuno-deficiency diseases compared to common healthy individuals. It is also stated that the combination of HIV and H1N1 viruses may have a more serious impact than the mix of HIV and tuberculosis. In conjunction with this, people affected with heart disease, asthma and diabetes do face greater risk of serious influenza-related symptoms.
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How is swine flu faring at present? Well, it seems there has been slight improvement and for that reason Mexican officials lowered the alert level for influenza A H1N1, which is commonly known as swine flu. In the meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed over 2,000 cases of the virus in about 22 countries. However the international community has to retain it caution and it is the latest counsel of the health officials.
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There was a great fear in the air and now it has become true. United States of America has witnessed two swine flu deaths and according to a recently released report, each of the two suffered from a number of other illnesses when they were infected with the virus. It is to be noted that the two hapless persons were a toddler and a pregnant woman. The report was brought to the fore by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and made it clear that the complicated medical situations faced by those who have gotten swine flu and had the most serious cases up to now.
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