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...
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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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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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Based our experience, the epidemic among poultry may temporarily diminish and then seriously return, which means we should keep alert and well prepared.
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I hope that we'll get the samples soon.
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The improvement of surveillance in rural areas is the most difficult challenge for us.
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China has done a very, very good job.
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Surveillance is crucial because, in my view, the outbreaks affecting transmission among chickens were there for some time without being noticed.
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This is the first time that we have third-generation infection in terms of laboratory-acquired infection.
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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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This is perhaps the clearest indication yet that the world is increasingly committed to addressing the global tobacco epidemic,
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TB-HIV co-infection threatens to reverse the steady progress toward achieving this goal.
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We need to realize that there is very little incentive for farmers to report suspected outbreaks,
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While we still have a window of opportunity, we must do everything we can to avert an influenza pandemic as we simultaneously prepare for a worse-case scenario,
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We must keep in mind that we are likely to encounter in the coming years many other new emerging diseases,