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.
France
News & Events
One World
Place : Paris, France
Organization : BioVision
Agenda : -
Participation : -
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Symposium on requirements for production and control of avian influenza vaccines
Place : Strasbourg
Organization : EDQM/ European Pharmacopoeia
For more information please visit this link.
Agenda : Bring together all interested parties for a discussion of future regulatory provisions, and in particular regarding immunogenicity and potency testing.
Participation : -
Focus : Avian Flu
Coverage : Global
Avian Influenza Compensation in Developing Countries: Issues and Good Practice
Place : Paris, France
Organization : OIE
Agenda : -
Participation : -
Focus : Avian Flu
Coverage : Global
How are we going to address the rising threat of pandemics?
Place : Deauville, France
Organization : Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society
http://www.womens-forum.com/index.htm
Agenda : -
Participation : -
Focus : 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
Please visit the UNSIC photo gallery
These photos were assembled by UNSIC and are available for use in communication materials related to avian influneza.