Ghana reports its first H5N1 outbreak
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May 2, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – News services today reported the confirmation of H5N1 avian influenza on a chicken farm in Ghana, apparently making it the ninth African country to be hit by the virus.
Agriculture ... Indonesia defiant on sharing bird flu samples (AFP)
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JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia will not share bird flu samples with the World Health Organisation until a dispute with the UN body is resolved in "black and white," the nation's health minister said Wednesday.
Health ... WHO: Global stockpile of H5N1 vaccine ´feasible´
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26 APRIL 2007 | GENEVA -- Countries and vaccine manufacturers agreed on Wednesday in a meeting at WHO that it may be feasible to create a stockpile of H5N1 vaccine, and to separately develop a mechanism ... Bangladesh says bird flu spread to more farms (Reuters)
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DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh said on Saturday bird flu hasspread to six more farms despite efforts to tackle the virus byveterinary and health officials and the United Nations" />United Nations Food andAgriculture ... WHO warns against steroids for H5N1 patients
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Apr 20, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – In the wake of a clinical conference, the World Health Organization (WHO) has modified its recommendations on treatment for patients with H5N1 avian influenza by strengthening ... WHO: Global meeting on access to H5N1 and other pandemic vaccines
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Global meeting on access to H5N1 and other pandemic vaccines
Meeting on options for increasing the access of developing countries to H5N1 and other potential pandemic vaccines
In recent months, several ... China preparing to share bird flu samples -report
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BEIJING, April 20 (Reuters) - China has agreed to send human bird flu samples to the World Health Organisation, state media said, in an apparent response to complaints that its reluctance to share the ... Falcons could have brought bird flu to Kuwait (AFP)
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KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Falcons illegally imported into Kuwait may have been the cause of an outbreak of bird flu that has forced authorities to cull about two million chickens, MPs charged on Tuesday.During ... FDA approves first bird flu vaccine (AP)
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WASHINGTON - A bird flu vaccine won federal approval for the first time Tuesday as a stopgap measure against a potential pandemic until more effective vaccines can be developed.
The vaccine is the first ... U.S. CDC: New influenza A subtypes now reportable
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Infections caused by novel influenza A subtypes, which can cause pandemic flu, now have a place on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of reportable diseases -- falling alphabetically ... OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, United Kingdom-Follow-up report No.10
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 16, 2007 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&)
Summary
Report type
Follow-up report No. 10
Start date
27/01/2007
Date of confirmation of event
03/02/2007
Report date
13/04/2007
Date submitted to OIE
13/04/2007
Reason for ... OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Cambodia
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 16, 2007 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&)
Summary
Report type
Immediate notification
Start date
06/04/2007
Date of confirmation of event
10/04/2007
Report date
12/04/2007
Date submitted to OIE
12/04/2007
Reason for notification
Reoccurrence ... WHO: Recommended laboratory tests to identify avian influenza A virus in specimens from humans
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 12, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/la)
Revised March 2007 - Full text, English [pdf 79kb]
The revision concerns mainly the section on polymerase chain reaction (PCR).A fully revised version will be posted soon
Contents- General information- ... WHO:Avian influenza-situation in Egypt-update 15
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11 April 2007
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has announced the death on 10 April of the 15-year-old female from Cairo Governorate.
Of the 34 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 14 have ... Cambodia trains 4,700 vets for preventing bird flu
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The Cambodian Agriculture Ministry and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have been cooperating to train about 4,700 vets and villagers for reeducating people to prevent bird flu, FAO ... Pakistan reports new cases of bird flu in 2 provinces
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KARACHI, April 9 (Reuters) - Pakistan reported new bird flu cases on Monday in commercial poultry farms in the southern province of Sindh and in North West Frontier Province, a government official said. ... Cambodia launches bird flu campaign after new death (AFP)
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PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia on Monday kicked off a week-long bird flu awareness blitz following the country's seventh death from the H5N1 virus.The campaign, which features marches and programmes conducted ... Indonesian Bird Flu Human Death Toll Reaches 74
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A 29-year-old man died of H5N1 bird flu infection, Indonesian authorities have confirmed today - the 74th human to die of bird flu infection in the country. The man came from Central Java province. According ... Cambodian health ministry confirms a girl died of bird flu
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The Cambodian Ministry of Health confirmed Friday that a 13-year-old girl from Ponhea Kreak district in Kampong Cham province, which borders Vietnam, died of bird flu on Thursday. This has ... Vietnam to actively prevent bird flu among humans: minister
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Vietnam is focusing on mobilizing all resources to prevent bird flu among humans, improve public awareness about the disease, and prepare medicines for potential outbreaks, a Vietnamese minister said ... 5164 items, 20/Page, Page[183/259][|<<] [|<] [181] [182] [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188] [189] [190] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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