Beyond Pandemics

And made them virginal ,

So made them as maidens .

and We made them spotless virgins ,

And have made them virgins .

And made them virgins .

and shall have made them virgins ,

And made them virgins ,

and made them virgins ,

that We have created ( for the people of the right hand ) .

Then We have made them virgins ,

And made them virgin pure ( and undefiled ) ,

Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

Clearly, the epidemic will continue to spread.

At the same time, the pandemic reminds us that we need to think and act beyond it.

Tajikistan is currently in an early stage of development of the HIV AIDS epidemic.

Have we at least managed to contain the pandemic's impact?

But equally, as the President said, we have not turned back the epidemic.

But what I'd like to show you today is a means by which we might get not just rapid warning about an epidemic, but also actually early detection of an epidemic.

It is commendable that the outcome document clearly denounces this new plague of our time, which endangers the population of rich and poor countries alike.

Let me show you a simulation of what a pandemic looks like so we know what we're talking about.

Doctor Sami Bakir is working on the epidemic.

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

Stigmatization is so prevalent it has been referred to as the inevitable third epidemic , occurring after the silent epidemic of HIV infection and the AIDS epidemic.

The resulting epizootic (animal epidemic) affected more than 280,000 cows.

The total number of cases in that epidemic is estimated to have been 1.5 million.

It is now clear that the epidemic continues to outrun our efforts to contain it.

In regions where prevalence is still low and or concentrated in specific areas or population groups, the challenge is to halt the epidemic before it spreads to the general population.

The pandemic is as much a medical crisis as it is an economic, social and political crisis.

The epidemic represented an extraordinary threat to children in sub Saharan Africa.

Iraqi blogger Sunshine continues to blog about heartbreak, shootings, car bombings, kidnappings and people being killed around her, in an Iraq torn by war.

In 1996, endemic areas included Asia, Africa, and parts of South America.

(f) Intensifying training and research initiatives or programmes to strengthen the capacities of Governments to manage the epidemic

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

That epidemic has spread to all ten departments of the country, as well as to the capital, Port au Prince.

Throughout the epidemic, citizens have largely obeyed government guidelines and followed public health prescriptions.

In the midst of the epidemic, 66 of Mexicans believe that the country is regressing.

But we all know that to halt the pandemic, urgent and effective action must be taken now.

The other keynote speaker should address strategies to prevent the transmission of HIV and reduce the spread of the epidemic.

Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter, like so many other Zimbabwean children who've been orphaned by the epidemic.

Each post is a tribute to the fight against the epidemic, which only grows stronger through silence and misinformation.

Governments, international organizations, and people around the world are rightly focused on fighting it.

Trade ships brought the disease to the US, where an epidemic occurred in Philadelphia in 1780.

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