U.N. rules to contain health emergencies take hold
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New rules to help the United Nations contain public health emergencies took effect on Friday, requiring countries to disclose potential threats from disease, chemical agents, radioactive materials and contaminated food.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) issued new drinking water guidelines on Tuesday to help prevent water-related outbreaks and disease.
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Millions of people will be at risk of disease unless there is immediate action to provide clean water in communities hit by tidal waves in South Asia, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned.
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Thai and international health officials  were due to hold an emergency meeting on Monday to review a  case in which there is a "very remote possibility" bird flu was  passed from human to human, a senior WHO official said.
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U.S. health regulators finalized guidelines on Thursday to speed development and production of vaccines against bird flu and seasonal strains of influenza.
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New York, Dec. 16 (VNA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday urged governments across the world to prepare for future fights against influenza.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are considering easing the restrictions.
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The World Health Organization has called a summit meeting of flu vaccine makers and nations for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
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WASHINGTON - The World Health Organization is about to hold a summit to prepare for what it says it the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
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Muslim nations will focus on key areas of child health and vaccine production to eliminate preventable diseases, senior health officials were expected to announce Friday in Malaysia.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of epidemics within days unless health systems in south and southeast Asia can cope after some 12,000 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless by giant tsunami waves.
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Issues of privacy  -  and bureaucracy  -  have hampered health officials trying to avert an outbreak of the disease
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said here Tuesday that in order to help protect population in Sudan, maintained pressure will be needed.
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Indonesia will resume sharing bird flu samples with the World Health Organization (WHO), but under a new mechanism aimed at ensuring developing nations get access to vaccines, the health minister and the WHO said on Friday.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after nearly 13,000 people were killed and tens of  thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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The World Health Organization has called an unprecedented summit meeting next week for flu vaccine-makers and nations to expand plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
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The World Health Organization (news - web sites) issued new guidelines on Tuesday on preventing contamination of drinking water supplies and resultant illnesses.