Ban: UN needs 1 billion dollars for swine flu
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Geneva- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said ahead of a meeting with donors Monday that his organization would need 1 billion dollars to deal with the swine flu pandemic. "We need to get more resources available," Ban told reporters in Geneva, calling for "global solidarity." While vaccine manufacturers had said they would have doses ready by the autumn, the funds to help the world's poorer nations deal with the H1N1 virus were still lacking, he said.
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Root causes
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Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:56:27 GMT
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Maybe some of that money could go to inspecting the deplorable conditions in factory "farms" (not only in Mexico) and ultimately, shutting them down. I admire the reporter's refusal to change "swine flu" to H1N1. We need to be reminded of the connection between disease and widespread infection present in large-scale pig, cow, and chicken production. Sanitizing language and turning a blind eye to the root causes will only result in more suffering (for both human and non-human animals).
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