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27.01.2016 - Oslo Ekaterina Pashevich
Norway Wants WHO to Take Zika seriously
Norway asks World Health Organization to hold an emergency meeting in order to beat the unknown and dangerous virus.
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- WHO should decide whether the epidemic desease of Zika is to be considered as global public health crisis, a definition that requires meeting several criteria, told VG John-Arne R?ttingen, infection control director from Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI). The number of cases of this desease is much greater than usual, according to R?ttingen, and it has the potential to cause a major impact on public health.
If Zika virus desease gets such a definition, the World Health Organization (WHO) will recommend a number of measures that countries need to undertake in order to act in accordance with the International Health Regulations.
- It will also attract greater attention to vaccine development, adds R?ttingen to NTB.
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- The visible damage, caused by Zika, is possibly just the tip of the iceberg. There may be many neurological consequences, but it is too early to say anything about it, comments R?ttingen.
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http://www.tnp.no/norway/panorama/5209-norway-wants-who-to-take-zika-seriously
Norway Wants WHO to Take Zika seriously
Norway asks World Health Organization to hold an emergency meeting in order to beat the unknown and dangerous virus.
...
- WHO should decide whether the epidemic desease of Zika is to be considered as global public health crisis, a definition that requires meeting several criteria, told VG John-Arne R?ttingen, infection control director from Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI). The number of cases of this desease is much greater than usual, according to R?ttingen, and it has the potential to cause a major impact on public health.
If Zika virus desease gets such a definition, the World Health Organization (WHO) will recommend a number of measures that countries need to undertake in order to act in accordance with the International Health Regulations.
- It will also attract greater attention to vaccine development, adds R?ttingen to NTB.
...
- The visible damage, caused by Zika, is possibly just the tip of the iceberg. There may be many neurological consequences, but it is too early to say anything about it, comments R?ttingen.
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http://www.tnp.no/norway/panorama/5209-norway-wants-who-to-take-zika-seriously