WHO Official Seeks More Money for Bird Flu
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The world&#39;s wealthier nations must contribute more money and intellectual power to fighting bird flu or risk a worldwide epidemic that spreads to people, a Vietnam-based official from the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday.
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TORONTO (CP) - In the wake of yet another avian influenza death in Thailand, the World Health Organization urged countries with flu vaccine production capacity and their manufacturers to speed up work on trial vaccines against the highly deadly H5N1 virus
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Indonesia is expected to resume supplying samples of bird flu virus to the World Health Organization after receiving a guarantee they will not be used to develop a commercial vaccine that the country cannot afford, the health minister said Thursday.
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The world should expect more bird flu outbreaks in the coming months, the U.N. official coordinating the global fight against the virus warned Sunday after Britain recorded its first case of the H5N1 strain on a commercial farm.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)  Friday called for measures to prevent a flu pandemic in humans  after China said a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs,  adding to signs that an outbreak among people was likely.
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Some Muslim countries are ill-prepared to tackle an outbreak of bird flu because of poor resources and public apathy, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official said at a meeting of Islamic nations on Wednesday.
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders lobbied the  Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  Wednesday to solve a cash crunch facing its work, seen as vital  for the continent's health, officials said.
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Nigeria must step up farm controls to stem the spread of bird flu, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization said on Tuesday, urging consumers to take precautions against infection.
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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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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato called on Argentine President Nestor Kirchner to increase the country&#39;s budget surplus and regain credibility among investors.
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BANGKOK - The World Health Organization on Friday urged Asian countries to provide full disclosure and strengthen the information-sharing to curb the bird flu outbreak.
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GENEVA -- The World Health Organization yesterday urged governments to provide funds to drug makers developing vaccines against a feared influenza pandemic which could kill millions.
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Thursday for a stepped up fight against "neglected" diseases afflicting 1 billion people, mainly in poor countries.
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Saying the world is nowhere near ready to fight a global epidemic of influenza, a panel convened by the World Health Organization demanded yesterday that there be greater international cooperation and financing to develop a vaccine.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has  raised the specter of human-to-human transmission of deadly  avian influenza following confirmation that two Vietnamese  brothers had contracted the virus and one had died.
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The United Nations health agency urged local and international media on Tuesday to boost coverage of bird flu and avoid misleading information about the disease.
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Vietnam has sent officials on an urgent mission to China to buy 50 million doses of vaccine for poultry after two people died of the H5N1 bird flu virus.