“China and other members should join efforts to combat serious infectious disease, such as bird flu. To enhance the cooperation on the prevention of bird flu is an important target of the organization, which includes Russia, China and four Central Asian states.” ShouldImportantStatesEffortFourSeriousMembersDiseaseBirdOrganizationChinaRussiaTargetCombatCooperationAsianFluPreventionInfectious DiseasesBird Flu Author:Wen Jiabao
“Maybe it's not as clear-cut as that. Maybe it's the very presence of one thing - light or darkness - that necessitates the existence of the other. Think about it, people couldn't become legendary heroes if they hadn't first done something to combat darkness. Doctors could do no good if there weren't diseases for them to treat.” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsDoneLightExistenceDarknessClearCuttingOne ThingHeroDiseaseDoctorsTreatsCombatLegendary Book:Embrace Source: Embrace
“Religion urges us to fight evil as contrary to the Divine Law. It urges us to combat abject misery, sin and disease because God is. In His name we can work, as we believe in co-operation with Him, since through Him goodness must ultimately prevail.” BelieveLawReligionFightingEvilNamesWomenSinDivineGoodnessDiseaseMiseryContraryOperationsUrgesCombatDivine Law Author:Lily Montagu
“A severe disease that transmits easily will leave very little international surge capacity as most countries will need their own staff and resources to combat the outbreak in their territories.” NeedsLittlesCountryDiseaseResourcesCapacityInternationalTerritoryCombatStaffSevereTransmitOutbreaks Author:Margaret Chan
“The public is being spoiled by good technical quality photographs in magazines, on television, in the movies, and they have become bored. The disease of our age is this boredom and a good photographer must successfully combat it. The only way to do this is by invention - by surprise.” WayAgeQualityTelevisionDiseaseSurprisePhotographerPhotographInventionMagazinesBoredBoredomCombatSpoiledBeing Spoiled Author:Alexey Brodovitch
“I do not argue that nature is sacrosanct in the sense that we must never tamper with nature. That would disempower, really, all of medicine. That would mean that we can't combat dread diseases - malaria, polio, all of which are given by nature, if one thinks about it.” IfsThinkingMeanGivenDiseaseMedicineArguingCombatDreadMalariaPolio Author:Michael Sandel