Friday, May 22, 2009

'Subtle, sneaky'; swine flu could hit poor nations: WHO

Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 23-May-2009 05:58 hrs

090523-0558hrs2 Dressed in hazardous materials suits, members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals march to the US Embassy in Manila. Global health chiefs have warned swine flu could soon hit much harder in the world's poorest countries and its spread in Asia was in danger of accelerating with the change of season. 

A WHO specialist pointed out on Thursday that most developing countries were simply not in a position to detect or track seasonal flu, let alone a potentially pandemic strain of swine flu.

But the UN health agency is helping poor countries to develop simplified means of detecting flu, such as by spotting clusters of unusual respiratory illness, a spokesman told AFP.

From TODAYOnline.com; see the source article here.

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