Saturday, April 11, 2009

Egypt emphasizes the transparency of its dealings with the issue of bird flu

CAIRO: The Ministry of Health in Egypt is that it deals with the issue of bird flu, with full transparency, denying press reports to cover up the 27 cases of the disease.

The researchers pointed out that the first confirmed case of bird flu among humans in Egypt in March 17, 2006 and the government to deal with this important health issue with full transparency and clarity not cover the case of one confirmed case.

The researchers explained that the ministry had announced the position of suspected cases of the disease periodically and the result of awareness campaigns among citizens that the frequency of the Ministry of Health hospitals and the situation of 6443, which are dealt with as cases of suspicion to be sure that there is infection.

He appealed to the Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali all media to ensure that information disseminated so as not to result in a state of panic among citizens.

For his part, Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Egypt is dealt with utmost transparency internationally All information related to the emergence of infectious disease among birds and humans have been transferred to the public and frankly, the World Health Organization, international organizations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced last Sunday, the discovery of 63 infected humans from bird flu, of a child at the age of six years from the province north of Cairo, Qaliubiya, according to the Ministry of Health, 23 patients have died since the beginning of the injuries documented in 2006, which prompted the Egyptian authorities in the culling of large quantities of birds.

The women and children were among those who raise birds in Egypt, and thus are more susceptible to the disease, since more than 90 per cent of the injured were female adults or children, while women accounted for three quarters of all deaths.

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GMT: Saturday, .11-4 - 2009 Time: 3:15 p.m.
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