Seasonal influenza epidemics occur every year in many countries including America, England, South Africa and Austria. Countries are able to treat flu with vaccines and our bodies can fight the known infections as well.

A flu epidemic is a world wide epidemic caused by a new virus to which the populations will have no immunity and perhaps no medicine.

How do I prevent the spread of influenza A (H1N1)?

The main route of transmission of the influenza (H1N1) virus is similar to seasonal flu, via droplets that are expelled through sneezing or coughing. You may stop the spread of influenza by: avoiding close contact with people who show influenza like symptoms.

Always sneeze into a handkerchief or tissue, wash your hands with soap, reduce the time you spend in crowded places and improve air flow in your homes by opening windows.

Ends

The post Why thousands of people die every year from seasonal influenza epidemics?, How do I prevent the spread of influenza A (H1N1)? first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.

The world a couple of years ago experienced a new influenza disease outbreak which was reported in more than 40 countries around the world and claimed over 95 human lives.

According to doctors and other medical experts, Influenza is a respiratory disease that is caused by influenza virus that is related to a virus that regularly causes diseases in pigs.

When people infected with influenza cough or sneeze, infected droplets get on their hands, drop on the surface or are dispersed into the air.

Therefore another person can breathe in contaminated air or touch infected hands or surfaces and get exposed to influenza disease. Doctor David Ddumba of Nsambya hospital, formerly a worker at Mulago hospital (Uganda), says that to prevent the spread of influenza, people should cover their mouth and nose with a tissue whenever coughing, and wash their hands frequently.

Ends

The post How do people become infected with influenza A (H1N1)? first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.

Our eyes can distinguish up to one million colour surfaces and take in more information than the largest telescope known to man. Our lungs inhale over two million liters of air every day, without even thinking. They are large enough to cover a tennis court.

Our hearing is so sensitive and it can distinguish between hundreds of thousands of different sounds. Our sense of touch is more refined than any device ever created.

Our brain is more complex than the most powerful computer on earth and has over 100 billion nerve cells. Human body gives birth to 100 billion red cells every day.

When we touch something, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph and a normal human being has over 600 muscles.

We exercise at least 30 muscles when we smile and human bodies are about 70 percent water. Each person produces one liter of saliva every day.

The nose is our personal air-conditioning system: It warms cold air, cools hot air and filters impurities.

In one square inch of our hand we have nine feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors and 75 pressure sensors. We have copper, zinc, cobalt, calcium, manganese, phosphates, nickel and silicon in our bodies.

Compiled by Walakira Nyanzi

The post Hearts beats 100,000 times a day, lungs inhale two million litters of air a day, brain powerful than computer first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.

The air transport passengers who want to keep discovering may now have smiles. Emirates are set to launch its non stop flights from Entebbe to Dubai.

With the world’s finest restaurants, pristine beaches and Burj Khalifa (the world’s largest building, Dubai is a city in the world where only the best is good enough.

The management of Emirates says that with their non stop flights from Entebbe, their passengers can conveniently connect to Dubai and to over 120 destinations around the world.

Emirate’s direct flights to Dubai start from March 24^th 2012. Emirates has over 500 international awards  and serves over 120 destinations.

The post Emirates to launch non stop flights to Dubai first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.