Flu summit targets fear of pandemic
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The World Health Organization has called an unprecedented summit of flu vaccine makers and nations next week to expand plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
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Nov 12, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The World Health Organization&#39;s top influenza expert warned at the end of a 2-day international meeting today that governments need to fund the development of vaccines to combat a feared flu pandemic that could kill millions
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The World Health Organization has called an unprecedented summit next week of flu vaccine makers and nations to expand plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
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Every country in the world must come up  urgently with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza  pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit  Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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Up to 100 million people around the world could be killed in a pandemic of human influenza, a World Health Organization official warned Monday.
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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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BANGKOK, Thailand Officials of the World Health Organization say they fear the bird flu virus in Southeast Asia could become a worldwide pandemic capable of killing anywhere from two to seven (m) million people.
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The U.S. government urged employers on Tuesday to develop plans to cope with a possible flu pandemic, suggesting letting employees work from home and encouraging sick workers to stay home without reprisals.
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THE World Health Organisation has called an unprecedented summit of flu vaccine makers to boost plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
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About 60 experts meeting at the Geneva-based World Health Organization have agreed on a strategy to try to prevent and contain a global influenza outbreak that they say could kill millions of people.
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Pregnant women, babies and toddlers would join doctors, emergency workers and soldiers at the head of the line for scarce vaccine if a super-strain of flu triggers the next pandemic, says a draft government plan to be released Tuesday.
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The top World Health Organization (WHO)  influenza expert said on Friday drug companies and governments  had to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a  pandemic which could kill thousands of people.
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Health News, Every country in the world must come up urgently with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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INTERNATIONAL health authorities have warned that the world is overdue for a major influenza pandemic, which could strike Australia and kill thousands.
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The upcoming Group of Eight summit is a prime opportunity for world leaders to show they are seriously committed to fighting the spread of infectious diseases, the acting head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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Health authorities across the country meet today to discuss stepping up measures against the bird flu, in the wake of possible signs of human-to-human transmission of the lethal virus.
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An outbreak of avian influenza (&#39;bird flu&#39;) among villagers in Thailand is raising fresh fears that spread of the virus, which kills 75 per cent of people it infects, could, at least in principle, reach pandemic proportions.