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Published 07/02/2009 by Xinhua News Agency

Mexico hosts two-day meeting on A/H1N1 flu

CANCUN, Mexico, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Mexico started hosting a two-day international meeting on Influenza A/H1N1 on Thursday, at which the director of the World Health Organization (WHO) gave a speech on information sharing and lessons learned from the deadly outbreak of the new pandemic. 'I hope this...

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...the new pandemic. "I hope this meeting helps us take major steps forward towards building new collective defenses against a menace that affects us all" Margaret Chan, the...

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...she noted. "This meeting also sends a message that this nation, which has been hard hit by the pandemic, is a safe place, as well as being beautiful and warm" she added...

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