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PREVENTION
Burmese residents choose to buy medicine at the drug store in Yangoon, 07 Jan 2006
Diseases From Burma Spreading Throughout Southeast Asia  Audio Clip Available
Experts also express concern about Burma's ability to meet any new health threats, such as outbreak of avian flu
  • Indonesia, WHO to Resume Bird Flu Cooperation
  • Afghanistan to Slaughter Poultry After Bird Flu Discovered
  • Pakistan: Bird Flu Outbreak Kills Peacocks, Closes Zoo
  • FAO Urges Stricter Bird Flu Controls in Nigeria  Audio Clip Available
  • Indonesia Stops Sharing Bird Flu Samples  Audio Clip Available
  • Indonesia Demands Vaccine Rules Before it Shares Bird Flu Samples
  • New Bird Flu Outbreaks Raise Alarm in Asia  Audio Clip Available
  • Bird Flu Expert Warns of More Outbreaks in Nigeria
  • Britain Satisfied With Tactics to Combat Bird Flu
  • UN Expert Predicts European Bird Flu Outbreaks
  • Britain Culls Tens of Thousands of Turkeys Infected With Bird Flu Virus
  • British Authorities Work to Contain Outbreak of Bird Flu
  • US Establishes Flu Pandemic Severity Rating  Audio Clip Available
  • Indonesia Takes Steps to Stop Spread of Bird Flu
  • Hong Kong on Alert for Bird Flu as Demand for Chicken Rises During Lunar New Year Festival  Audio Clip Available
  • New Outbreaks in Asia Remind Experts of Bird Flu Pandemic Possibility  Video clip available
  • UN Calls for Renewed Vigilance as Bird Flu Outbreaks Increase  Audio Clip Available
  • New WHO Director Optimistic About Taming Global Health Threats
  • Vietnam Says Bird Flu Contained; Philippines Steps Up Vigilance
  • US Agriculture Dept. Lacks Bird Flu Testing Plan
  • APEC Tests Communications in Major Bird Flu Exercise
  • Asia-Pacific Nations Test Bird Flu Preparedness
  • UN Agency to Track Birds to Stem Avian Flu
  • UN Quarantines 54 Indonesians After Bird Flu Exposure
  • World Health Assembly Approves Key Public Health Measures  Audio Clip Available
  • WHO Issues Warning About Indonesian Bird Flu Deaths
  • APEC Ministers Approve Plan to Combat Possible Human Flu Pandemic
  • White House Releases Bird Flu Plan  Audio Clip Available
  • Experts Say 25 Years of  HIV/AIDS Research Can Help Prepare Against the Avian Flu Virus
  • US: No Need to Seal Border in Bird Flu Pandemic
  • Rapid Containment Key to Preventing Bird Flu Pandemic  Audio Clip Available
  • Ivory Coast Prepares to Battle Bird Flu
  • Red Cross Steps Up Bird Flu Prevention Activities  Audio Clip Available
  • UN Report: Restoring World's Wetlands Key to Reducing Bird Flu
  • Malawi Agriculture Minister Says Africa Not Prepared for Bird Flu
  • UN Officials Say Bird Flu Threat Remains High Despite International Efforts  Audio Clip Available
  • UN Says Pledges Helping Nations Prepare for Bird Flu  Audio Clip Available
  • Health Groups, OAS Discuss Avian Flu
  • African Bird Flu Conference Fails to Discuss Human Infection
  • US Launches Avian Flu Surveillance Program  Audio Clip Available
  • Officials: Avian Flu-Infected Birds May Arrive in US This Year  Video clip available
  • Nigerian Officials Fear Country Unable to Cope With Large Avian Flu Outbreak  Audio Clip Available
  • Experts Say Immediate Action Needed to Contain Bird Flu in Burma, Afghanistan  Audio Clip Available
  • Military Model Proposed to Combat Infectious Disease  Audio Clip Available
  • WHO Presents Plan to Contain Bird Flu Spread
  • Russia Struggles to Battle Bird Flu
  • Novel Approach Suggested to Fight the Avian Flu Pandemic  Audio Clip Available
  • Top UN Bird Flu Expert Declares Crisis in Parts of West Africa
  • Western Countries, UN Agree to Form Bird Flu Crisis Group  Audio Clip Available
  • French Consumers Cut Poultry Consumption in Wake of Bird Flu Scare  Audio Clip Available
  • WHO Meets to Discuss Threat of a Bird Flu Pandemic
  • UN Contractor: Countries Refuse to Cooperate in Bird Flu Investigation
  • US Officials Stress Surveillance in Fight Against Bird Flu  Audio Clip Available
  • "Where's George?" Goes from Web Diversion to Disease Research Tool  Audio Clip Available
  • Nigeria Facing Threat of Bird Flu Pandemic  Audio Clip Available
  • Niger Appeals for International Aid to Battle Bird Flu
  • Do Migratory Birds Spread Avian Flu?  Audio Clip Available
  • WHO: People Cannot Catch Bird Flu from Properly Cooked Food
  • China Warns of Possible Massive Bird Flu Outbreak
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