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Global funding to stop bird flu becoming human pandemic urged at UN conference

25 February 2005
A United Nations conference on bird flu in Asia today called on the international community to urgently help with hundreds of millions of dollars in financing for “vital changes” needed to prevent the virus from mutating into a global human influenza pandemic, which in a worst-case scenario could claim tens of millions of lives.

Global aid, biosecurity vital to stop bird flu becoming human pandemic – UN

23 February 2005
International aid, strict biosecurity measures throughout the poultry production chain and heightened public awareness are crucial to preventing bird flu, now rife in Asian countries, from mutating into a global influenza human pandemic, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

World must step up battle against bird flu to prevent human pandemic – UN

16 February 2005
The global community needs to step up the battle against bird flu in affected Asian countries to avoid a potential global human influenza pandemic, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

UN health agency steps up surveillance against bird flu in Cambodia

10 February 2005
The United Nations health agency has stepped up surveillance for deadly bird flu in Cambodia after one confirmed case and a second suspect one surfaced there in the latest outbreak of the disease, which has already infected 13 people in neighbouring Viet Nam, 12 of them fatally, since mid-December.

UN health agency probes new human bird flu death, this time from Cambodia

3 February 2005
The current human outbreak of bird flu has spread to Cambodia, killing a woman after 13 reported cases in neighbouring Viet Nam since mid-December, 12 of them fatal, according to the United Nations health agency.

Bird flu in Asia remains an ongoing emergency and could worsen – UN

1 February 2005
Bird flu, which in a worst-case scenario could mutate into a human pandemic with potentially disastrous results, presents an ongoing emergency in Asia and the international community must help affected countries implement effective control strategies, according to the latest United Nations assessment released today.

Further sporadic human cases of bird flu can be expected in Asian countries – UN

27 January 2005
With the number of human bird flu cases in Viet Nam since mid-December now reaching 10, nine of them fatal, the United Nations health agency has warned that further sporadic cases and occasional family clusters can be expected considering the current spread of outbreaks in poultry in some Asian countries.
Avian Influenza

WHO helps Viet Nam boost bird flu detection after two new reported human cases

7 January 2005
The United Nations health agency is helping Viet Nam strengthen the detection of bird flu viruses after two more children were reported to have died from the disease, warning that cooler winter temperatures and activities linked to the approach of the Lunar New Year in February may increase the risk of further human cases.

UN health agency calls for heightened control in Viet Nam after new bird flu case

31 December 2004
The United Nations health agency has called for heightened control measures against bird flu in Viet Nam following informal reports of a new human case, warning that increases in poultry marketing, transportation, and consumption with the approach of the Lunar New Year in February create conditions favouring its spread.

Apparently healthy ducks may pose new risk in spread of deadly bird flu – UN

11 November 2004
Domestic ducks without symptoms may be acting as a silent reservoir for a potentially deadly strain of bird flu that could be transmitted to humans, United Nations agencies warned today.