News About Epidemics 09-NOV-09 en-us Geneva (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - The World Health Organisation on Friday called for closer monitoring of farm workers and animals for influenza A viruses, following recent cases in a wider range of creatures than pigs.]]> Kiev (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 - An epidemic of flu and respiratory infections has now taken 135 lives in Ukraine, the health ministry said, as the country Saturday received a new portion of medical aid from Europe.]]> Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - "There is a new man in South Africa," proclaims a new ad splashed across South African media, aiming to transform ideas about sexuality and to enlist the nation's men in the fight against AIDS.]]> Riyadh (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 - Saudi Arabia began vaccinating its population against swine flu on Saturday, with priority going to government employees working on the annual hajj pilgrimage that takes place later this month.]]> Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.]]> Belgrade (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Serbia on Thursday reported its third death from swine flu, a 58-year old woman with a heart condition, B92 radio said.]]> Ankara (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Four more people have died of swine flu in Turkey, bringing the national death toll from A(H1N1) to 19, the health ministry said Thursday.]]> New York (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - News that US swine flu vaccines, meant to be prioritized for the nation's most vulnerable, are being distributed to Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs sparked uproar Thursday.]]> Sofia (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Bulgaria has asked its fellow EU members for additional supplies of anti-viral drugs in the face of a looming nationwide swine flu epidemic, health minister Bozhidar Nanev said Thursday.]]> Kiev (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Health authorities in Ukraine said Thursday the death toll from an outbreak of flu and respiratory infections had risen to 95, but added the epidemic showed signs of easing.]]>