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WB: Monitoring $7.14 million grant to combat avian flu
Sept 1, 2007
An official source with the World Bank to grant announced by the Bank allocated to Egypt, worth $7.14 million for the implementation of a project to combat avian flu and the purchase of equipment and machinery required for the analysis and exploration of the virus and prevent health workers.
The source pointed out that the next step to begin implementation of the project will set up a unit to manage consists of three key officials: the project manager and two financial and administrative, and they would not be from the Egyptian government staff salaries will be entitled to them. It will recognize the bank Later appointment of these three officials. The source added that the unit will work under the supervision of a special committee headed by Minister of Agriculture and comprising representatives of the FAO and the Ministry of International Cooperation and the Ministry of Finance and the High Commission to fight the disease.
He stressed that the experiences that Egypt will gain continuity because both retain equipment and modern equipment that would finance the bank purchased. Or as a result of the development of trained human cadres to fight the disease and prevent spread of human and animal, according to the highest levels of global and specific standards internationally.
A statement issued by the Bank of Egypt recorded the highest rate of infection of human disease in Africa, where 22 confirmed cases of infection, 13 of the case of death by 60% and monitor the losses suffered by the economy as a result of the execution of infected poultry, disinfection and prevention of the closure of farms and export the fall in prices of birds around four billion pounds in the period from October 2005 to May 2006 and had been executed and the death of more than 50 million birds during the same period.
The statement noted that financial and technical assistance to be provided by Bank of Egypt will develop the system of health security for the execution of infected birds and the disposal of dead birds and provide all the necessary equipment and training to workers to deal with the avian virus carrier. In addition to developing more advanced system for the reporting of disease , and means quick access to the sites. assistance will also join Egypt develop the potential of the central laboratory tests in Cairo to coincide analysis by the firm with global standards and requirements set by the United Nations Food and Agriculture 'FAO'.
He reviewed the history of the bank statement and the circumstances of the spread of the disease in Egypt and spread to humans. He pointed to the rapid reaction to confront it by all government agencies responsible despite the limited possibilities and the practical difficulties existing large. He said that the quick action taken by the Egyptian authorities to contain the disease included execution of diseased birds, and a program of strategic use of vaccines and isolate and purge and get rid of the remnants of the contaminated materials and the corpses of dead birds or destitute. Also included actions noted by the World compulsory vaccination campaign imposed by the government in the Chamber of ten kilometers in diameter around any point are detected by disease.
He said that by May 2006 had been used 50 million vaccination doses through a government program supported prevention of wealth husbandry. However, the bank pointed out that Egypt needs to be greater potential than those belonging to confront the disease. The operations Although vaccination deployment did not include the 20% of non-domesticated birds only. The capabilities of both labs lab analysis in the central Cairo or those in the provinces needed to develop a new program that will be done.
The statement indicated that the first case of H5N1 infection was discovered on February 17, 2006 and then spread the disease rapidly after that because of the acquisition of citizens in the countryside to poultry in their homes.
WB: Monitoring $7.14 million grant to combat avian flu
Sept 1, 2007
An official source with the World Bank to grant announced by the Bank allocated to Egypt, worth $7.14 million for the implementation of a project to combat avian flu and the purchase of equipment and machinery required for the analysis and exploration of the virus and prevent health workers.
The source pointed out that the next step to begin implementation of the project will set up a unit to manage consists of three key officials: the project manager and two financial and administrative, and they would not be from the Egyptian government staff salaries will be entitled to them. It will recognize the bank Later appointment of these three officials. The source added that the unit will work under the supervision of a special committee headed by Minister of Agriculture and comprising representatives of the FAO and the Ministry of International Cooperation and the Ministry of Finance and the High Commission to fight the disease.
He stressed that the experiences that Egypt will gain continuity because both retain equipment and modern equipment that would finance the bank purchased. Or as a result of the development of trained human cadres to fight the disease and prevent spread of human and animal, according to the highest levels of global and specific standards internationally.
A statement issued by the Bank of Egypt recorded the highest rate of infection of human disease in Africa, where 22 confirmed cases of infection, 13 of the case of death by 60% and monitor the losses suffered by the economy as a result of the execution of infected poultry, disinfection and prevention of the closure of farms and export the fall in prices of birds around four billion pounds in the period from October 2005 to May 2006 and had been executed and the death of more than 50 million birds during the same period.
The statement noted that financial and technical assistance to be provided by Bank of Egypt will develop the system of health security for the execution of infected birds and the disposal of dead birds and provide all the necessary equipment and training to workers to deal with the avian virus carrier. In addition to developing more advanced system for the reporting of disease , and means quick access to the sites. assistance will also join Egypt develop the potential of the central laboratory tests in Cairo to coincide analysis by the firm with global standards and requirements set by the United Nations Food and Agriculture 'FAO'.
He reviewed the history of the bank statement and the circumstances of the spread of the disease in Egypt and spread to humans. He pointed to the rapid reaction to confront it by all government agencies responsible despite the limited possibilities and the practical difficulties existing large. He said that the quick action taken by the Egyptian authorities to contain the disease included execution of diseased birds, and a program of strategic use of vaccines and isolate and purge and get rid of the remnants of the contaminated materials and the corpses of dead birds or destitute. Also included actions noted by the World compulsory vaccination campaign imposed by the government in the Chamber of ten kilometers in diameter around any point are detected by disease.
He said that by May 2006 had been used 50 million vaccination doses through a government program supported prevention of wealth husbandry. However, the bank pointed out that Egypt needs to be greater potential than those belonging to confront the disease. The operations Although vaccination deployment did not include the 20% of non-domesticated birds only. The capabilities of both labs lab analysis in the central Cairo or those in the provinces needed to develop a new program that will be done.
The statement indicated that the first case of H5N1 infection was discovered on February 17, 2006 and then spread the disease rapidly after that because of the acquisition of citizens in the countryside to poultry in their homes.
