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Avian Influenza

Bird flu: UN agency calls for mass cullings, international aid for compensation

30 January 2004
With a highly contagious strain of bird flu erupting in Asia and fears that in a worst case scenario it could mutate into a deadly human-to-human infection, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for speedy mass killing of exposed birds and international aid to farmers hit by the measures.

Production of vaccine against bird flu could take months - UN official

28 January 2004
The production of a vaccine against 'bird flu'- a new outbreak which so far has caused a number of deaths but is not spreading among people - could take several months, a senior United Nations health official said today.
Avian Influenza

UN agencies call for urgent funding to prevent bird flu becoming global threat

27 January 2004
With the unprecedented spread of “bird flu” in Asia raising the spectre of a human pandemic and causing disaster for agricultural production, United Nations agencies today appealed to international donors to provide funds and technical assistance to help eliminate the global threat, including the mass killing of infected birds.

Human cases of ‘bird flu’ confirmed in south Viet Nam, UN health agency says

26 January 2004
Two more human cases of avian influenza, or “bird flu,” have been confirmed in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam – the first to come from the country’s south, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has reported.

UN health agency concerned as two new human cases of 'bird flu' are confirmed

23 January 2004
Increasingly concerned about an outbreak of avian influenza, or "bird flu," the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today that Thailand has confirmed two human cases of the disease that has so far affected at least four countries in Asia.