Asian experts meet to prepare pandemic response
AFP
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Senior experts from Southeast Asian nations met in Cambodia on Monday to discuss preparations for major pandemics that can cause huge losses of life and disruption to the region.
More than 100 high-level participants from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), UN agencies and international bodies, including the World Health Organisation, attended the five-day regional event, the first of its kind.
The exercise aims to improve the capabilities of ASEAN member states, both individually and collectively, to prepare for and respond to a severe pandemic with potentially devastating effects on the region, according to officials.
Read more at:
