2007'02.01.Thu
MEDIA ADVISORY: Book Launch/Press Conference

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May 15, 2006

SARS: The Inside Story From WHO and the Lessons Learned for the Battle Against Avian Influenza
What single event in southern China was the likely start of the SARS epidemic? What was the strange combination of events on the ninth floor of a Hong Kong hotel that sent the virus on its deadly journey around the world? And why is one ill-fated flight from Hong Kong to Beijing still remembered with fear? For the first time, these and other questions are answered in a book that delivers the full inside story of those dramatic days in 2003 when it seemed severe acute respiratory system would bring Hong Kong and the world to their knees. "SARS: How a global epidemic was stopped" contains information never before brought together in one publication. Published by the Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization and written mainly by the experts and scientists who were in the thick of the battle, the 300-page book contains exclusive details of what happened in the incidents in Hong Kong and elsewhere that made SARS such a frightening phenomenon. The global launch of "SARS: How a global epidemic was stopped" will take place at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club on May 18, 2006. The press conference will be attended by the WHO official who directed the battle against SARS in the region, Dr Shigeru Omi, Regional Director for the Western Pacific. Dr Omi will examine the lessons learned from SARS and ask if Hong Kong and the world are now better prepared to face the threat from avian influenza or the next emerging disease. Complimentary copies of the book will be available at the venue while stocks last. Place: The Verandah, FCC, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central Date: 18 May 2006 Time 10am. More information can be found at http://www.wpro.who.int/publications/PUB_9290612134.htm . Downloadable illustrations from the book are at http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/sars_book . For further information, please contact: Peter Cordingley Spokesman for the Western Pacific Region, World Health Organization Tel: +63-917-844-3688 Email: cordingleyp@wpro.who.int. SOURCE World Health Organization
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