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29th World Veterinary Congress 2008
Organization : Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, World organisation for animal health, and World Veterinary Association
For more information please visit this link.
International Meeting of Ministers of Health to Enhance Global Planning and Collaboration on Pandemic Influenza
Place : Ottawa, Canada
Organization : the Government of Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/intactiv/pandem-flu/index_e.html
Agenda : to enhance global planning and collaboration on pandemic influenza.
Participation : Delegations from 30 countries and representatives from nine international organizations.
Focus : Pandemic
Coverage : Global
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Outbreak information
In the news
ABC; 5 Jan 2009 - Bird flu has again emerged as a threat in Asia, after China reported a death from the disease and Vietnam registered a new human infection.
LAT; 4 Jan 2009 - Just when you thought you could scratch bird flu off your list of things to worry about in 2009, the deadly H5N1 virus has resurfaced in poultry in Hong Kong for the first time in six years, reinforcing warnings that the threat of a human pandemic isn't over.
UPI; 4 Jan 2009 - Two years after a big decline in the number of confirmed human deaths from H5N1 bird flu, cases are still turning up in poultry, U.N. health officials say.
Photo gallery
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These photos were assembled by UNSIC and are available for use in communication materials related to avian influneza.