Announcing
UNDP has launched a new web site for information on fund management and administrative services and includes the website of the Central Fund for Influenza Action.
Please visit: Multi-Donor Trust Funds & Joint Programmes
About the portal
UN Response to avian flu and the pandemic threat. For further information, please visit our About section.
Confirmed cases
Please visit our page on confirmed cases for detailed data on avian influenza outbreaks in humans and animals.
Useful Links
We have compiled a list of useful links from a variety of sources, including governments, international agencies, NGOs and scientific organizations. Please feel free to inform us of additional web sites for consideration. View the list.
Switzerland
News & Events
WHO consultation on revision of pandemic influenza preparedness guidance
Place: Geneva, Switzerland
Organization : WHO
Agenda : For more information please visit this link.
Participation :-
Focus :Pandemic
Coverage :Global
INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING ON PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
Details: INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING ON PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS: SHARING OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES AND ACCESS TO VACCINES AND OTHER BENEFITS OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP.
Please visit this link for more information.
Place : Geneva, Switzerland
Organization : WHO
Agenda :
1. Opening of the session, adoption of the agenda and method of work
2. Progress reports by the Secretariat on immediate measures referred to in the Interim Statement
• Traceability mechanism
• Advisory mechanism
Meeting on avian influenza and human pandemic influenza
Place : Geneva, Switzerland
Organization : WHO, OIE, and the World Bank
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2005/avian_influenza/en/index.html
Agenda : -
Participation : -
Focus : Avian Flu in Human and Pandemic
Coverage : Global
In the news
Reuters; 9 May 2008 – The World Health Organisation called on Friday for more collaborative research into the bird flu virus, which it said could help reduce death and illness in a human influenza pandemic.
ThePoultrySite; 8 May 2008 – Experts from the World Health Organisation have this week revised their guidance measures that spell out how a country can prepare itself to tackle a bird flu epidemic on a scale yet unseen.
eFluxMedia; 8 May 2008 – During a conference held in Geneva on May 6, World Health Organization experts warned on the increased risk of a human bird flu pandemic, as the bird flu virus gains more ground than ever.
Photo gallery
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