Dr. Nabarro Quotations

Fingers-crossed, it's going to be a good-sized pledge. I think most of the countries are aware of the seriousness and the need to move money to poor countries.

Fingers-crossed it's going to be a good-sized pledge.

Some of the challenges we face now are really quite dramatic and call for a lot of technical expertise.

Most people see this as a long-term challenge. The short-term money is needed because we have some services that are stretched, but we need a long-term approach.

They're what's required to help countries put in place their influenza programs and to get much better and effective control. They're also monies that are required by the international organizations.

We cannot afford to be in any way complacent. The fact that there are human cases of bird flu being reported at quite regular intervals now means that the disease is still quite serious.

Avian influenza is a big threat. It is spreading throughout the world.

I'm sad to say we have not had a significant influx of cash for bird flu over the last two years since we've really started to get worried about it.

Unfortunately, we cannot tell when the mutation might happen, or where it might happen, or how unpleasant the mutant virus will turn out to be. Nevertheless, we must remain on high alert for the possibility of sustained human-to-human transmission and of a pandemic starting at any time.

It may well shift from Turkey into other European countries. The good news is that in Turkey it has only involved a small number of people.