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Dr. David Nabarro

UN appoints coordinator to respond to deadly international bird flu threat

29 September 2005
Facing dire warnings of an impending global pandemic of avian influenza, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of a United Nations system coordinator for the virus, which is presently decimating poultry stocks in Asia and could cross over to humans to deadly effect.
Vaccination of chickens in Indonesia

Fight against bird flu should be national priority in Indonesia – UN Agency

22 September 2005
Concerned over the spread of bird flu in Indonesia, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for stepped up Government control measures and funding to combat the virus, which in a worst case scenario could mutate into a worldwide pandemic, killing tens of millions of people.

Wild birds likely to spread potentially deadly bird flu far and wide - UN agency

31 August 2005
The deadly strain of bird flu that has hit several countries in Asia is likely to be carried over long distances along the flyways of wild water birds to the Middle East, Europe, South Asia and Africa, with the potential to trigger a global human pandemic, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

To prevent flu pandemic, UN health agency calls for global medical stockpile

24 August 2005
Girding up to fight a potential flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people worldwide, the United Nations health agency today appealed to wealthy countries to help it build up a stockpile of antiviral medicine that it could rush to regions in need, especially to poorer nations, in view of current bird flu outbreaks.

As bird flu spreads, UN health agency urges heightened vigilance

18 August 2005
The United Nations health agency today voiced concern over the expanding geographical range of bird flu, which officials fear could in a worst-case scenario mutate into a deadly human pandemic, and it called for heightened surveillance and the rapid introduction of containment measures.

UN experts, partners draw up $100-million plan to avert human bird flu pandemic

6 July 2005
United Nations experts and their partners today unveiled a $100 million programme to reduce the risk of bird flu spreading to humans and called on the global community to come forward with funds to help stave off the potential for a pandemic, which in a worst-case scenario could kill tens of millions of people around the world.

Bird flu still of critical concern, needs more international attention – UN official

5 July 2005
Bird flu, which health officials fear could mutate into a deadly human pandemic, in a worst-case scenario, remains a critical concern in many Asian countries and requires more attention by both affected states and the international community, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Avian Influenza

UN health agency maintains current level of pandemic alert for bird flu

30 June 2005
Although there is no laboratory evidence that human infection with bird flu in Vietnam is occurring more frequently or that the virus is spreading readily among humans, the UN health agency today maintained its current level of alert over a potential pandemic, which in a worst case scenario could kill tens of millions of people worldwide.
Avian Influenza

Bird flu outbreak in DPR of Korea contained, UN agency reports

25 April 2005
Thanks to the culling of nearly 220,000 infected chickens, vaccination of others and strict biosecurity measures, the recent outbreak of bird flu in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been successfully contained, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.

Eight more human cases of bird flu reported in Viet Nam, UN health agency says

15 April 2005
Eight more human cases of bird flu have been reported in Viet Nam, according to the United Nations health agency, bringing the total since mid-December to 41, 16 of them fatal, in the latest outbreak of a disease that in a worst-case scenario could kill tens of millions people worldwide.