The last thing I want is to be truly alarmist. But the world is not really ready to deal with an avian pandemic.
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The 1.9 billion shows that the world cares greatly about the issues we face and that governments want to be sure that there is enough cash available to do everything they have to do to get the current epidemic of bird flu under control and make sure that we can prepare for a human pandemic.David Nabarro
African countries and the United Nations system must contribute resources to make up for this, in the hope that development partners will react rapidly.
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There's consensus. There's clarity. There's cash. There is much better coordination. We should be able to deal with the bird flu epidemic much quicker and ... if the pandemic comes, it will be smaller as a result of what's gone on at this meeting.
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The threat is still there. Avian influenza will continue to come to Ukraine ... health services must be ready and prepared to deal with people who are infected with avian flu and to be ready for the possible arrival of human-to-human transmission.
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The more I find out about an influenza pandemic and the lack of readiness, the more I am concerned. But I am more hopeful about the scope for international cooperation.
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There are some quite tricky challenges facing everybody working in Crimea and I shall be engaging with various government people.
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