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WHO Office Will Help Developing Countries Detect And Control Epidemics, Emerging Diseases.
2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
The World Health Organization (WHO) with the support of the Municipality of Lyon, France; the French Government; and the Marcel Merieux Foundation, opened a WHO Office in Lyon on February 8, 2001.
This Office is part of the WHO Department of Communicable Diseases, Surveillance and Response (CSR) at WHO, Geneva.
"Communicable diseases, especially those that can cause epidemics, often strike developing countries which lack the capacity and experience to rapidly diagnose and respond to outbreaks," said Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of WHO at the inauguration of the Office. "The main mission of the new WHO Office in Lyon is to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to contain epidemics and emerging diseases, including the detection of drug resistance. By doing this it will contribute to global health security," she added.
Laboratories have a crucial role to play. They have to provide quick and reliable information on the causative agent of the epidemic, the most effective course of treatment for patients, and which measures must be taken to prevent the spread of such epidemics.
The Office in Lyon will help with the technical training of specialists from all over the world who work to control epidemics. When they return to their countries, they will be better able to contribute effectively to rapid detection of the main epidemic and emerging diseases.
Such diseases know no frontiers. Because of the mobility of people and goods, a communicable disease occurring in one country can, the next day, find itself transmitted to another anywhere in the world. It is therefore vital that the available information on any new epidemic rapidly be ...
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