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Low-cost options needed to fight bird flu, says Indian minister
Dec 4, 2007, 10:03 GMT
New Delhi - Developing countries need to look at low-cost options to fight pandemics like avian influenza, India's Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told an international conference Tuesday.
He urged all governments and organizations to focus on empowering communities as the most powerful tool to combat epidemics.
Ramadoss was addressing more than 600 health professionals from 105 nations and 20 international and intergovernmental organizations.
A recent UN report said that while the impact of avian influenza - which had been reported in 60 countries over the last three years - had been kept in check through improved detection and containment, the response was unequal and the risk of a global pandemic affecting humans remained.
Most of the human deaths from the disease have been reported from Asia, the latest from China on Sunday.
The conference is scheduled to discuss the effectiveness of current strategies and prepare a roadmap for 2008.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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