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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.