Epidemics Quotes

We need more people evacuated immediately to Europe as well as to the other regional countries. In the camps, it's only a matter of hours or days before we have epidemics that can become full-blown health hazards. - Paula Ghedini

We know that there has been some excellent work by governments and nongovernmental organizations in the wake of the tsunami -- the speed and scale of the response meant that lives were saved and many predicted outbreaks of epidemics were contained -- but it is not enough. - Miloon Kothari

We can make better use of very limited resources to prevent outbreaks of these epidemics. - Tim Palmer

This new technology should help provide better global influenza surveillance by making it easier for more laboratories to swiftly identify severe flu strains, which in turn may aid health officials to stem potential flu epidemics and even pandemics. - Kathy Rowlen

There have been much, much worse epidemics in previous years... But what were seeing now, with the 16,000- to 17,000-plus cases, is something that one must pay attention to. - Anthony Fauci

There has been no second wave of deaths, no massive population movement down the mountains, no severe malnutrition, and no outbreak of epidemics. - Jamie McGoldrick

There are other countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, they have also emerging AIDS epidemics. So what is going on here in Indonesia is going to be highly relevant to other parts of the world. - Peter Piot

There are no global epidemics like there were in the past. Just local ones. - Eugene Kaspersky