Thumbnail Image

Avian Influenza Disease Emergency: issue No. 46 (31/05/2007)

Avian Influenza Disease Emergency

Year of publication 2007

Pages 18

Author Philip Harris;Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Document

Category Other document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In the run-up to the Senior Officials Meeting on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) to be held in New Delhi in December this year, the world’s leading agencies involved in the fight against HPAI H5N1 have organised a technical meeting from 27 to 29 June at FAO headquarters in Rome to assess current strategies and practices for the control of HPAI in poultry and reduction of the associated risk of human infection. Co-organised by FAO, OIE and WHO, in collaboration with UNICEF and UNSIC, the meeting is being seen as an invaluable stock-taking exercise prior to the Senior Officials Meeting in New Delhi, the fourth in a series of similar meetings (January 2006 in Beijing, China, June 2006 in Vienna, Austria, and December 2006 in Bamako, Mali).

Language English

Also available in:
No results found.

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Other document
    Avian Influenza Disease Emergency: issue No. 45 (20/02/2007)
    Avian Influenza Disease Emergency
    2007
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    Avian influenza: A global outlook - Absolute transparency about disease outbreaks, involving farmers directly in surveillance and reporting, and compensation are key to making the global fight against avian influenza successful, according to FAO. Countries in which some or all of these requirements are in place “have managed to progressively control the virus and the global situation has improved tremendously," says Juan Lubroth, the senior FAO officer in charge of the infectious disease un it. "Unfortunately, at the global level, many outbreaks remain under reported or unreported, and national or international bodies are often unable to immediately verify rumours or reports about unconfirmed outbreaks." The number of outbreaks in the first weeks of 2007 has been significantly lower than the epidemic waves of last year despite new flare-ups of the virus so far in 14 countries – Egypt, China (Hong Kong SAR), Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of Kor ea, Russian Federation, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and Viet Nam.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Other document
    Avian Influenza Disease Emergency: issue No. 47 (31/07/2007)
    Avian Influenza Disease Emergency
    2007
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    Much has been achieved in the global fight to prevent and control highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) but the H5N1 virus is still circulating and some countries are still heavily affected. Investment and commitment must concentrate on these areas, surveillance must be stepped up, biosecurity must be improved, and steps must be taken to mitigate the negative effects of disease on the most vulnerable groups, according to FAO’s Chief Veterinary Officer Joseph Domenech.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Other document
    Avian Influenza Disease Emergency: issue No. 44 (22/11/2006)
    Avian Influenza Disease Emergency
    2006
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    Speeding up the response to biosecurity threats - Crisis Management Centre to handle food chain. FAO has placed the protection of biosecurity high on its agenda for coming years with the launching October 12 of its Crisis Management Centre, a rapid response facility designed to boost and expand its already existing capacity to handle transboundary animal diseases such as avian influenza in association with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Officially inaugurated by FAO Director-G eneral Jacques Diouf in the presence of OIE Director-General Bernard Vallat, the new centre is equipped with the latest communications technology and a core staff of scientists and emergency experts is already on constant stand-by to move into action the moment an animal disease or other threat to the world’s food chain is reported. emergencies
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.