WHO Iraq Situation Feb. 7

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   Latest update from WHO. I don't recall them setting up EOC's or bringing in as many emergency supplies into any other country. possibly it is because of a lack of a Government in Iraq or it is very posible that the situation is much worse then anyone is reporting.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_02_07/en/index.html

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Teagen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: February 06 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 45	Post Options Post Reply Quote Teagen Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: WHO Iraq Situation Feb. 7 Posted: February 07 2006 at 10:45am
	Latest update from WHO. I don't recall them setting up EOC's or bringing in as many emergency supplies into any other country. possibly it is because of a lack of a Government in Iraq or it is very posible that the situation is much worse then anyone is reporting. http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_02_07/en/index.html

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 07 2006 at 10:50am
	"Government officials have expressed a need for emergency supplies and equipment, including antiviral drugs, and these have already begun to arrive in the country. A 24-hour emergency operations centre has been set up in the WHO regional office in Cairo to facilitate coordination and provide back-up support. The transportation of patient samples for diagnostic confirmation has encountered difficulties. Ways to strengthen local testing capacity are being explored together with ways to expedite the shipment of samples to WHO reference laboratories. The team has noted a need to upgrade biosafety standards in local and national laboratories. Intensive culling of poultry is under way in the area; improved diagnostic capacity for poultry is needed to focus these efforts better. Training to enhance the diagnostic capacity of veterinary laboratories and improve surveillance has already begun. Requests for essential supplies, including diagnostic reagents, are being met. The area has around 1.3 million poultry mainly raised by individual households, who depend on these animals for income and food. Discussions are under way to develop a compensation scheme that could lessen the hardship on these families." I think they are up the creek without a paddle. "The transportation of patient samples for diagnostic confirmation has encountered difficulties. Ways to strengthen local testing capacity are being explored together with ways to expedite the shipment of samples to WHO reference laboratories. The team has noted a need to upgrade biosafety standards in local and national laboratories." Edited by Rick

Ella Fitzgerald Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: January 15 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 586	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ella Fitzgerald Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 07 2006 at 1:10pm
	Well this is the most detailed update I think WHO has given in quite a long time. Now if they can just get ahead of the ball and get the lead out....

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 07 2006 at 1:34pm
	Is it feasible to test in the field for H5N1? I understand that it might take a bus load of equipment but you would think that a lab in the field to determine on the spot what you are dealing with would make sense.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 07 2006 at 1:41pm
	It dosen't look very good, at all, but maybe it's just the country is so run down that it does need this level of help. I sure hope so anyway

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 07 2006 at 1:55pm
	Bear in mind that when in Iraq, you must negotiate around, W.M.D.'s , Weapons of Mass Deception. Don't forget IED's , Improvised Explanations & Deceptions 2-cents from the peanut gallery.

Corn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: December 13 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1219	Post Options Post Reply Quote Corn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 07 2006 at 3:40pm
	As usual the WHO teams arrive in the north and there are already a death and possible out break in the South. WE are screwed for even reading about the WHO or expecting any results and solutions from them. Just resign yourself to ignore the WHO. The are the keystone cops of world medicine. WHO? WHO?
	Speculation is the only tool we have with a threat that can circle the globe in 30 days. Test results&news is slow.Factor in human conditions,politics, money&bingo!The truth!Facts come after the fact.

swankyc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: January 11 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 314	Post Options Post Reply Quote swankyc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 07 2006 at 5:53pm
	Rick, you can have your two cents back.
	I'm not afraid, I'm paranoid. Dont talk too loud, they are listening.