Italy: Government to allocate funds for bird flu vaccine
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 13, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3481621)
The Italian cabinet will earmark funds to acquire enough avian flu vaccine to protect the Italian population, Italian Health Minister Francesco Storace announced here on Monday.
"In ... WHO:Bird Flu Pandemic a Question of When, Not If
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 8, 2005 from Reuters
The world is going to face a pandemic of the bird flu strain lethal to humans and Thailand is the only nation in South and Southeast Asia ready to deal with it, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned ... FAO:migratory birds flyways map
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 1, 2005 from FAO (via http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/en/health/diseases-ca)
Australia: preparations for bird flu outbreak [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 28, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/28/content_3414260)
Australia will strengthen effortsto prepare for an outbreak of bird flu in the country and the Asia-Pacific region by putting forward a plan involving an early warning system.
Australian ... Italy: tightens entry control amid bird flu scare [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 27, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/28/content_3412431)
Italy stepped up checks at its ports and airports Saturday amid fears that a bird flu endemic might spread into the country.
The sweeping measures signed by Italian Health Minister ... Portugal: guards against bird flu [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 27, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/27/content_3409885)
The Portuguese veterinary bureau said Friday that Portugal will strictly follow the bio-security procedures to prevent the spread of bird flu.
Fernando Bernardo, head of the bureau, ... Sweden: concerned over avian flu in Finland [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 29, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/29/content_3419416)
The Swedish Board of Agricultureis calling on fowl breeders here to be extra attentive following the apparent discovery of avian influenza in Finland, Radio Swedenreported on Monday.
There´s ... OIE:Evolution of the animal health situation with regard to avian influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 30, 2005 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_050829.htm)
The OIE is vigilantly following the international animal health situation with regard to avian influenza.
Following the recent concerns caused by outbreaks of avian influenza in Russia and Kazakhstan ... U.S.:Government Plans to Triple Airport Quarantine Stations [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 29, 2005 from Washington Post (via http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08)
The government plans to more than triple the number of quarantine stations at airports around the country and hire scores of health officers as part of a broad plan to try to stop deadly infectious diseases ... English translations of the latest avian influenza news from Russia available from EpiNorth Website
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 26, 2005 from Eurosurveillance (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2005/050825.asp#2)
English translations of the latest official Russian press releases on the avian influenza situation in Russia are available on the EpiNorth website (http://www.epinorth.org/). EpiNorth, the project for ... Second drug should be readied for bird flu(Relenza) [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 13, 2005 from Reuters
A second influenza drug, GlaxoSmithKline´s Relenza, should be stockpiled in readiness for a feared global pandemic of avian flu, researchers said on Thursday.
The drug, known generically as zanamivir, ... UK:The influenza immunisation programme 2005/06
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 13, 2005 from CDR Weekly (via http://www.hpa.org.uk/cdr/pages/news.htm#flu_prog)
A letter from the Chief Medical Officer, the Chief Nursing Officer and the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer outlining the influenza immunisation programme for 2005/06 has been published. Copies can be obtained ... India: government on alert for bird flu as migrating birds arrive
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 11, 2005 from Canadian Press (via http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=ea0cd9b1-f36f-4db)
India´s government warned health and wildlife officials throughout the country to watch for symptoms of avian influenza among migratory birds that have begun arriving from China and other regions ... Two studies model containment strategies for pandemic flu
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 4, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
Aug 3, 2005 (CIDRAP News) – Researchers relying on mathematical modeling claim that early containment of pandemic influenza, an eventuality widely accepted as not an "if" but a "when," may well be attainable ... Bird flu pilot plan for Fiji [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 3, 2005 from Fiji Times (via http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=25913)
AN influenza pandemic preparedness plan for Fiji is being developed to deal with the possible outbreak of Bird Flu in the region.
While the Secretariat of the Pacific Community has prepared a regional ... Australia: will invest more on development of a bird flu vaccine [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 24, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/22/content_3254604)
Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott Friday announced that the government will invest nearly 5 million Australian dollars (3.8 million US dollars) to speed up development of a bird flu vaccine for Australia. ... Britain: will stockpile two million bird flu vaccines [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 21, 2005 from AFP
LONDON (AFP) - Britain is to stockpile two million doses of a bird flu vaccine in case an epidemic of the disease sweeps the globe.
Manufacturers are to be invited to submit tenders for a contract to ... WHO:Available evidence suggests no need to change the recommended influenza A/H5N1 vaccine prototype strains
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 20, 2005 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/statement_200)
The WHO H5 Reference Laboratory Network and WHO Collaborating Centres and Reference Laboratories have reviewed available data to assess the suitability of the H5N1 prototype strains selected by WHO last ... Southern China:Infectious-disease crisis mechanism for region [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 15, 2005 from The Standard (via http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GG15Ak06.html)
Health authorities in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau have agreed to set up a public health emergency mechanism to respond to the threat of infectious diseases.
Concluding the Fifth Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau ... Australia: a national simulation exercise on avian flu outbreak to be conducted
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 14, 2005 from OIE Animal Health Information Department
Dr Gardner Murray, Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, informed the OIE that a national simulation exercise, Exercise Eleusis ?5, will be ... 520 items, 20/Page, Page[15/26][|<<] [|<] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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