WHO Director-General: China has made great efforts to prevent and control bird flu

As the United Nations specialized agency for health issues, the World Health Organization in combating cross-border spread bird flu to play an important role. So WHO is facing in this area which important tasks and challenges? The International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Influenza Ministerial Meeting held in Beijing on the eve of the People's Daily reporter interviewed busy Conference Services Director-General of the World Health Organization.
Lee confirmed that this first International Conference on Financing for significance. He said the determination of the participating donor countries have made generous commitments, as at the international level to provide effective financial support for bird flu prevention and control. However, Lee said: "The commitment is one thing, its commitment has completely is another matter"; Secondly, international funding is "external blood transfusion", a larger amount of prevention and control of expenditure ultimately is the input of Governments themselves, primary prevention also depends on governments to start.
International funds in proceeds, the WHO and other implementing agencies will be how to ensure that the inputs to the most needed places? Lee said the conference raised funds through different channels and mechanisms put in place, including through the World Bank, the United Nations system (such as the World Health Organization) and other institutions and mechanisms such as emergency assistance. Important that the parties know each other is doing, and understand each other's plans, prompting countries to learn from experience of other countries to enhance their prevention and control capabilities.
Lee said figuratively, said: "If we compared the avian flu in a fire, then we should as soon as possible and join hands to fight the fire." He warned that, should pay particular attention to prevention of avian influenza virus gene mutation, to prevent the virus was interpersonal communication ability. Even the H5N1 virus itself, according to the WHO study, it is also vary by region of the DNA sequence. WHO is closely tracking the avian flu virus changes, in order to prevent their access to the capacity of humans.
A reporter asked Lee, in his view the process of preventing and controlling bird flu the biggest challenges? Lee's answer is pragmatic: "We have not seen the epidemic will stop at some signs of their own, and now the biggest challenge is how to ensure that farmers can take the initiative when faced outbreaks reported to the Government." He pointed out that some farmers fear report on the epidemic home after the culling of poultry will meet with the government, thus concealed. For the effective prevention and control of epidemic, the International Pledging Conference on the part of the money raised should be used to compensate farmers.
Speaking of the Chinese Government in the course of bird flu prevention and control efforts, Lee commented: "The Chinese government learned from the SARS prevention and control of the process a lot of experience in improving the prevention and control system has made great efforts. I think that the Chinese Government prevention and control of bird flu seriously and effectively improve the transparency demonstrated a firm commitment, this is a very good news. "He said, for a country with a population of 1.3 billion, in order to find in the vast rural areas, a small number of people infected an unknown disease is a huge challenge. Shanghai Pharmaceutical Group has recently been licensed to produce Tamiflu Switzerland, Roche Pharmaceutical, China has at the local anti-bird flu vaccine production capacity, and also established a national system for monitoring outbreaks, these are good news from China. He also expressed the belief that, by hosting this meeting, the Chinese not only in the country, but also to help other countries to effectively prevent and control avian influenza.



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