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Inception Meeting for the OIE/JTF Project for Strengthening Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Control in Asia
Place :Tokyo, Japan
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PANSTOP
Place : Manila, Phnon Penh, Jakarta, and Tokyo
Organization : WHO, ASEAN, Govt of Cambodia, Govt of Japan, JICS
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Agenda : Simulation Exercise for Rapid Containment
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Focus : Pandemic
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1st MAFF-JAPAN/OIE/FAO Joint conference on Special Trust Fund Programme for HPAI control at source in Southeast Asia
Place : Tokyo
Organization : FAO, OIE, Japan
Agenda : Commence a sustainable joint programme that further promotes regional and national strategies HPAI control at source.
Participation : 8 Southeast Asian countries, donor countries and organisation, regional and international organisation
Focus : Avian Flu
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
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These photos were assembled by UNSIC and are available for use in communication materials related to avian influneza.