Indonesia: H5N1 samples going to WHO again

May 15, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's health minister announced today at the World Health Organization's (WHO's) annual meeting that the country has resumed sending H5N1 avian influenza virus samples to the WHO, appearing to end a 5-month
standoff over developing countries' access to vaccines

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Ghana: H5N1 not a new introduction
Related to other isolates from Sub-Saharan African countries WATTpoultry.com
Dateline: Ghana
Release Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The analysis of the H5N1 avian influenza strain isolated from the outbreak occurring in Ghana clearly indicates that it is closely related to other isolates from Sub-Saharan African countries like Ivory Coast, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Nigeria and that it is less similar to the Asian strains currently isolated.

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Avian influenza: assessing the pandemic threat

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WHO guidelines on avian influenza: preparing for the pandemic

WHO / World Health Organization (WHO) , 2005

This report from the World Health Organization evaluates the present pandemic threat from avian influenza (also known as avian flu or “bird flu”). The paper consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 charts the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in humans and poultry during 2004.

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Indonesia resumes sending bird flu samples to WHO

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhuanet) -- After refusing to share H5N1 avian flu viruses with it since the start of the year, Indonesia has resumed sending samples of the deadly virus to the World Health Organization (WHO), according to media reports Wednesday

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Singapore, US to help Indonesia fight bird flu outbreak
By Channel NewsAsia's Indonesia Bureau Chief Sujadi Siswo | Posted: 09 May 2007 1830 hrs

JAKARTA : Indonesia is fighting an uphill battle in its fight against bird flu.

The nation worst hit by the bird flu virus is now jointly working with neighbouring Singapore to control the spread of the H5N1 virus.


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What You Should Know about Using Facemasks and Respirators during a Flu PandemicCDC.gov

Photo courtesy of MoldexThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released interim guidance for the use of facemasks and respirators by the general public in certain public settings during an influenza pandemic. See the full guidance

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Bird flu death reported in Medan

MEDAN (JP): A 26-year-old woman who tested positive for bird flu died at a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, on Saturday night, pushing the country's human avian influenza death toll to 76.

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Can vaccination free us from avian influenza?
By Jackie Linden

Scientists, politicians and other stakeholders met in Verona to discuss the role of poultry vaccination in the control of avian influenza. After two days of discussion and debate, the majority decided on a cautious “yes” but not as the sole method of control

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Global Program on Avian and Pandemic Influenza

Avian influenza (AI) or “bird flu” could be the next great global health threat. About 300 people have been infected and 169 have died since 2003 by contracting the virus through close contact with infected birds. But public health experts fear it is only a matter of time before the virus mutates into a form that passes easily among people, triggering a pandemic. Millions could die and economies would be crippled for months

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