Meeting Seeks Global Consensus, Highlights Global Disparities

摘要

If anyone needed more evidence that the threat of a flu pandemic has become a global priority, last week's meeting at World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters here provided it. Diplomats and health experts from more than 110 countries and a dozen international organizations expressed their worries, the World Bank and other organizations drew out their checkbooks, and more than 100 journalists queued to interview key speakers. The words "unprecedented" and "historic" were on many participants' lips.