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Indonesian leader meets U.S. health official over bird flu |
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19:27, April 14, 2008 |
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono discussed the issue of sending bird flu virus sample from the country to the World Health Organization with a senior U.S. health official here Monday.
The meeting between Susilo and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt mainly discussed procedures in the sending of virus sample to the WHO and Indonesia's access to bird flu medicines, Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari told reporters at the State Palace.
The Indonesian government demands a fair treatment from WHO, in terms that it can easily get the bird flu vaccine produced from a research using Indonesian samples, Supari said.
Indonesia has so far confirmed 133 bird flu cases in human with107 deaths since the virus was first reported in 2003.
Source: Xinhua
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