April 2006

Place : Rome, Italy
Organization : UN Department for Medical Services (UNMS)
Agenda : -
Participation : -
Focus : Avian Flu in Human and Pandemic
Coverage : -
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
Agenda : -
Participation : -
Focus : -
Coverage : Global
Place : Ankara, Turkey
Organization : WHO/FAO Affected countries in the sub-region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey)
Agenda : -
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
Focus : -
Coverage : -
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.
Participation : -
Focus : -
Coverage : -
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
Coverage : -
Place : -
Organization : PACE – Pan-African Program for the Control of Epizootics
Agenda : -
Participation : -
Focus : Avian Flu
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 : 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 : -
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