Question

Provide reasons why communicable diseases pose the biggest threat in global health

Answer 1

• Microbial resistance is the biggest threat due to communicable diseases.
• It will exacerbrate the social and political instabilities and in poor countries it will hit more like HIV and Tuberculosis.
• It will cause changes in human behaviour, lifestyle and landuse patterns.
• Inappropriate use in the antibiotics causing mutation in pathogens
• It affects the global trades and reduce income
• It will cause GDP losses in productivity and investment.
• New diseases due in increased virulence and antibiotic resistance.
• Nipah, SARS or some other diseases are mass killers as treatment remains unknown. The probability of bioterrorist attack increases
• Restriction in travel and trade affects developing countries