43 Quotes by David Nabarro

The virus now has very definitely found its way into the African subcontinent, and we have a different situation that has emerged with even more H5N1 in our world.

The village knew about the dangers from these diseased birds, but somehow that knowledge wasn't turned fully into practice.

The threat is still there. Avian influenza will continue to come to Ukraine ... health services must be ready and prepared to deal with people who are infected with avian flu and to be ready for the possible arrival of human-to-human transmission.

African countries and the United Nations system must contribute resources to make up for this, in the hope that development partners will react rapidly.

Act as though a pandemic influenza will start tomorrow. Don't think we can wait around and not worry it won't start for six months or one year. Once, it starts it is too late to prepare.

The more I find out about an influenza pandemic and the lack of readiness, the more I am concerned. But I am more hopeful about the scope for international cooperation.

The money is only the beginning. The process of preparing is going to require very careful monitoring and review, and that's the work ahead.

And then there will be an interval of perhaps six months until we have a reasonable quantity of vaccine.

That outbreak was noted by the villagers, but was not handled because they didn't report it in time. We have to work harder on helping to convert knowledge into practice.