WHO Chief: Swine Flu Could Cripple Health Services in Poor Nations

June 15, 2009
By Fid Thompson

World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan warned that the current swine flu pandemic could cripple fragile health services in poor countries.

"Developing countries have the greatest vulnerability and the least resilience. They will be hit the hardest and take the longest to recover," she told a U.N. forum on global health.

Last week, WHO raised its global alert to a maximum six, saying swine flu had reached pandemic status because of its geographical spread.

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