OTTAWA The possibility of a bird flu pandemic is the topic, as health
ministers and experts from around the world gather in Canada's
capital.
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin says the ministers should enter
the conference with the understanding that no one country can stand
along in trying to deal with a potential spread. He says developed
nations have an obligation to help poorer countries by sharing
strategies, drugs and testing procedures.
Martin is holding up his country's preparations as a model. Canada has
stockpiles of the antiviral drug Tamiflu, and an action plan in place.
It also has the experience of 44 lives claimed to the deadly SARS
epidemic in Toronto two years ago.
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