The World Health Organization opened its annual meeting Monday amid concern that the H1N1 virus continues to spread and kill around the globe. The five-day meeting in Geneva, which involves health officials from the agency's 193 member states, will focus on fighting the H1N1 flu outbreak and efforts to produce a vaccine.
WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan will give recommendations on which companies should produce a vaccine, how much they should make and how it could best be distributed. The issue of producing a vaccine is sensitive, particularly for southern hemisphere countries where the annual flu season is about to begin. Seasonal flu claims as many as 500,000 lives a year globally.
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