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9 May 2008 - 9 Aug 2008
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Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Partnerships and Continuity Planning for Critical Systems

05/29/200805/29/2008

Place : videoconference
Organization : EINet
Agenda : For more information please visit this link.
Participation :-
Focus :Pandemic
Coverage :Regional

*Date and Time: Evening hours of 29 May in the Americas and in the morning hours of 30 May in Asia, for approximately 5 hours (Friday, May 30, 2008 at 01:00-06:00 Coordinated Universal Time).

Country:
United States of America

WHO consultation on revision of pandemic influenza preparedness guidance

05/06/200805/09/2008

Place: Geneva, Switzerland
Organization : WHO
Agenda : For more information please visit this link.
Participation :-
Focus :Pandemic
Coverage :Global

Country:
Switzerland

New infection in Indonesia

Source: WHO
30 April 2008 -- The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 3-year-old male from Wonogiri District, Central Java Province developed symptoms on 14 April, was hospitalized on 21 April and died on 23 April. Investigations into the source of his infection indicate exposure to sick and dead poultry.

Of the 133 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 108 have been fatal.

Workshop on Health Care Waste Management

Waste Management
Date:
1 May 2008
Location in country:
World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC
Country:
United States of America
Language for delivery of training:
English
Eligibility:
Open
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The World Bank FEU Urban Anchor and Solid Waste Management Thematic Group are pleased to invite you this workshop, which has been prepared and will be delivered by the health care waste management consultants of SADAT Associates, (they have worked previously under Allan Rotman, in his QAG "1" rated project on health care wastes for the Middle East & N. Africa Region).

This workshop will address the following issues:

- Overview of Health Care Waste Management
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Technical Guidelines, Characteristics, Regulations

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Provider:
World Bank
Contact name:
Berenice Sanchez
Email:
bsanchez@worldbank.org
Phone number:
+1-202-473-9625
Address:
The World Bank 1818 H St NW Washington, DC 20433

Regional Training Course on “Rapid Diagnosis of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)”

rapid diagnosis of Avian Influenza
Date:
15 Sep 2008 - 26 Sep 2008
Location in country:
Vladimir, Russian Federation
Country:
Russian Federation
Maximum number of participants:
20
Eligibility:
The course will be open to about twenty participants from the European Region (in particular CIS and Balkan countries) and countries participating in the ConFluTech project (Romania, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Greece, Bulgaria) which are considered at risk regarding avian flu outbreaks. This course is intended for participants with an academic background equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in veterinary, animal or biological science, and with experience in molecular biology techniques. Participants must be actively involved in animal disease diagnosis. Participating countries are encouraged to submit more than one application to provide scope for IAEA final selection. The training course will be conducted in English (with translation in Russian), participants should be capable of freely expressing themselves and following lectures.
Audience:
The course will be open to about twenty participants from the European Region (in particular CIS and Balkan countries) and countries participating in the ConFluTech project (Romania, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Greece, Bulgaria) which are considered at risk regarding avian flu outbreaks. This course is intended for participants with an academic background equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in veterinary, animal or biological science, and with experience in molecular biology techniques. Participants must be actively involved in animal disease diagnosis. Participating countries are encouraged to submit more than one application to provide scope for IAEA final selection. The training course will be conducted in English (with translation in Russian), participants should be capable of freely expressing themselves and following lectures.

The two week course aims at enhancing knowledge on highly pathogenic avian influenza (epidemiology, differential diagnosis of the virus sub-types involved (nuclear and nuclear related serological and molecular technologies), sampling and submission procedures (including shipment of pathological samples to OFFLU and the FAO/OIE reference laboratories) and at providing practical training on current rapid techniques for disease diagnosis, in particular, the use of nuclear-based techniques for the identification and characterization of the pathogen(s) in a quality assured manner.

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Provider:
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and FAO, in collaboration with others
Contact name:
Gerrit Viljoen
Email:
g.j.viljoen@iaea.org
Phone number:
(+43 1) 2600-26053
Address:
Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications. International Atomic Energy Agency. Wagramer Strasse 5. P.O. Box 100 . A-1400 Vienna, Austria.

Two year-old dies in Egypt

Source: WHO
17 April 2008 - The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case is a 2-year-old male from Al-Honsanya, Sharkea Governorate. He developed symptoms on 13 April and was hospitalized on 14 April and is currently in hospital. The case was confirmed as being infected with A(H5N1) by the Central Public Health Laboratories and by Cairo-based US Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU-3) .

Egyptian cases still being reported

Source: WHO
15 April 2008 -- The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case is a 30-year-old female from Al-Matarya, Cairo Governorate. She developed symptoms on 2 April, was hospitalized and died on 11 April. The case was confirmed as being infected with A(H5N1) by the Central Public Health Laboratories and by Cairo-based US Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU-3) .

Investigations into the source of her infection indicate a history of contact with sick and dead poultry.

Avian influenza in the Middle East countries: Preparedness and Control (OIE)

04/20/200804/22/2008

Inquiries:

OIE Regional Representation for the Middle East: rr.mideast@oie.int

Country:
Kuwait
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