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| Statement likely taken from the press conference after H7N9 side event at or when Dr Fukuda was in Saudi Arabia |
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| Today's programme of (Day 4, 23 May 2013) |
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| What is World Health Assembly and how does it work? |
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| What happened on Day 3 ? Recap here ; photos |
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| To date, WHO has been notified of a global total of 44 laboratory-confirmed cases, including 22 deaths |
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| Investigations into the contacts of this are on-going. 4/4 |
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| The patient was a 63 year-old man with underlying medical conditions who subsequently died. 3/4 |
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| The fatal case was reported from the Qaseem region in the Central part of the country and is not related to cases in eastern KSA 2/4 |
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| has been informed of a new case of infection in Saudi Arabia 1/4 |
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| Committee B starts their first meeting at |
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| These are wild poliovirus, not vaccine-derived polioviruses |
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| Hi Jim, apologize for the many tweets. We are live-tweeting from the World Health Assembly this week. Lots of quotes & bits |
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| More information on the wild virus in the Horn of Africa |
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| Testimonials at Technical Briefing at closing. WHO has been working closely with Global Fund to develop new Funding Model |
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| Sudan on Global Fund New Funding Model at : collaboration of the implementers, WHO and Global Fund, will help save lives |
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| TB/HIV Advocacy Consortium: Civil society, you cannot hold a gov't accountable if you cannot be accountable yourself |
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| TB/HIV Advocacy Consortium, a Global Fund Board member: We need to strengthen communities as part of a national health system |
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| Sweden: We need to get technical support right along with financial resources when drafting a Global Fund concept note |
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| Sweden, a Global Fund Board member: Zimbabwe was prepared to be transparent in terms of what resources were available domestically |
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| Horn of Africa has persistent immunity gaps in some areas |
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