We have new approaches tailored to the epidemiological situation and operational challenges in each of the four remaining countries.
WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health by providing technical advice on aspects of the epidemiological and laboratory investigations of the outbreak.
This report will provide extensive new epidemiological and economic data about the costs of chronic disease and the need for urgent action to turn back this growing global threat.
This gives us a vast body of scientific, clinical, and epidemiological data to assess.
Scientific evidence on the distribution of cancer in the population can be obtained through carefully planned and executed epidemiological studies.
WHO is also providing support to the Ministries of Health of the two countries with epidemiological investigations, active case finding and follow-up of contacts.
In epidemiological terms, there is generally a background of sporadic cases, with occasional outbreaks.
In the African meningitis belt, improved epidemiological surveillance and prompt case management with oily chloramphenicol - the standard antibiotic treatment - are used to control epidemics.
However the precise epidemiological role of this reservoir is not yet well known.
The ministry has asked the Sichuan authorities to strengthen treatment of the patient, search all the people who had close contact with Bao and conduct relevant epidemiological investigation.
The GACVS will continue to review the evidence, including any epidemiological data, that might emerge from on-going studies.
Procedures for collecting financial and epidemiological data, and other information about programme performance, must be systematically improved.
WHO is also providing technical and material support to the Ministry of Health to strengthen epidemiological and laboratory surveillance, including provision of laboratory confirmation supplies.
There is no epidemiological evidence on hostility alone.
Results of the epidemiological investigation are pending.
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