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News & Events
One World
Place : Paris, France
Organization : BioVision
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Symposium on requirements for production and control of avian influenza vaccines
Place : Strasbourg
Organization : EDQM/ European Pharmacopoeia
For more information please visit this link.
Agenda : Bring together all interested parties for a discussion of future regulatory provisions, and in particular regarding immunogenicity and potency testing.
Participation : -
Focus : Avian Flu
Coverage : Global
Avian Influenza Compensation in Developing Countries: Issues and Good Practice
Place : Paris, France
Organization : OIE
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Focus : Avian Flu
Coverage : Global
How are we going to address the rising threat of pandemics?
Place : Deauville, France
Organization : Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society
http://www.womens-forum.com/index.htm
Agenda : -
Participation : -
Focus : Pandemic
Coverage : Global
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.