WHO: Disease Could Double Asia Death Toll
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GENEVA - The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.
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Fears that the Indian Ocean tsunami could unleash epidemics which would double the death toll are fading as access to clean water improves, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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The death toll from the Asian tsunami in Burma may be higher than official figures suggest, the UN says.
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Tens of thousands of tsunami survivors are at risk from killer diseases, such as cholera, despite stepped up international aid, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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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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The continent-sized wound created by the tsunami that devastated large swaths of coastal Southern Asia has opened the door to some of nature&#39;s deadly opportunists, with disease threatening to double the death toll, health experts warn.
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According the World Health Organization, the biggest threat facing the world this winter may be the spread of Asian bird flu which may cause as many as two to seven million deaths before it is over.
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A pandemic of human influenza could kill up to 100 million people around the world, a World Health Organization official said today, significantly raising the agency&#39;s
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Disease could double the death toll from the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean region at the weekend, a top World Health Organisation (WHO) official said yesterday.
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An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, may hit Asia this winter, the World Health Organization said today in an e-mailed statement.
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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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World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that an outbreak of bird flu mixed with a human influenza virus could kill millions of people across the globe that had the potential to be worse than the SARS virus.
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International health officials warned yesterday that the world was closer to its next pandemic - a potent mix of avian influenza and a human flu virus - and that Asia was likely to be its epicentre.
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Disease could kill as many people in the stricken Indian Ocean region as died in the weekend tsunami, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - The number of people killed in  Asia's tsunami disaster soared past 175,000 Monday after Sri  Lanka raised its death toll, while Denmark warned of possible  terror attacks against aid workers in Indonesia
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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.