Avian Influenza and the Pandemic Threat

Place : Rome, Italy

Organization : UN Department for Medical Services (UNMS)

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Focus : Avian Flu in Human and Pandemic

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Place : Strasbourg

Organization : EU

Agenda : The economic impact of avian flu on regional farm sectors across the EU.

Participation : -

Focus : Avian Flu

Coverage : Global

Place : St John’s College, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Organization : Events Unit Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Weybridge

Agenda : -

Participation : -

Focus : Avian Flu

Coverage : Global

Place : Beijing, China

Organization : APEC

Agenda : Further enhance economies’ efforts to address the threats posed to public health by infectious diseases.

Participation : High-level officials from APEC economies, representatives from relevant international organizations such as WHO, WB and FAO

Focus : Avian Flu in Human and Pandemic

Coverage : Regional

Place : Zagreb, Croatia

Organization : Crans Montana Forum
http://www.cmf.ch/_main/index.php?l=uk

Agenda : Between other themes, bird flu, national preparedness and cooperation.

Participation : Head of State, representatives of EU and South-Eastern Europe

Focus : Avian Flu

Coverage : Regional

Place : Nairobi, Kenya

Organization : UNEP, DEWA, CMS, AEWA
http://www.iisd.ca/YMB/AIS

Agenda : Latest studies concerning evolution and spread of HPAI and its impact on wild birds.

Participation : UNEP Country Permanent Representatives, other UN representatives.

Focus : = Avian Flu

Coverage : Regional

Place : Washington

Organization : The Global Travel and Tourism Summit
http://www.globaltraveltourism.com

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Focus : -

Coverage : Global

Place : Ankara, Turkey

Organization : WHO/FAO Affected countries in the sub-region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey)

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Participation : -

Focus : Avian Flu, Avian Flu in Human and Pandemic

Coverage : Regional

Place : Vienna

Organization : US congress and European Parliament

Agenda : On the agenda: fight against pandemic, disaster relief and prevention.

Participation : -

Focus : Pandemic

Coverage : Regional

Place : Bogotá, Colombia

Organization : -

Agenda : PAHO (Pan-American Health Organization)

Participation : -

Focus : Avian Flu

Coverage : Regional

Place : New York

Organization : UNA New York (United Nations Association)
http://www.unanyc.org

Agenda : Strategies for an Impending Pandemic.

Participation : Dr. David Nabarro, UNSIC

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Place : Bangkok

Organization : UNSIC

Agenda : -

Participation : -

Focus : Pandemic

Coverage : Global

Place : Washington

Organization : Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Agenda : Address the global effort to prevent an avian flu pandemic.

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Focus : -

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Place : Tokyo

Organization : FAO, OIE, Japan

Agenda : Commence a sustainable joint programme that further promotes regional and national strategies HPAI control at source.

Participation : 8 Southeast Asian countries, donor countries and organisation, regional and international organisation

Focus : Avian Flu

Coverage : Regional

Place : Geneva

Organization : -

Agenda : Feasibility of human influenza vaccine production in veterinary vaccine production facilities.

Participation : Yuri Pervikov

Focus : Avian Flu in Human

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Place : -

Organization : PACE – Pan-African Program for the Control of Epizootics

Agenda : -

Participation : -

Focus : Avian Flu

Coverage : Regional

Place : Moscow

Organization : G8 (hosted by Russia)

Agenda : On the agenda, infective diseases.

Participation : Health Ministers of G8 countries, Brazil, India, China, Mexico and South Africa, WHO, UNAIDS, GFATM, WB

Focus : Pandemic

Coverage : Regional

Place : Bamako – Mali

Organization : OIE / FAO

Agenda : First Meeting of the Regional Steering Committee of the Global Framework of Transboundary Animal Diseases for Africa.

Participation : -

Focus : -

Coverage : Regional

Place : Geneva

Organization : WHO/OIE/FAO
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/vaccinesconsult2006/en/index.html

Agenda : To discuss and review issues on the technical feasibility of using veterinary facilities to produce human influenza pandemic vaccines.

Participation : Representatives from national regulatory agencies for both human and veterinary influenza vaccines, veterinary influenza vaccine producers.

Focus : Pandemic

Coverage : Global

Place : -

Organization : Alive – African Livestock initiative of the World Bank

Agenda : -

Participation : -

Focus : -

Coverage : Regional

Place : Spiez, Switzerland

Organization : Labor Spiez, Applied Science & Analysis, Inc. (ASA), Aberdeen, Maryland, USA.

Agenda : Scientific aspects of biological, chemical threats.

Participation : -

Focus : -

Coverage : Global