MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1992
5
WHO MEETING ON CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
ON
THE EMPHASIS ON THE CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IS NOW
SECRETARY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS, THE FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THIS WAS STATED IN HER WELCOMING ADDRESS WHICH WAS DELIVERED AT THE OPENING ON HER BEHALF BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE,
ON THE CEREMONY OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) THIRD MEETING CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU.
то BE "THE OLD PRINCIPLE OF CORDONS SANITARIES HAS BEEN FOUND
PREVENTION OF THE IN THE AN EFFECTIVE MEASURE OF CONTROL INTRODUCTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, SHE ADDED.
NOT
"THE
DOWN-SIDE:
CONVENIENCE COMMUNICABLE
EASILY," MRS WONG STATED.
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AND SPEED OF MODERN TRAVEL HAVE THEIR DISEASES CAN TRAVEL AND
AS
JUST SPREAD
"THIS IS PARTICULARLY PERTINENT WHEN WE FACE SUCH VOLUME CROSS-BORDER TRADE AND TRAVEL NOWADAYS."
AN ENORMOUS
DISEASES COMMUNICABLE MRS WONG NOTED THAT THE CONTROL OF ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.
WAS
HOWEVER, SHE SAID, EFFORTS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL GOVERNMENT WERE NOT ENOUGH.
ALONE
SAID,
CLOSE
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL CONTROL
PROMPT DISSEMINATION WAS
COLLABORATION EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INFORMATION AMONG HEALTH AUTHORITIES.
OF
ЗНЕ
AND
OF
THESE, MRS WONG SAID, HAD
ENABLED TIMELY
PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURES AND FACILITATED PREVENTION OF POSSIBLE OUTBREAKS.
THE
SO
FAR
STAND
WAS CONFIDENT THAT SECRETARY
LIAISON THE ESTABLISHED WOULD STRENGTHEN AND DELEGATES TO THE MEETING WILL TOGETHER IN READINESS TO PROMOTE BETTER HEALTH FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.
FIRST TIME, THE BIENNIAL MEETING, HOSTED BY HONG KONG FOR THE IS CONVENED BY THE REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC OF THE WHO.
SOME 50 HEALTH OFFICIALS FROM THE PARTICIPATING AREAS ATTENDING THE THREE-DAY MEETING.
WILL BE
AND
THE OF
AS SUCH
AIDS CHOLERA, WILL DISCUSS TOPICS THEY STRENGTHENING OF POSSIBLE CO-OPERATION IN SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, PARTICULARLY IN THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.
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