We must try to ensure that we will be ready to respond instantly with all the weapons at our disposal should the early signs of an influenza pandemic appear. If we fail, the consequences for societies, economies and global public health could be immeasurable.
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Antiviral drugs is important, vaccine is very important, but without the capacity to detect, analyze and report cases, all those weapons like vaccine and antiviral drugs would not be as useful.
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We cannot kill all the chickens and ducks to prevent bird flu from spreading among them and to humans therefore, we have to make sure the chickens, ducks and humans do not mingle together.
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While we still have a window of opportunity, we must do everything we can to avert an influenza pandemic as we simultaneously prepare for a worse-case scenario,
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They acknowledged the need to strengthen the capacity particularly at the grass roots level.
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The situation is very serious and getting worse. It is still within our power to change the course of this epidemic.
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