Diseases could break out within days: UN
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GENEVA - Respiratory and water-borne diseases could break out in areas affected by southern Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster &quot;in the next few days,&quot; a UN official warned Wednesday.
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A pandemic of human influenza could kill up to 100 million people around the world, a World Health Organization official said today, significantly raising the agency&#39;s
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The threat of animal diseases  spreading to humans is increasing and governments must improve  coordination to prevent them from becoming pandemic, world  health officials and vets said on Thursday.
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GENEVA UN officials are warning that diseases could begin taking hold of tsunami-affected areas &quot;in the next few days.&quot;.
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New York (VNA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said an outbreak of disease could crop up in the wake of the Dec. 26 Tsunami, killing as many people as lost their lives in the initial disaster.
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The World Health Organization warned about the risk of dengue fever, malaria and other potentially fatal mosquito-borne diseases in countries struck by the tsunami.
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Hong Kong - Up to 100-million people could die in weeks if a bird flu pandemic broke out, a senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official has warned while urging countries to make urgent preparations to mitigate its spread.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Sept. 20, 2004 - The spread of HIV/AIDS is fueling a massive tuberculosis crisis that could see one billion people infected in the next 20 years, the UN warned Monday.
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Survivors of last month's quake and tsunami in Indonesia still face the risk of deadly disease outbreaks such as cholera, but epidemics could be controlled, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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The United Nations&#39; World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a dramatic warning that bird flu will trigger an international pandemic that could kill up to seven million people.
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Millions of people could be at risk of waterborne disease in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean earthquake, the UN Children&#39;s Fund warned on Wednesday.
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United Nations officials acknowledged it will take days before tons of food, medicine and portable hospitals reaches tsunami survivors in devastated areas across Asia.
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The World Health Organization, fearing a  killer flu pandemic may be on the way, is stepping up efforts  to ensure governments around the globe are ready to fight it, a  top official said on Wednesday.
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A major polio epidemic in West and  Central Africa is inevitable in coming months, but the disease  could be eradicated worldwide next year by mass immunizations,  the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Disease could double the death toll from  the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean region at the weekend, a  top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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The crippling Polio disease has spread to at least one dozen countries in West and Central Africa and is threatening to become an epidemic, the United Nations has said.
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The World Health Organization   urged South Africa on Thursday to act quickly to stamp out a   highly-resistant (WHO) form of tuberculosis that has killed at   least 52 people and could spread fast.