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Asia to strengthen cooperation against infectious diseases
March 19, 2010
At the conference "Strengthening health system response and non-health care in Asia", hosted by the United Nations in Singapore on 18 / 3, the agency has called the world's largest Asian countries-Thailand Pacific strengthen cooperation to cope with the growing risk of infectious diseases can spread quickly and in this area.
Delegates participate in the conference despite the recognition of a health system where power and efficiency to not be against diseases such as SARS, avian influenza H1N1 ... spread from neighboring countries, without international cooperation.
Therefore, countries in the region should increase investment to tackle structural problems in the health infrastructure, expanding the supply of pharmaceutical products, including vaccines for other communities, ensuring people medical care and treatment.
Countries with strong health system to coordinate and support countries with weak health systems to ensure the health capital of the region continually increases, quality medical staff continuously improved, and enhancing the capacity of the health system respond to infectious diseases.
World Health Organization (WHO) warned Asian-Pacific region is leading the world in number of tuberculosis due to drug-resistant TB germs. /.
At the conference "Strengthening health system response and non-health care in Asia", hosted by the United Nations in Singapore on 18 / 3, the agency has called the world's largest Asian countries-Thailand Pacific strengthen cooperation to cope with the growing risk of infectious diseases can spread quickly and in this area.
Delegates participate in the conference despite the recognition of a health system where power and efficiency to not be against diseases such as SARS, avian influenza H1N1 ... spread from neighboring countries, without international cooperation.
Therefore, countries in the region should increase investment to tackle structural problems in the health infrastructure, expanding the supply of pharmaceutical products, including vaccines for other communities, ensuring people medical care and treatment.
Countries with strong health system to coordinate and support countries with weak health systems to ensure the health capital of the region continually increases, quality medical staff continuously improved, and enhancing the capacity of the health system respond to infectious diseases.
World Health Organization (WHO) warned Asian-Pacific region is leading the world in number of tuberculosis due to drug-resistant TB germs. /.
