EMM News Explorer: Margaret Chan

[-said]: We can take immunisation to the next level, with the expanded uptake of new vaccines against major killers such as pneumonia and rotavirus diarrhoea,

alertnet 29-JAN-10

[ said]: The Gates Foundation's commitment to vaccines is unprecedented but just a small part of what is needed,

guardian 29-JAN-10

[ said]: The Gates Foundation's commitment to vaccines is unprecedented, but just a small part of what is needed,

cnn 29-JAN-10

[ said]: An additional two million deaths in children under five years could be prevented by 2015 through widespread use of new vaccines and a 10 percent increase in global vaccination coverage,

ABCnews 29-JAN-10

[ said]: Again we see the advantage of affluence,

time 26-JAN-10

[-said]: Ten years into this new century, we are seeing signs that aid for health development can bring solid results. Equally important, in the drive to reach a limited number of time-bound health goals, fundamental problems are being uncovered, and solutions are being found that benefit public health across the board. We are making progress, as the reports before you show. We need to keep on setting our sights higher, aiming to do more, for more and more people.

ngrguardiannews 25-JAN-10

[said:]: ...Making hospitals safe during emergencies was the theme for last year's World Health Day. One point is obvious. When infrastructure are already weak, the vulnerability of populations to disasters is vastly increased.

ngrguardiannews 25-JAN-10

[said:]: Already, this disaster ranks among the most devastating and logistically challenging in recent history. We are seeing the difficulties that arise when disaster strikes an already disastrous public health situation.

peopledaily 22-JAN-10

[-said]: We cannot predict what will happen between now and later in the year when the Southern Hemisphere enters its influenza season and the virus becomes more transmissible,

globalsecurity 20-JAN-10

[-said]: The worst may be over. But it would be unwise for anyone to reach firm conclusions before April, when the normal influenza season usually ends. There is still quite a lot of winter left,

indiatimes 19-JAN-10

[-said]: An event similar to the 1918 pandemic was feared when what happened was probably closer to the 1957 or 1968 pandemics,

alertnet 18-JAN-10

[ said]: the highest marks

alertnet 18-JAN-10

[-said]: err on the side of caution

alertnet 18-JAN-10

[-said]: We are concerned that some countries in the western part of the continent remain susceptible to intense waves of transmission,

alertnet 18-JAN-10

[ said]: ...The tremendous increase in funding for malaria control is resulting in the rapid scale-up of today's control tools. This in turn is having a profound effect on health � especially the health of children in Sub-Saharan Africa,

alertnet 04-JAN-10

[said:]: We are seeing some very good progress in malaria. For countries that have implemented the interventions properly, meaning the use of Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) combination drug to treat malaria cases, also the use of insecticide-treated bed-nets, as well as indoor residual spraying based on their country conditions, we are seeing a drop of 50 per cent deaths in children, so that is very significant.

ngrguardiannews 04-JAN-10

[ said]: in 2003 when the world was really scrambling to deal with SARS,

wsj 31-DEC-09

[-told]: it's too premature, too early for us to say we have come to an end of the pandemic influenza worldwide,

xinhuanet_en 31-DEC-09

[-said]: it would be prudent and appropriate for the WHO together with our members’ states to continue to monitor the evolution of this pandemic for the next six to 12 months,

xinhuanet_en 30-DEC-09

[-said]: Many countries don’t have the capacity for surveillance, for diagnosis and for confirmation. So there would be some deaths in some countries that are not reported,

thestar 30-DEC-09

[-said]: I just wish that the world does not have to deal with a pandemic ignited by a much more toxic and deadly virus, the avian flu virus H5N1,

trendnews 30-DEC-09

[-said]: So it would be prudent and appropriate for the WHO together with our members states to continue to monitor the evolution of this pandemic for the next six to12 months,

thestar 30-DEC-09

[-said]: it would be prudent and appropriate for the WHO together with our members states to continue to monitor the evolution of this pandemic for the next six to 12 months,

trendnews 30-DEC-09

[-said]: It’s true that many countries in the northern hemisphere have passed the peak of the pandemic, notably in the United States, Canada and parts of Europe, but on the other hand there are still intensive influenza activities in countries like Egypt and India,

thestar 30-DEC-09

[-told]: It is still premature and too early for us to say we have come to an end of the pandemic influenza worldwide. It would be prudent and appropriate ... to continue to monitor the evolution of this pandemic for the next six to 12 months,

vietnewsonline 30-DEC-09

[-said]: Many countries don't have the capacity for surveillance, for diagnosis and for confirmation. So there would be some deaths in some countries that are not reported,

trendnews 30-DEC-09

[-told]: It is too soon to say that we have passed the peak of the H1N1flu pandemic on a worldwide scale... Winter is still long,

xinhuanet_en 29-DEC-09

[-said]: One thing we need to guard against is the sense of complacency,

CBSnews 29-DEC-09

[ said]: The world is not ready for a pandemic caused by H5N1,

CBC 29-DEC-09

[ said]: WHO has adopted a very cautious attitude, even more so because this has been the first pandemic since four decades,

CBC 29-DEC-09

[-insisted]: I can understand all these suspicions and conspiracy thinking, but I must emphasize there's no basis for that. Absolutely no basis,

CBC 29-DEC-09

[-said]: That is the communications challenge that we are dealing with.

CBC 29-DEC-09

[ said]: Not all the countries are there yet. Winter is still long,

CBC 29-DEC-09

[-told]: It is too premature and too early for us to say we have come to an end of the pandemic influenza worldwide,

CBSnews 29-DEC-09

[-said]: It is still premature and too early for us to say we have come to an end of the pandemic influenza worldwide. It would be prudent and appropriate …to continue to monitor the evolution of this pandemic for the next six to 12 months,

CBC 29-DEC-09

[ said]: ...The tremendous increase in funding for malaria control is resulting in the rapid scale-up of today's control tools. This in turn is having a profound effect on health - especially the health of children in Sub-Saharan Africa,

allafrica 17-DEC-09

[ added]: This, in turn, is having a profound effect on health, especially the health of children in sub-Saharan Africa,

ghanaweb 16-DEC-09

[ said]: The tremendous increase in funding for malaria control is resulting in the rapid scale-up of today's control tools. This in turn is having a profound effect on health especially the health of children in Sub-Saharan Africa,

scidev 15-DEC-09

[ said]: But with only two years until the target date, there are signs of stalling momentum,

allafrica 07-DEC-09

[ said]: So much has been achieved in the past several years thanks to the hard work and commitment of national governments and donors. But with only two years until the target date, there are signs of stalling momentum,

thenational 05-DEC-09

[ said]: We cannot afford to be complacent,

reliefWeb 01-DEC-09

[ commented]: In many high-income countries paediatric HIV has been virtually eliminated,

alertnet 30-NOV-09

[-said]: The vaccine is safe,

alertnet 26-NOV-09

[ says]: Policies for mitigating the impact of climate change must align with policies for protecting public health,

nature 25-NOV-09

[ said]: International and national investment in HIV treatment scale-up has yielded concrete and measurable results. We cannot let this momentum wane,

TurkishDailyNews 24-NOV-09

[said:]: International and national investment in HIV treatment scale-up has yielded concrete and measurable results.

bbc 24-NOV-09

[ said]: International and national investment in HIV treatment scale-up have yielded concrete and measurable results,

afrol 24-NOV-09

[ said]: We welcome this very generous donation by GlaxoSmithKline, which will go to protect the health of the world's poorest people. This is a real gesture of global solidarity towards those who would not be otherwise able to have access to the vaccine,

uzreport 18-NOV-09

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