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Pandemic could kill up to 150 million
1. Doctor David Nabarro, World Health Organisation, seated at press conference with UN official
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Doctor David Nabarro, World Health Organisation (WHO):
"We expect the next influenza pandemic to come at any time now...
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Bird Flu
In December, the European Union extended for three months a ban on live bird imports which was imposed a year ago to prevent the spread of bird flu . The ban will stay in place until at least the end of March 2007
In a separate...
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SE Iraq faces cholera outbreak, hospital pix
1. Wideshot of entrance to Al-Pahreer Hospital
2. Woman carrying child into hospital
3. Hospital sign written in Arabic
4. Various of man holding child in hospital corridor
5. Children's ward
6. Woman with baby who is a suspected cholera...
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Afghan cities hit by disease caused by the sand fly
Kabul, Afghanistan, October 18 -20, 2010
1. Close tilt up of sores on hands to face of leishmaniasis patient Abdul Razeq,
2. Various close shot of hands
3. Wide shot of children at a rubbish dump on the outskirts of Kabul
4. Mid shot of...
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Hong Kong officials dispute WHO, say China outbreak only caused by pig disease
1. Wide of Hong Kong Department of Health news conference
2. Various of government officials
3. Reporter taking notes
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Lam Ping-yan, Director of Health Department:
"They have examined about thirty patients,...
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Excerpts presser by World Health Organisation
1. Various of Eigil Sorensen, World Health Organisation (WHO) Special Envoy and Georg Pettersen, WHO Representative for Indonesia sitting for news conference
2. Cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Eigil Sorensen, WHO Special Envoy:
"I...
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WHO warns of possible epidemics
1. Various of refugees in streets searching for clothes
2. Dead buffalo in the street
3. Close-up of men wearing masks
4. Exterior of Balakot's Civic Hospital, now outside in the open air
5. Various of injured people lying outside on...
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WHO chief Margaret Chan launches 2013 World Health Report
1. Wide shot of meeting
2. Mid of Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Margaret Chan walking, bowing and then walking to the podium
3. Wide of audience
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO:
"I...
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CLEAN : WHO recommends more bacterial tests of Rio waters
CLEAN : WHO recommends more bacterial tests of Rio waters
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Doctors consider options for patients on World Diabetes Day ++ EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 GMT FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER++
A staggering 347 million people worldwide have diabetes and the World Health Organisation's most recent figures show it killed one and a half million diabetics in 2012.
The number of people with the disease is increasing rapidly and...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : WHO declares war on hidden sugars in fight against obesity
CLEAN : WHO declares war on hidden sugars in fight against obesity
Sky News
Ebola Training on Disinfecting Protective Wear
Ebola Training on Disinfecting Protective Wear
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Confusion reigns in Pakistan after polio guidelines
CLEAN : Confusion reigns in Pakistan after polio guidelines
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: WHO says swine flu vaccine is on track
CLEAN: WHO says swine flu vaccine is on track
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Modern life bad habits: Africa faces deadly new illnesses
A World Health Organisation (WHO) survey released Tuesday shows that most Africans had at least one risk factor for developing one of these diseases such as smoking a lack of exercise poor diet and obesity
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CLEAN : DRC: WHO concerned about high risk of cholera spreading
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday expressed concern about a high risk of the cholera epidemic spreading in Kinshasa a city of some ten million people with sanitation and water evacuation problems aggravated by recent floods
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Global Aid Group Says It Is Facing Vaccination Roadblocks in Congo
Doctors Without Borders says it is struggling to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people.
Bloomberg
Don't Count on Warm Weather Stopping Virus, Johns Hopkins' Sharfstein Warns
Mar.16 -- Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus with Bloomberg's Taylor Riggs...
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Long-Term Virus Battle Is Just Starting: Johns Hopkins
Apr.20 -- There are "promising" signs U.S. heath-care systems are managing to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, says John Hopkins Vice Dean for Public Health Practice Josh Sharfstein. But it "does not mean that it's all over," he said...
Bloomberg
WHO Says It's a Mistake to Lift Shutdowns Completely
Apr.06 -- Mike Ryan, head of the World Health Organization’s emergencies program, warns countries battling the coronavirus pandemic not to lift shutdowns too quickly. He says restrictions should be eased in a step-by-step approach. He...
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China Says Coronavirus Cases Rise to 80,151, Death Toll Climbs to 2,943
Mar.02 -- China reports 125 additional coronavirus cases by end of March 2, bringing the total case count to 80,151, according to statement from China’s National Health Commission. The country’s total death toll rises by 31 to 2,943. Tom...
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Singapore to Close Schools, Most Workplaces Amid Virus
Apr.03 -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong addresses the nation on the new measures the government plans to introduce to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (Source: Prime Minister's Facebook)
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Raab Deputizes as U.K. Struggles to Get a Grip on Virus
Apr.07 -- U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is deputizing for Boris Johnson, who remains in intensive care while his government struggles to get a grip on the coronavirus pandemic. The 55-year-old prime minister was taken to hospital...