Friday, October 21, 2005

H5N1 News: Canada hosts international flu conference

Bob Brewin writes in Government Health IT:

Canada will host a two-day international conference on pandemic influenza Oct. 24 -25 for health ministers or senior health officials from about 30 countries as well as delegations from international health organizations, such as the World Health Organization.

At a Thursday press briefing, Ian Shugart, assistant deputy minister at Health Canada, said the purpose of the meeting is to encourage all nations to "collaborate on a global planning effort to reduce the risk of a possible influenza pandemic.”

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