Audio, video and photos

Technical use of video files

The video files are stored on this internet server for general information use. To download the files, click on the link with the right button of the mouse and select "save target as" and choose the destination to save the files. You can play the files later (with Windows Media Player, Real Player, Quicktime or any other compatible player).

17 June

• Conference speech
  Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director General, WHO
• Key resolutions related to global response to SARS
  Dr Guenael Rodier, Director Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response, WHO
• Global response to SARS
  Dr David Heymann, Executive Director, Communicable Diseases, WHO
• Regional response to SARS
  Dr Hitoshi Oshitani, Regional Advisor, Communicable Diseases, Western Pacific Region, WHO
• National response to SARS: People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China - Mr Gao Qiang, Vice Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, People's Public of China
• National response to SARS: People's Republic of China
  Hong Kong SAR - Dr Eng-kiong Yeoh, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, China
• National response to SARS: Viet Nam
  Professor Nguyen Van Thuong, Vice-Minister of Health
• National Response to SARS: Singapore
  Dr Tan Chorh-Chuan, Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health
• National Response to SARS: Canada
  Dr Paul Gully, Senior Director General, Health Canada
• National Response to SARS: USA
  Dr Jim Hughes, Director, Centers for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
• Aetiology
  Professor Malik Peiris, Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Clinical Diagnosis and Management
  Professor Joseph Sung, Professor of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Laboratory Diagnosis
  Dr. Klaus Stöhr, Communicable Diseases, WHO
• Epidemiology for Public Health
  Dr Aileen Plant, Western Pacific Region, WHO
• Vaccine Development
  Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO
• Possible Role of Animals
  Dr Hume Field, Principal Veterinary Epidemiologist, Animal Research Institute, Queensland, Australia
• Environmental Issues
  Professor Thomas Tsang, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Psychosocial Aspects
  Professor Huang Yueqin, Director Mental Health, Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, People's Republic of China
• Communicating Risk
  Mr Dick Thompson, Communicable Diseases, WHO
• Closing ceremony
  Dr David Heymann, Executive Director, Communicable Diseases, WHO

18 June

• Epidemiology for Public Health
  Chair: Dr Angus Nicoll, Director, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, UK
• Laboratory Aspects
  Chair: Dr Jim Le Duc, Director, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Communicable Disease Control, Atlanta, USA
• Possible Role of Animals
  Chair: Dr Hume Field, Principle Veterinary Epidemiologist, Animal Research Institute, Queensland, Australia
• Environmental Issues
  Chair: Dr Jamie Bartram, Water, Sanitation and Health, WHO
• Modelling
  Chair: Dr Nigel Gay, Health Protection Agency, UK
• Clinical Management and Diagnosis
  Chair: Dr Yee Sin Leo, Clinical Director of CDC, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
• Reducing Transmission in Health Care Settings
  Chair: Dr Cathryn Murphy , Manager, Sexual Health and Clinical Services, AIDS/Infectious Diseases Branch, New South Wales Department of Health , NSW, Australia
• Blood Safety
  Chair: Dr. Neelam Dhingra, Blood Safety and Clinical Technology, WHO
• Reducing Community Transmission
  Chair: Dr Rob Condon, Western Pacific Region, WHO
• Preventing International Spread
  Chair: Dr Ron St John, Director General, Health Canada, Canada
• Surveillance and Response Coordination
  Chair: Dr Ray Arthur, Associate Director Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
• Effective Communication
  Chair: Dr Raili Suhaili, Deputy Director Health (Public Health), Malaysia
• Preparedness
  Chair: Dr Mohamed Patel, Western Pacific Region, WHO

Technical use of audio files

The audio files are stored on this internet server for general journalist use. They can be integrated, shorten in any news or documentary radio program without WHO special agreement. Only the source, the name of the speaker and the context have to be mentioned in the radio program.

• These files are stored under Windows Audio format "wav" or "MPEG 1 LAYER 3" format, also called "mp3".

• To play the files, click with left button of the mouse to start the download and open the files in the audio player (Windows Media Player, Real Player, Quicktime or any other compatible player). To download the files, click on the link with the right button of the mouse and select "save target as" and choose the destination to save the files. You can play the files later (with Windows Media Player, Real Player, Quicktime or any other compatible player).

• SARS conference - Press conference
  Monday 16 June 2003, Kuala Lumpur

Photos

• Photos from the SARS conference