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Compensation Experience in the Western Hemisphere
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Background
In May 2007 the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) organized a hemispheric workshop in Buenos Aires with the objective of developing a protocol to create and implement national and regional compensation schemes in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Outbreak information
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Reuters; 16 Dec 2008 - The re-emergence of birdflu in Asia and Egypt has prompted experts to ask tough questions: are poultry vaccines effective against a virus that is constantly mutating, and are governments doing enough to stop it spreading?
CIDRAP; 15 Dec 2008 - A World Health Organization (WHO) group that met last week in Geneva to solve problems related to global sharing of H5N1 avian influenza viruses made progress on language spelling out the commitment to sharing both the viruses and benefits, a senior US government official told CIDRAP News.
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These photos were assembled by UNSIC and are available for use in communication materials related to avian influneza.