UN calls for $1.5bn bird flu fund - Democratic Underground

lovuian

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Wed Jan-11-06 05:51 PM
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UN calls for $1.5bn bird flu fund

UN calls for $1.5bn bird flu fund

The UN has called for $1.5bn to help implement programmes to fight bird flu and prepare for a pandemic in humans.
The UN's bird flu co-ordinator said he hoped the funds would be pledged at an international donors summit to be held in Beijing on 17 and 18 January.

Vital lessons in fighting the virus are emerging from Turkey's outbreak, which has left at least two people dead from the H5N1 strain and 13 in hospital.

The UN says rapid response to outbreaks and public education is essential.

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Turkey screwed up....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4604150.stm

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lovuian

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Wed Jan-11-06 05:54 PM
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1. The last paragraph kinda says it

The WHO thinks the world is now closer to another flu pandemic than at any time since 1968, when the last of the 20th Century's three pandemics occurred

its really got them worried...

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