Shigeru Omi
Shigeru Omi
Shigeru Omiis the current Regional Director of the Western Pacific Regional Office for the World Health Organization. He was born in Tokyo in 1949 and currently lives in Manila...
control next
Even if you control avian flu, the next one is coming,
exposed people
many people have been exposed or potentially exposed.
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These excellent results mark a major achievement by a country that used to have a high incidence of neonatal tetanus. All countries in the WHO Western Pacific Region have made progress towards neonatal tetanus elimination. Viet Nam has shown that government commitment, hard work and partnerships lead to results. We are hopeful that several other countries in the region will soon follow Viet Nam's example.
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The situation is worsening with each passing month and the threat of an influenza pandemic is continuing to grow.
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The situation is very serious and getting worse. It is still within our power to change the course of this epidemic.
capacity grass roots strengthen
They acknowledged the need to strengthen the capacity particularly at the grass roots level.
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This situation is not yet a serious public health threat, but if you compare this one with the two laboratory-acquired cases in Taiwan and Singapore, and also if you compare this one with the four SARS cases (in Guangdong, China) which happened during the first part of this year ... the situation needs more attention,
infection terms time
This is the first time that we have third-generation infection in terms of laboratory-acquired infection.
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This is perhaps the clearest indication yet that the world is increasingly committed to addressing the global tobacco epidemic,
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The boy that I met, he did not know anything about this. For him, chickens are friends, so he touched (them).
asia attempts bring control southeast
All attempts to bring it under control in Southeast Asia have failed.
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We have to step up improvement of the primitive farming practice in China's rural regions, especially the backyard feeding of chickens and ducks in many rural households.
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In spite of this geographical expansion and diversity in the nature of the virus, when it comes to the risk of transmission, we don't have any hard evidence to indicate that the virus has become more infectious.
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I'm quite optimistic on how much support will be given.