Vietnam: Response possibility of pandemic

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Vietnam: Response possibility of pandemic



Tuesday, March 9, 2010 1:03
(Bloomberg) - Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong Resident Coordinator and United Nations in Vietnam, John Hendra, on the 8-3 co-chaired the conference for all of the bird flu prevention Influenza and Human Influenza (PAHI), held in Hanoi.

Theo TTXVN, qua hội nghị, Bộ NN-PTNT, Bộ Y tế v? c?c th?nh vi?n của PAHI xem x?t, đ?nh gi? c?c hoạt động thực hiện chương tr?nh phối hợp h?nh động quốc gia ph?ng chống dịch c?m gia cầm v? c?m ở người giai đoạn 2006 - 2010; th?ng tin về t?nh h?nh dịch v? c?c hoạt động của đối t?c, đồng thời b?n về những định hướng v? ưu ti?n cho giai đoạn sau 2010.

Source: Reuters, via conferences, MARD, Ministry of Health and members of PAHI review and assessment activities for the program to coordinate national action preventing avian influenza and human flu period the 2006 - 2010; information on the services and activities of partners, and discuss the direction and priorities for the period after 2010.

Tại hội nghị, nhiều đại biểu nhận định Việt Nam cũng n?n r? so?t lại to?n bộ c?ng t?c chuẩn bị đối ph? ở cấp cao nhất với những loại thảm họa quy m? lớn, phức tạp v? kh?ng thể dự b?o.

At the conference, many delegates get to Vietnam should also review all the preparation work at the highest level to deal with the kind of large-scale disasters, complex and unpredictable.

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Re: Vietnam: Response possibility of pandemic

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Vietnam actively work towards controlling avian influenza
September 3, 2010 09: 17 (GMT +7)

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Nhiều đại biểu dự Hội nghị đ?nh gi? cao nỗ lực của Việt

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trong việc duy tr? c?c hoạt động đối ph? với dịch c?m gia cầm v? khả năng xảy ra đại dịch ở người trong nhiều qua.

in maintaining the activities to deal with avian influenza and the possibility of a pandemic in humans in many over.

Mặc d? vậy, c?c chuy?n gia cũng cho rằng, Việt

However, experts also said that Vietnam<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">

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cần hướng tới việc chủ động kiểm so?t đối với virus c?m gia cầm để tiết kiệm chi ph? trong ti?m ph?ng vaccine đại tr? tr?n đ?n gia cầm.

should work towards active control for avian influenza viruses to save costs in mass vaccination vaccine on poultry.

Đ?y l? nhiệm vụ kh? nặng nề bởi sẽ phải thay đổi lớn trong cơ cấu chăn nu?i, vận chuyển, ti?u thụ gia cầm...

This is quite heavy by the task will be big changes in the structure of animal husbandry, transport, consumption of AI ...

tr?n phạm vi cả nước, trong khi ng?nh chăn nu?i Việt

the whole country, while the Vietnamese livestock sector<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">

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hiện c?n rất ph?n t?n, nhỏ lẻ.

is still very scattered, small.

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cũng n?n r? so?t lại to?n bộ c?ng t?c chuẩn bị đối ph? ở cấp cao nhất với những loại thảm họa quy m? lớn, phức tạp v? kh?ng thể dự b?o.

should also review all the preparation work at the highest level to deal with the kind of large-scale disasters, complex and unpredictable. <o:p></o:p>
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C?c đại biểu cũng được nghe th?ng tin mới nhất về c?ng t?c chuẩn bị cho "Hội nghị Quốc tế cấp Bộ trưởng về c?m động vật v? đại dịch: Định hướng tương lai", do Việt

Delegates also heard the latest information on preparation work for the "International Conference for Ministers of animals and Pandemic Influenza: The future, the Vietnamese<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">

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đăng cai tổ chức v?o th?ng 4/2010.

hosted in April 2010.

Đ?y l? diễn đ?n chia sẻ kinh nghiệm, x?c định những kh? khăn th?ch thức, n?u ra giải ph?p khắc phục v? hỗ trợ ph?ng chống c?m gia cầm độc lực cao, c?ng t?c ứng ph? đối với virus c?m gia cầm tuyp A/H5N1, cũng như thảo luận về b?i học kinh nghiệm, về c?c loại dịch bệnh mới, bệnh truyền nhiễm tr?n động vật v? tr?n người c?ng với khả năng đại dịch trong tương lai.

This is a forum to share experience, identify difficulties, if a solution to overcome and support prevention and highly pathogenic avian influenza, prevention response to avian influenza A/H5N1 tube, as well as discuss lessons learned about new kinds of diseases, infectious diseases in animals and in humans with the ability of service in the future.

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Re: Vietnam: Response possibility of pandemic

Source: http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/S...-strategy.html


Updated March, 09 2010 10:33:57
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Experts call for bird flu control strategy

HA NOI ? The latest outbreak of bird flu has affected the provinces of Dien Bien and Nam Dinh in the north, Nghe An and Khanh Hoa in the central region, and Soc Trang and Ca Mau in the south, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development representative Hoang Van Nam told a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday.

"Bird flu has continued to spread in these provinces and killed thousands of poultry since its re-emergence in December, despite efforts to prevent contagion," Nam told the gathering of governmental experts and representatives from the UNDP and non-governmental organisations.

Nguyen Huy Nga, director of the Ministry of Health's Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment, said that since the first bird flu case in 2003, 115 human cases had been reported in Viet Nam, 58 of which resulted in deaths.

In 2010, three human cases have been reported in the provinces of Khanh Hoa, Tien Giang and Tuyen Quang, resulting in one death.

The threat of a human epidemic of bird flu has risen due to the continued presence of the virus among poultry and because public awareness of proper handling and preparation of poultry remained low.

The risk was particularly high in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region as ducks were migrating during harvest time.

About 95 per cent of human cases showed the person had a history of exposure to poultry infected with the A/H5N1 virus, Nga said, noting that the evidence of human-to-human transmission remained scant ? although there were instances in which groups of infected persons had lived in the same households.

The Integrated National Operational Programme for Avian Influenza 2006-10, commonly known as the Green Book, would help reduce the health risk to humans from bird flu by instituting methods to control the disease at its source in domestic poultry, detecting and responding promptly to human cases, and preparing for the medical consequences of a human pandemic, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong.

The total cost for the programme from the State budget, public sector and ODA was estimated at US$250 million, Bong said.

Experts at yesterday's meeting made recommendations on bird flu control and eradication strategy, including strengthening veterinary services, surveillance and epidemiological investigation, restructuring the poultry industry and increasing public awareness.

They urged the Government, by mid-year, to develop a national bird flu control plan for the next five years with specific milestones and quantifiable indicators of progress.

Where possible, the plan should have components that mirror those of other national animal disease control plans presently in place or in development, they said.

Do Huu Dung, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's deputy head of epidemiology, said that provinces would make monthly reports on vaccine usage in electronic format to the Department of Animal Health.

An International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza would be held in Viet Nam in April, said Luong The Phiet, acting director of the ministry's international co-operation department.

The conference would review progress in responses to highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1), the H1N1 pandemic and other emerging global health threats, Phiet said. ? VNS