WHO predicts that the annual volume produced vaccines against influenza A/H1N1 will be approximately 3 billion doses, and this amount is not sufficient to protect the world's population
It is said in a statement today by WHO, according to RIA Novosti.
Projected level of medication is likely to be insufficient to provide "the world's population, which accounts for 6.8 billion people at a time when in reality each is subject to the risk of infection to new, rapidly spreading virus," the statement said.
Earlier, experts from the organization believed that in 2010 will be produced 4.9 billion doses, but last week a representative of WHO said that in fact the number of doses produced will be much less.
Specialists have repeatedly expressed concerns that not all countries are able to provide its citizens with vaccines of new type of flu.
According to WHO, 85 out of 193 members of the organizations reported that they had no opportunity to obtain such drugs.
However, the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Britain, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and previously announced their intention to share with those less well off medication to combat new flu within the next 6-8 months.
At the same time, clinical trials conducted by WHO, show that even one dose of medication will be sufficient to protect against the influenza A/H1N1 «healthy adults and older children."
Recall the number of cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the world has exceeded 308,000, and the number of deaths from him close to 4.2 thousand cases.
It is said in a statement today by WHO, according to RIA Novosti.
Projected level of medication is likely to be insufficient to provide "the world's population, which accounts for 6.8 billion people at a time when in reality each is subject to the risk of infection to new, rapidly spreading virus," the statement said.
Earlier, experts from the organization believed that in 2010 will be produced 4.9 billion doses, but last week a representative of WHO said that in fact the number of doses produced will be much less.
Specialists have repeatedly expressed concerns that not all countries are able to provide its citizens with vaccines of new type of flu.
According to WHO, 85 out of 193 members of the organizations reported that they had no opportunity to obtain such drugs.
However, the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Britain, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and previously announced their intention to share with those less well off medication to combat new flu within the next 6-8 months.
At the same time, clinical trials conducted by WHO, show that even one dose of medication will be sufficient to protect against the influenza A/H1N1 «healthy adults and older children."
Recall the number of cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the world has exceeded 308,000, and the number of deaths from him close to 4.2 thousand cases.
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