Henk Bekedam
Henk Bekedam
community doubts health helpful ministry share
We think it is important for the Ministry of Health to share more of what they are doing. We think that that will be helpful for some of the doubts that the international community has.
expect poultry
We expect there will be more poultry outbreaks,
beijing figures military officials personnel problem report virus
The virus doesn't differentiate between military personnel and civilians, so it's a problem that military officials don't report their figures to the Beijing government.
china
Ratification of the FCTC by China could not have come at a better time,
half mother percent remaining roughly sexually vertical
Roughly half of the new infections are sexually transmitted. The other 48 percent comes from intravenous drug users, and the remaining 2 percent are vertical transmissions from mother to child.
aware details following government received specific spoken
We are very much aware of this person. We have spoken to the government and are following it up. We have not received any specific details about his whereabouts.
bird china flu hope information regularly samples share
We hope China can share more information and samples of bird flu timely, regularly and globally.
current easily expect large number virus
On the other hand, I would like to stress...the current virus is not easily transmittable to humans. We don't expect a large number of cases.
both contained cure dare despite epidemic fact globally peak period sars shows vaccine
Now we dare to say that the SARS epidemic is over its peak period both globally and in China, ... This shows SARS can be contained -- this, despite the fact that we still have no vaccine or cure or diagnostic test.
billion china kept large percent population poultry
China has many challenges. China has a large poultry population of 14 billion and 70 percent of that poultry is being kept in the backyard.
information manner regular samples share timely
We need to share information and samples in a timely manner, in a regular manner and also globally.
billion birds difficult enormous government health means monitor
That means about 10 billion birds and it is very difficult for the government to monitor their health status. It is an enormous challenge.
difficult monitor poultry
It is very difficult to monitor the poultry in the backyards,
capacity challenges grassroots remains
The real challenges are still at the grassroots level, and the capacity there remains very limited.