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UN health chief and President Bush discuss bird flu strategy

7 December 2005
United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Lee Jong-wook has discussed with United States President George W. Bush the international strategy for dealing with a possible human bird flu pandemic.

Bird flu: Annan seeks affordable drugs for poor States, meets pharmaceutical CEO

6 December 2005
In an effort to ensure affordable treatment for poor States in the event of a human bird flu pandemic, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has met with the head of the pharmaceutical Roche group, and has voiced the hope that donors would be generous with funding to buy the Tamiflu drug in bulk for needy countries.

No bird flu risk for consumers from properly cooked poultry and eggs, says UN

5 December 2005
Slaughtering infected birds poses the greatest risk of passing bird flu to humans, and chicken and other poultry are safe to eat if cooked properly, two United Nations agencies said today of the virus which in a worst case scenario could mutate into a deadly human pandemic.