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  1. WHO Says Confirmed H1N1 Deaths Worldwide Reach 1,799
  2. WHO reports that the H1N1 virus has claimed the lives of 1,154 worldwide since the virus emerged in April.
  3. Fellows from the Global Health Corps are working w/ GHSI's SACIDS: http://tinyurl.com/nozpgb. See: http://www.ghsi.org/projects/sacids.html
  4. Middle East countries take preventative measures to limit swine flu infections during this year's Hajj: http://tinyurl.com/l9ldrq
  5. Around 340 new cases of TB have been detected amongst those displaced from the war-affected areas in Pakistan: http://tinyurl.com/nxu99u
  6. With support from NTI and others, ProMED-mail has developed six regional internet-based reporting systems. Visit www.promedmail.org
  7. The worldwide death toll from the H1N1 (swine flu) virus has doubled in the past month, reaching over 700.
  8. Egypt reports first H1N1 death. For information on GHSI's work in the Middle East, see www.mecids.org
  9. Check out the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Network (MBDS) website at www.mbdsoffice.com
  10. "I view the fight against infectious disease as a security imperative as well as a health imperative"-Senator Sam Nunn, Co-Chairman of NTI
  11. We are honored to welcome Dr. David Heymann as Special Adviser for Health Security to NTI Board of Directors
  12. If you'd like to subscribe to GHSI Newsletter, email us at globalhealthandsecurity@nti.org
  13. Read Senator Nunn's statement about CHORDS: http://bit.ly/p7X1D
  14. GHSI has launched CHORDS to enhance capacity for infectious disease surveillance around the world. http://www.ghsi.org/projects/chords.html
  15. An international group of experts is gathering in Moscow this week to discuss how to better connect human and animal health surveillance.
  16. CHORDS Steering Committee held teleconference today to discuss Goals and Objectives and to plan for the March 2010 conference in France
  17. MECIDS Executive Board conducted teleconference last week to discuss status of H1N1 in the region.
  18. For more info on the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS), visit: http://www.ghsi.org/projects/sacids.html
  19. SACIDS to receive funding from Wellcome Trust's African Institutions Initiative. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2009/Features/WTX055738.htm
  20. Global Health and Security Initiative has joined Twitter. Visit us at http://www.ghsi.org/