With bird flu spreading west, UN agency urges vigilance along migratory routes

14 October 2005

With bird flu outbreaks now confirmed as far west as Turkey and suspected in Romania, the United Nations health agency has called on countries located along migratory routes to be vigilant for signs of disease in wild and domestic birds as it seeks to prevent a human pandemic that could kill millions of people worldwide.

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.

Brewing flu pandemic could be catastrophic unless world prepares – UN agency

27 September 2005

There will be another influenza pandemic and failure to prepare for it appropriately will have “catastrophic consequences,” the head of the United Nations health agency warned today, calling for national control plans worldwide and massive international collaboration to prevent the potential deaths of millions of people.

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 health agency monitors human deaths from China's 'pig flu' outbreak

3 August 2005

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said it was following closely reports from China that at least 38 people have died and more than 200 others have been made ill by a swine-borne disease in Sichuan province.

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).

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