BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Public Health is staging an
international conference on Ebola-response measures in the Asean
sub-region.
The two-day event, which began yesterday, is being held at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel in the capital.
Those attending include the public health ministers from Thailand,
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Vietnam, China, Japan and South Korea. Prime Minister General
Prayut Chan-o-cha presided over the opening ceremony.
World Health
Organisation (WHO) director Margaret Chan gave the keynote address via
video conference call from WHO headquarters in Switzerland.
The conference aims to raise awareness of Ebola and establish grounds
for the handling of any cases of the deadly disease in Asean Plus 3
member countries.
Topics on the menu include prevention measures, the
treatment of Ebola patients, laboratory diagnosis, cooperation in terms
of medical human resources, and consideration for the possibility of
sending aides to nations facing the disease.
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