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Avian influenza flare-ups, virus remains a global threat though disease control strongly improved
24 January 2008, Rome – Recent avian influenza outbreaks in 15 countries demonstrate that the H5N1 virus remains a global threat and requires close monitoring and strong control efforts, FAO said today.
International Workshop “Food security and poultry production – how to cope with avian influenza”
Place : Berlin, Germany
Organization : Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. For more information please visit this link.
Agenda : Work out recommendations that will assist the international community in formulating sustainable strategies to address the hazards posed by Avian Influenza.
Participation : -
Focus : Avian Flu
Coverage : Global
Table-top Exercise for Avian Flu/Pandemic planning
Place : Garmisch, Germany
Organization : USEUCOM, AI/PI OPT
http://www.mnce.net (access allowed only with registration)
Agenda : Develop an overall understanding of what different actors are doing to prepare for an Avian Influenza Pandemic Influenza environment, and how these would work together in dealing with such a problem within Europe and Africa.
Participation : EUCOM area (Europe, Russia and most of Africa)
Focus : Avian Flu and Pandemic
Coverage : Regional
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
Please visit the UNSIC photo gallery
These photos were assembled by UNSIC and are available for use in communication materials related to avian influneza.