世衛與製藥聯繫專家辭去審查小組

WHO experts with ties to pharma resign from review panel
世衛與製藥聯繫專家辭去審查小組
By Jane Burgermeister
2 experts resign from WHO swine flu review panel
(AP) – 18 hours ago

GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that two members of an expert panel reviewing the global body’s response to the swine flu outbreak have resigned over concerns about perceived conflict of interest.
日內瓦 - 世界衛生組織週二表示，一個負責檢討全球機構對豬流感疫情反應的專家小組的兩名成員已辭職，在關注到理解的利益衝突。
John MacKenzie and Tony Evans stepped down because their close association with the UN health organization during the outbreak could be seen as conflicting with the panel’s ability to remain independent, WHO said.
約翰麥肯齊和托尼埃文斯下台，因為在爆發時期他們與聯合國衛生組織的密切聯繫，可被視為與小組的能力保持獨立有所衝突，世界衛生組織說。
“Both have been closely engaged in deliberations at WHO which our committee is charged to review,” said panel chairman Harvey Fineberg. “They each concluded it would be better to avoid the position as reviewer of their own earlier actions.”

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2世衛專家辭去豬流感審查小組
2 experts resign from WHO swine flu review panel
(AP) – 22 hours ago

GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that two members of an expert panel reviewing the global body's response to the swine flu outbreak have resigned over concerns about perceived conflict of interest.

John MacKenzie and Tony Evans stepped down because their close association with the UN health organization during the outbreak could be seen as conflicting with the panel's ability to remain independent, WHO said.

"Both have been closely engaged in deliberations at WHO which our committee is charged to review," said panel chairman Harvey Fineberg. "They each concluded it would be better to avoid the position as reviewer of their own earlier actions."

Mackenzie, a professor of tropical infectious diseases at Curtin University in Australia, and Evans, medical chief of the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization, were on the emergency committee that advised WHO's Director-General Margaret Chan before she declared swine flu a pandemic.

WHO convened the panel in April to conduct a "credible and independent review" of how it and national authorities handled the outbreak. Concerns were raised at the time that several panel members were trusted WHO advisers and government employees who could end up whitewashing any failures.

The review panel will present a final report next year.

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世衛: 甲流至少造成18156人死
2010-6-12

【大公網訊】一年前的6月11日，世界衛生組織宣布，21世紀的全球首次流感大流行已經到來。一年之後的今天，世界衛生組織發布公報說，甲型H1N1流感在全球造成至少18156人死亡，但總體而言，目前流行程度較低。

世衛組織說，在熱帶，僅有東南亞和加勒比海等地區甲型流感病毒傳播仍較活躍，但正呈下降趨勢；而在溫帶，北半球有零星甲型H1N1流感病例出現；南半球則僅有智利和烏拉圭兩個國家報告有少量病例。

不過專家指出，儘管甲型流感目前流行程度較低，但兒童和孕婦應繼續保持警惕。此外，甲型流感死亡數字毫無疑問被低估，實際死亡人數可能是目前公布數字的數倍。

本月初，世衛組織總幹事陳馮富珍曾表示，世衛組織目前仍維持甲型流感最高警戒級別6級不變，但由各國科學家組成的世衛組織緊急委員會將在7月中旬再次召開會議，研判甲型流感的流行形勢。

2009年6月11日，世衛組織把甲型H1N1流感警戒級別提升至最高級6級。這是該組織40多年來首次將流感警戒級別提升至6級。

來源：新華網
http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/10/06/12/zhuliugan01-1271404.htm