Avian Influenza and the Pandemic Threat

WorldPoultry; 29 Sep 2008 - The Indian government has banned imports of poultry, meat and meat products from countries affected by bird flu.

AFP; 27 Sep 2008 - Authorities have culled some 5,000 birds over the past two days in the capital of the west African state of Togo following the discovery of bird flu there early this month, an official said Saturday.

The Island; 27 Sep 2008 - The Third European Influenza Conference organized by the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza took place in Vilamoura Portugal recently.. Top influenza experts, policy makers, opinion leaders, journalists, doctors, professors gathered at this international summit focussing on how to prepare for the constantly changing threat of an influenza pandemic.

Bangkok Post; 26 Sep 2008 - Vietnamese authorities have detected the H5N1 avian flu virus in a flock of ducks on a farm in the southern province of Ca Mau, a government official said Friday.

Afrique en ligne; 26 Sep 2008 - Experts on livestock development and trade as well as their counterparts in professional associations drawn from all 15-Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called for the adoption of a common strategy in the fight to prevent and control avian influenza.

AP; 26 Sep 2008 - The makers of two anti-flu drugs, attempting to bolster sales now that demand has subsided, have started programs to encourage businesses to stockpile their medicines, Tamiflu and Relenza.

Marion Star; 26 Sep 2008 - MARION - Local health officals urge you to be prepared for pandemic flu.

UPI; 25 Sep 2008 - Thousands of chickens were culled in parts of Iraq as a strain of bird flu tears through the country's poultry industry, officials said Thursday.

Reuters; 25 Sep 2008 - Indonesia has halted the activities of a U.S. naval medical lab in Jakarta following a dispute over the terms of a contract, the health minister said on Thursday.

Xinhua; 25 Sep 2008 - Myanmar is making arrangements to establish more animal quarantine laboratories in two areas bordering Thailand as part of its bid to step up control of trans-border animal diseases under the two countries' cooperation program in the aspects, the local 7-Day News reported Thursday.