NEW YORK The World Health Organization has now officially declared the H1N1 flu virus to be a global pandemic.

The spectre of avian flu threatens parts of Asia and Europe and the disease could become a global pandemic.

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The challenges that most define this era nuclear proliferation, terrorism, global climate change, and pandemic disease can be managed only collectively.

Another important aspect of the Sorority's health initiatives focuses on educating the global community on how to decrease the AIDS pandemic.

Alberta released the Alberta Pandemic Contingency Plan in November 2003, in order to be prepared for pandemic influenza.

Deeply concerned that the global HIV AIDS pandemic disproportionately impacts women and girls, and that the majority of new HIV infections occur among young people,

A pandemic is a worldwide epidemic.

The HIV pandemic continues to escalate.

Noting with grave concern the continuing spread of the HIV AIDS pandemic in the region, which requires coordinated action at the national, regional and global levels,

Africa s AIDS pandemic is well known its malaria pandemic, which will claim three million lives and a billion illnesses this year, is not.

Perhaps people have come to feel less , not more, secure about their long term future, either because of fears about terrorism, a global pandemic, or a severe rash of financial crises.

1918 Spanish flu pandemic When the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic reached Toronto, Earhart was engaged in arduous nursing duties including night shifts at the Spadina Military Hospital.

2. Don t over reassure. So far, this pandemic is mild.

In addition to the challenges I have just referred to, we are faced with two crises of global scope the pandemic explosion of HIV AIDS and the serious threats posed by climate change.

It's been working to help control pandemic flu, SARS for example.

Some scientists today predict a repeat of an avian flu pandemic.

International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza Statement of core principles

Do you want to view the pandemic threat the way back in the 1950s people viewed the civil defense issue, and build your own little bomb shelter for pandemic flu?

As such, it is a focal point in global concerns of avian influenza (H5N1), as a major outbreak here could spread the virus across Europe and Asia, further increasing the chances of a pandemic.

It's one way to start looking at intervention with the AIDS pandemic.

15 percent said they thought there'd be a pandemic within three years.

We must face up to the risk of an avian influenza pandemic.

The HIV AIDS pandemic poses serious social and economic challenges to Africa.

And it didn't occur because GPHIN found the pandemic to be of SARS three months before WHO actually announced it, and because of that we were able to stop the SARS pandemic.

The special session of the General Assembly held in June 2000 identified new obstacles and challenges for women's rights and equality such as the uneven benefits of the global economy and the HIV AIDS pandemic.

Yes, the world faces its first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years.

In short, we must remain vigilant and continue actively to manage this pandemic.

But nothing will be done until Europe wakes up and faces its pandemic.

The mortality rate was nearly five times that of the 1918 19 pandemic.

In the context of the HIV AIDS pandemic, gender inequality has proven fatal.

The HIV AIDS pandemic continues to pose grave challenges to our development efforts.

At that time, no one had foreseen the escalation of the AIDS pandemic.

The HIV AIDS pandemic has inflicted the single greatest reversal in human development.

Although funding had increased, the response to the pandemic was massively under resourced.

Failure to share potentially pandemic viral strains with world health agencies is morally reprehensible.

The pandemic has a great effect on youth, weakening family and social coping mechanisms.

Calls for the improvement of the global public health preparedness and response systems, including systems of prevention and monitoring of infectious diseases, to better cope with major diseases, in particular a human influenza pandemic arising from avian influenza

6. Calls for the improvement of the global public health preparedness and response systems, including systems of prevention and monitoring of infectious diseases, to better cope with major diseases, in particular a human influenza pandemic arising from avian influenza

A few times each year, the world is reminded that a pandemic threat is immanent.

Beyond this pandemic, there almost certainly lurks another down the road potentially far more serious.

We are facing many crises food, energy, recession, and pandemic flu occurring all at once.

The HIV AIDS pandemic has had other wide ranging effects on households in rural areas.

Women in the region were also particularly vulnerable in relation to the HIV AIDS pandemic.

I have the honour to transmit herewith the core principles adopted by the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza at a meeting held on 6 and 7 October 2005, noting the global cooperation needed to address health emergencies (see annex).