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Here’s How to Prevent Infectious Diseases in Five Steps.
“Infectious diseases kill around 17 million people a year.”
Significance of infection diseases globally
According to World Health Organization (WHO), since 1996, around 17 million people have died from infectious diseases each year.
More importantly, infectious diseases are in the top ten list of WHO causing death. These diseases affect our health and life span.
According to government stats, in Australia, where I live, between the years 2000 and 2018, around 99,000 deaths were attributed to “communicable diseases”.
The vast majority of infectious diseases, approximately 89% of the deaths, caused by infections were attributed to non-notifiable diseases. The most common ones were lower respiratory infections caused by various bacteria and viruses.
Compared to global settings, this number might look small. However, this figure is still substantial considering the population of only 25 million.
Even though death rates in Australia from infectious diseases are relatively lower than in those under-developed countries, it is still concerning for citizens.
