Authorities acting to prevent epidemics
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A series of measures are being taken to prevent animal epidemics since a bird flu outbreak in the country in the spring. Local governments have reinforced the monitoring of bird flu.
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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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Health ministers and experts from across Europe are meeting in Lithuania to discuss efforts to prevent an epidemic of HIV/Aids. They will debate an EU report which says rates of new infections in Russia and ...
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Authors of a public-health article in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (p 1984) are calling for urgent international action to address the chronic lack of investment in human resources which is limiting the chance of tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS
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Hospitals and health officials across Thailand have been placed on high alert to monitor for any cases of human-to-human transmission of the deadly bird flu virus.
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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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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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Asia faces an outbreak of  unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza,  which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a  pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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A flu pandemic - a worldwide outbreak - could be just around the corner. With this in mind, the US Department of Health and Human Services has outlined a national strategy to prepare for and respond to a potential global outbreak.
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People infected with AIDS/HIV should be notified to those closely related with them while keeping their illness shut from others, said a Chinese sexology expert in Guangzhou, capital of south China&#39;s Guangdong Province.
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Paraguay declares a health alert to try to prevent a dengue fever epidemic as 100 possible cases are detected.
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The government has set out its action plan for tackling the rise in tuberculosis cases.
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The government called an emergency meeting of health officials to try to control an outbreak that has left 14 dead.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A19 of the Nov. 23, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. This was the Department of Health&#39;s advice yesterday to the public over the
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While IT administrators might be inclined to look at preparing for a pandemic much as they would for any other disaster, pandemics are different in several ways.
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To make matters worse in South Asia, the disaster zone is now being threatened with outbreaks of disease. The World Health Organization is warning that if fresh water and medicine
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Move follows series of suspicious deaths.