Dressed in hazardous materials suits, members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals march to the US Embassy in Manila. Global health chiefs have warned swine flu could soon hit much harder in the world's poorest countries and its spread in Asia was in danger of accelerating with the change of season.'Subtle, sneaky' swine flu could hit poor nations: WHO
Weekend • May 23, 2009
A WHO specialist pointed out on Thursday that most developing countries were simply not in a position to detect or track seasonal flu, let alone a potentially pandemic strain of swine flu.
But the UN health agency is helping poor countries to develop simplified means of detecting flu, such as by spotting clusters of unusual respiratory illness, a spokesman told AFP.
Most types of flu are more lethal for those who are weakened by other ailments. Poor countries carry the bulk o
