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| | Safety Alert -- Recommendations and Resources |
 | | Although each regional AMBER Alert sets the criteria for activation, most alerts follow the following guidelines: #The missing child is 17 years of age or younger and the law enforcement agency believes the child has been abducted. |
 | | Global Alerts are also issued by agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO), when there is a perceived threat of international pandemic, (global epidemic), such as the threat of a SARS, (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), pandemic during March, 2003, due to its high contagion level which was rapidly spread by travelers sharing international flights. |
 | | The global alert released by the World Health Organization regarding the SARS outbreak and its rapid contagion saved many lives: The alert about the disease, precautionary measures, and preventive measures to be taken by individuals, including specific hygiene information needed to arrest the spread of SARS was communicated instantly throughout the world. |
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