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Vietnam is improving science communication
Other countries could learn from Vietnam's progress on communicating science and risk, says Son Kim Phan.
Time to count the burden of foodborne disease
Many people suffer or die from foodborne disease each year — but how many? Arie Havelaar believes a WHO initiative will find out.
OPINION | 17 November 2008 | EN
It's a long road to a H5N1 vaccine stockpile
Tadataka Yamada, Alice Dautry and Mark Walport want to see better coordination and financing for a global H5N1 virus vaccine stockpile.
Asia-Pacific should have own vaccines stockpiles
Laurie Garrett and David P. Fidler argue that a stockpile of H5N1 vaccine for Asia-Pacific countries will counter virus-sharing problems.
Africa 'cannot meet WHO bird flu priorities'
Avian influenza remains a grave danger to Africa, say Folorunso O. Fasina, Shahn P. Bisschop and Robert G. Webster.
WHO regulations tough for developing nations
Developing nations do not have the capacity to meet the core requirements of the WHO's new international health regulations, says an editorial in The Lancet.
OPINION | 29 May 2007 | EN
Affordable pandemic influenza vaccines for all
Developing countries must have equal access to affordable influenza pandemic vaccines, says an editorial in The Lancet.
OPINION | 19 February 2007 | EN
Bird flu data must be made public – and fast
The world badly needs a comprehensive, public database of information on bird flu outbreaks in people and animals, says a Nature editorial.
OPINION | 17 March 2006 | EN
China's bird flu strategy 'needs overhaul'
An editorial in Nature argues that China's reluctance to join global efforts to control bird flu points to the need for a new strategy.
UN bird flu summit must answer five key questions
An editorial in The Lancet highlights five key questions facing a major international summit on bird flu hosted by UN agencies and the World Bank.
Bird flu threat needs open, coordinated response
An editorial in The Lancet says we need an open and well-coordinated response to the threat of a global flu pandemic.
Bird flu: in favour of contingency plans
Kenneth Tsang and colleagues say governments should compare available flu drugs and question the patents that limit their production.
How to warn the public about bird flu
Governments need to think carefully about how to inform a sceptical public of the risks of bird flu, say risk communicators Peter Sandman and Jody Lanard.
OPINION | 20 July 2005 | EN
Global inaction on bird flu is 'scandalous'
The failure of governments to face the threat of a bird flu pandemic is scandalous, says an editorial in Nature.
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