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The Global Strategy for Prevention and Control of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - October 2008

Year of publication 2008

Pages 60

Author FAO;Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO-OIE Global Strategy for the Progressive Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was first developed by FAO and OIE in collaboration with WHO in response to a recommendation from the FAO/OIE Regional Meeting on Avian Influenza Control in Asia (23-25 February 2005, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam). The strategy prepared in November 2005 focused predominantly on control of the disease in East and Southeast Asia. Since then, the H5N1 HPAI situation has evolved dramatically.The disease has spread widely in Asia, Europe, the Near East and Africa, culminating in the current situation in which infection remains endemic in a number of countries in Asia and Africa and has infected birds (poultry and/or wild birds) in over 60 countries. The widespread nature of the disease, its mounting socio-economic impact, the increasing number of human infections and deaths and the potential threat of a human influenza pandemic continue to underline the need for a global approach to H5N 1 HPAI prevention and control. The revised Global Strategy presented here takes into account the global situation and progress in HPAI control and the accumulated experience and lessons learned from national, regional and global efforts to control the disease.

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