Global Health Progress

THE Government is still studying the outbreak of swine flu in North America before coming up with measures to stop the spread of the virus to Uganda, officials of the health ministry and WHO said yesterday. “We have never experienced the disease here,” said Nicholas Kauta, the commissioner for livestock health and entomology. “So we have to go back to our books to find out all the risk factors before we can come up with an official position or control measures.” He noted that diagnosing and treating foreign diseases was difficult since there was no local experience available.

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