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WHO to send 200 million H1N1 Vaccines to poor countries

By Assam News on October 29, 2009 at 7:18 am

The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to send 200 million doses of H1N1 influenza virus vaccines to about 100 developing countries. In a press conference at the end of her visit to Cuba, WHO director-general Margaret Chan admitted that vaccine production capacity is limited, but said the WHO is working alongside UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to get manufacturers and other stakeholders to make vaccines available to poor countries.

Chan said the commitment they had obtained so far was to make 200 doses of vaccine available to the WHO within the coming year, and that the organization would send the medication on to developing countries, including Cuba. The head of the WHO said that one dose would be enough for adults, while children under 10 would require two doses to be protected against the so-called swine flu virus.

According to Chan, 25 manufacturers around the world were producing the vaccine, although not all clinical tests were complete yet. She added that the WHO has sent to 121 developing nations doses of the antiviral drug Tamiflu, which is widely used to treat H1N1 patients. WHO is promoting measures to combat the virus beyond pharmaceutical methods, from simple handwashing to education about respiratory diseases.



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