F.I.C wishes everyone a happy new year!
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 1, 2008 from F.I.C
Happy New Year! 2008! Bangladesh at high risk from deadly bird flu - USAID
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 9, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09313338.htm)
DHAKA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The United States is increasing funding to help Bangladesh fight bird flu, saying the densely populated country is at high risk of pandemic if the virus jumped to humans, a top ... U.S. bird-flu expert calls for changes in early-warning system
submitted by 2366 at Dec, 9, 2007 from XinhuaNet (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/08/content_7217173)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The international science community is not doing enough to track many avian influenza viruses that might cause the next pandemic, an expert from University ... H5N1 in wild and domestic birds in Europe - remaining vigilant in response to an ongoing public health threat
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2007 from Eurosurveillance Vol 12, Issue 12 (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2007/071206.asp#1)
Since the emergence of A/H5N1 in the winter of 2005-2006 at the border of the European Union (EU), including human cases in Turkey, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has developed ... Bird flu pandemic could cost 2 trillion dollars: World Bank
submitted by wanglh at Dec, 5, 2007 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The global cost of a possible bird flu pandemic could be up to two trillion dollars, a top World Bank official said Tuesday.
The risk of a pandemic was still as great as it was two ... New Delhi world conference on avian influenza prevention and control: OIE strategies prove relevant and efficient
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2007 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_071203.htm)
Paris, December 3 2007 - As the international community prepares for a third international conference on highly pathogenic influenza (HPAI) H5N1 to take place in New Delhi , India the OIE reiterates its ... Bulgaria shuts markets after Romanian bird flu outbreak (AFP)
submitted by 2366 at Nov, 29, 2007 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
SOFIA (AFP) - Bulgaria on Wednesday closed poultry markets in the northeast of the country after bird flu was detected in a village over the border in southeast Romania, the Agriculture Ministry said. ... Indonesia says no to bird flu virus sharing
submitted by pub4world at Nov, 26, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK74121.htm)
JAKARTA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Indonesia will not share bird flu virus samples unless there is a guarantee developing nations will have control over their use and have access to cheap vaccines, a health ministry ... UK: Government launches new Flu Pandemic plan
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 23, 2007 from Department of Health, UK (via http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=3)
Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, today published a new plan to increase preparedness and better protect the public against a possible flu pandemic.
A new clinical countermeasures strategy ... WHO urges nations to share birdflu virus samples
submitted by pub4world at Nov, 20, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20235348.htm)
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Countries must prepare for a human influenza pandemic and share samples linked to the H5N1 bird flu virus, the director-general of the World Health Organisation ... FAO receives $1.9 mln from USAID to fight bird flu in Cambodia
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 18, 2007 from XinhuaNet (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/18/content_6903122)
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has received an additional 1.9 million U.S. dollars of grant from the United ... US bird flu plans failing children, report says
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 18, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17347556.htm)
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - U.S. plans for an influenza pandemic have failed to take into account children, who will likely be among the biggest spreaders of ... WHO Interim Protocol: Rapid operations to contain the initial emergence of pandemic influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/dr)
Updated October 2007English - [pdf 292kb]
Changes to this version of the protocolThis document replaces previous versions of the protocol. In brief, key changes include:
More emphasis on rapid ... WHO: Towards a unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/no)
Over the last four years, a variety of different names have been used in publications to refer to emerging lineages of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses. As a result, discussion and comparison ... Turkey adopts action plan against bird flu
submitted by pub4world at Oct, 16, 2007 from XinhuaNet (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/16/content_6890764)
ANKARA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Turkey"e;s ministries of health, environment and agriculture have drafted an emergency action plan to fight against a possible bird flu epidemic, local Today"e;s Zaman reported ... WHO: the interdisciplinary working group and the intergovernmental meeting on pandemic influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 10, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/gb/pip/e/index.html)
A/PIP/IGM/1Provisional agenda
A/PIP/IGM/4Sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits: Interdisciplinary Working Groupon Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
A/PIP/IGM/DIV/1Schedule ... Viet Nam: Seminar discusses plan on avian influenza in humans
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 7, 2007 from VNA (via http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/life/061007/life_s.htm)
A seminar was held in Hanoi on October 5 to discuss amendments and supplements to an action plan on preventing avian influenza in humans.
Participants at the event, co-hosted by the Department of Preventive ... Database lists choice pandemic-planning resources
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 25, 2007 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
Public health officials looking for ideas and tools to help them prepare for an influenza pandemic can find an online collection of peer-reviewed resources on a Web site that was officially launched today: ... US not ready for bird flu, other disasters -reports
submitted by pub4world at Sep, 11, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10357587.htm)
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - An incident in which a tuberculosis-infected man walked past U.S. border controls in May shows how poorly the country is defended ... Online ´Epidemic´ Gives Clues to Bird Flu Spread (HealthDay)
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 21, 2007 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
TUESDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Online role-playing gamescould provide insight into how infectious diseases such as bird flu spreadamong people in the real world, American researchers report.
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