Avian Influenza and the Pandemic Threat

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Source: IRIN | Photo: Biotec
29 August 2008 -- The key message that needs to be heard is that Avian Influenza (AI) is endemic in Vietnam and needs to be controlled, say UN officials involved in the battle to identify and contain avian influenza outbreaks.

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Source: ILO | Photo: lecercle
13 August 2008, Bangkok -- Training to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) protect their workers and businesses from future Pandemic Human Influenza is being organized in Thailand .

Source: FAO
11 August 2008 -- A strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza previously not recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected in Nigeria for the first time, FAO said today. Nigeria has recently reported two new Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks in the states of Katsina and Kano.

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Source: IRIN
4 August 2008 | Dakar, Senegal -- Niger’s Ministry of Livestock is intensifying its bird surveillance along the 1,500-kilometre border with northern Nigeria after a recent resurgence of bird deaths.