Flu pandemic inevitable, plans needed rrgently: WHO
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WHO calls for every country in the world to make plans to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic that is likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year.
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SHANGHAI - When the next flu pandemic hits - and it will, say experts - Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan fears the worst. Speaking at the World Health Organisation&#39;s Ministerial Roundtable in Shanghai yesterday
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GENEVA - Governments must brace for a future flu outbreak because one will strike inevitably, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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There are chilling warnings in Asia that an inevitable global influenza pandemic could kill millions. This warning comes after the fight against SARS and bird flu left many countries weary.
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An influenza pandemic is being predicted to affect every country leaving millions dead and make more than a quarter of the world's population ill with no vaccines available until at least next March, according to the World Health Organisation.
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A flu pandemic is almost certain to occur in the long term, but the likelihood of a large-scale outbreak in the next few years is less clear, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday.
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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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likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, says a top global health expert. &quot;No country will be spared once it becomes a pandemic,&quot; he told a news conference on Friday.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - The United States may have to close schools, restrict travel and ration scarce medications if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak, according to federal plans for
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The World Health Organization (news - web sites) (WHO) on Thursday pressed drug makers to accelerate work on a vaccine against a dreaded influenza pandemic which could kill millions of people.
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Governments must brace for a future flu outbreak because one will strike inevitably, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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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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Health India &gt; Washington, Nov 13 : An influenza pandemic, when it arrives, could be the largest health disaster witnessed by mankind and countries need to gear up efforts to develop a vaccine to prevent this potential devastation, experts have said.
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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 is unprepared for an inevitable flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people, but profit-driven pharmaceutical companies are putting too little
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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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The head of the World Health Organization&#39;s global influenza program has nominated the bird flu virus in Asia as the most likely cause of the world&#39;s next flu pandemic.