Fadela Chaib
Fadela Chaib
health injured routine work workers
health workers are overwhelmed by injured and routine work is disrupted.
attempt continue guide health initial meeting pandemic public
The meeting will continue development of an operational guide for WHO and international public health authorities to use in an attempt to extinguish a pandemic in its initial stages.
border children target virus
The virus is still circulating in this corridor, so it's important to target the children who live on the border between the two countries.
case country outside
Even one case in a country is a problem, because it can circulate in the country and outside the country.
beginning epidemic human
That would be the beginning of a human influenza epidemic but we are not there yet.
contact exactly experts government needs nigerian official received request send
We haven't received an official request to send experts. But we are in contact with the Nigerian government to see what exactly the country's needs are.
cases closely crowded fear measles people temporary together
We fear that if people huddle closely together in temporary shelters and crowded conditions, more measles cases could occur.
cases certainly contact looking source whether
They (the dead) were certainly all in contact with the same source of infection, but they (the WHO team) will also try to see whether we are looking at the first cases of human-to-human transmission.
above animal avoid bird disease human virus wants
Above all it is an animal disease and if one wants to avoid there being any human cases, the virus must really be stamped out in the bird population.
affecting several
An outbreak of cholera, affecting probably several hundreds of people, is occurring,
leaving several stay team tomorrow
A WHO team is leaving tomorrow for Reunion, where they'll stay for several days, then to Mauritius, Madagascar and the Seychelles.
information provide sars timely
After SARS they know they should really provide timely information about what is going on.
quick run stocks term wounded
It is not too late. The wounded will need long term care, and the hospitals' stocks are quick to run out.
islands movement people risk
... because there's a lot of movement of people between the islands in the region, there is a risk of it spreading.