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1. News - China - HEALTH

   H7N9 human transmission possible but 'highly sporadic', says health expert

   Posted Apr 18th 2013, 11:39am by Ernest Kao

   ... director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) health emergency centre. “Long-term and unprotected exposure to the infected person might result in another human ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1217287/h7n9-human-transmission-possible-highly-sporadic-says-health-expert
2. News - China - HYGIENE

   Public go potty over ministry's plan to use flies to measure toilet health

   Posted Feb 24th 2013, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... News China Public toilets Hygiene Flies Ministry of Health Public Health Minnie Chan minnie.chan@scmp.com Users thumb their noses at ministry's proposal to measure a restroom's smell status The public was far from abuzz with praise yesterday for draft Ministry of Health guidelines for improving the mainland's notoriously awful public toilets, whose cleanliness ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1157290/public-go-potty-over-ministrys-plan-use-flies-measure-toilet-health
3. News - China - HEALTH CARE

   Reforming mainland hospitals 'a tough job'

   Posted Feb 27th 2013, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... News China China Public hospitals Health Care Zhuang Pinghui pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com Nearly four years after the mainland embarked on comprehensive reform of its health-care system, the health minister says changing public hospitals is the trickiest task he faces in the next three years. "The hard part is to reform the public hospital system," Dr Chen Zhu said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1159356/reforming-mainland-hospitals-tough-job
4. News - China - HEALTH CARE

   China's public health insurance to cover greater ground

   Posted Sep 19th 2012, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and five other government agencies promised greater protection for people with public health insurance policies in rural areas as well as for unemployed people ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1040204/chinas-public-health-insurance-cover-greater-ground
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion - LEADER

   Beijing needs to give world full picture of bird flu outbreak

   Posted Apr 07th 2013, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... of Sars in the mainland in late 2002. Though a decade apart, both outbreaks emerged at an inopportune time for a public health crisis - between the national party congress in November ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1208610/beijing-needs-give-world-full-picture-bird-flu-outbreak
6. News - Hong Kong - IN THE SPOTLIGHT

   After Sars, Hong Kong leads the way in fighting infectious diseases

   Posted Apr 14th 2013, 12:00am by Lana Lam

   ... he said. "[If Sars returns] it will not cause a big disaster again. It will not have the chance." Peiris, of HKU's School of Public Health, was among the first to crack the DNA ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1214100/after-sars-hong-kong-leads-way-fighting-infectious-diseases
7. News - China - BIRD FLU

   Poultry farms may be H7N9 source, study finds

   Posted May 19th 2013, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... by the National Health and Family Planning Commission yesterday. The report said H7N9 had a higher potential for human-to-human transmission than any other known bird-flu virus, but added ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1240896/poultry-farms-may-be-h7n9-source-study-finds
8. News - China - BIRD FLU

   Shanghai hospitals on alert after new bird flu deaths

   Posted Apr 01st 2013, 09:38pm by He Huifeng, Lo Wei and Lawrence Chung

   ... worked as a butcher, the state-backed Health News said on its website yesterday, suggesting a transmission route. The head of the school of public health at Fudan University played down ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1204959/china-strengthens-checks-after-new-bird-flu-deaths
9. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   Girl, 4, isolated amid fears of deadly coronavirus

   Posted Mar 25th 2013, 12:00am by Dennis Chong

   ... adenovirus, a member of the cold virus family. Nevertheless, health officials warned Hongkongers to stay vigilant against the new virus. Last night, rapid tests were carried out on the girl from ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1198916/girl-4-isolated-amid-fears-deadly-coronavirus
10. News - China - HEALTH

    Beijing will not 'exclude possibility' of H7N9 infections

    Posted Apr 04th 2013, 11:59am by Ernest Kao

    ... But CDC deputy director Pang Xinhuo urged the public not to panic and said the city would be prepared to take “thorough and seamless control measures” if there were any suspected infection cases. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1206864/beijing-will-not-exclude-possibility-h7n9-infections

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