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
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UN Response to avian flu and the pandemic threat. For further information, please visit our About section.
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Useful Links
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News & Events
Ducks and rice play key role in avian influenza outbreaks
Source: FAO
26 March 2008, Rome – Ducks, people and rice paddies – rather than chickens – are the major factors behind outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam, and are probably behind outbreak persistence in other countries of the region such as Cambodia and Lao PDR.
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.
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