The use of proven effective medical masks to protect the community against outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as bird flu and swine flu.
The results of the research team University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia for more than 280 adults from 143 families in Sydney during the winter of 2006 and 2007 this proves it.
Report the results of clinical trials UNSW research team received from the AFP Liaison Officer UNSW, Steve Offner, mentions the use of medical masks are also the most inexpensive way to protect society against swine flu epidemic and bird flu vaccine stock at zero or very limited.
Mentioned, the results of clinical trials that prove the effectiveness of medical masks reduce the risk of transmission of various infectious diseases that are “the first scientific evidence” in the world.
Findings UNSW team is also believed to bring the global implications, especially for efforts to deal with the threat of pandemic flu, including the swine flu.
From reports research involving Disease Epidemiology Research Division infection UNSW School of Public Health, MacIntyre Prof.Raina is known that the use of medical masks shown to help protect health care workers.
Prof. test results. MacIntyre and his team work together with the Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Beijing to approximately two thousand health workers in more than 20 hospitals in China to show positive results.
Research funded by the Ministry of Health and Aging Australia also supported by a research team from Sydney’s Westmead Hospital, Imperial College London and the National Center for Immunization Research.
Swine flu virus that is now haunting the world community is reported to have killed at least 152 people in Mexico and spread to the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, Israel, UK, Australia, Brazil, France, Chile, Danish, Swiss, Austria, Colombia, Germany , Norway, South Korea, and Guatemala.
