Clipping the wings of avian influenza

tetano · Sep 19, 2012

Bull World Health Organ. 2012 Sep 1;90(9):638-9.
Clipping the wings of avian influenza.
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Abstract

Up to now, the threat of avian influenza has been lessened by effective animal husbandry methods. However, the public health community is trying to ensure enough measures are in place to prevent a possible pandemic. Jane Parry reports.

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Laidback Al · Sep 19, 2012

Re: Clipping the wings of avian influenza

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?We really think the biggest threat is from household poultry,? adds Mumford. . . .

. . . By contrast, Indonesia saw a sharp drop-off in reported cases in 2010 and 2011, partly due to successful risk communication.

?Now cases are less commonly related to direct contact, and more commonly related to indirect contact such as environmental contamination from bird droppings and so now it?s harder to tailor the prevention message,? says Dr Graham Tallis, leader of the Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response Team in WHO?s country office in Indonesia. . . .

. . . Under the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), Member States are obligated to have certain core capacities, particularly the capacity to detect and respond to potential public health emergencies of international concern. ?While we have a bit of breathing room we would like to help support countries to strengthen health systems and improve core capacities under IHR, and also to align WHO capacity development with the animal health sector. This would help minimize the global public health threat from avian influenza? says Mumford.

The three-way link-up between the OIE, FAO and WHO has bolstered avian influenza surveillance efforts, according to Dr. Juan Lubroth, senior officer of the Infectious Disease Group of FAO?s Animal Health Service. . . .

Full pdf of article at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/9/12-020912.pdf

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Clipping the wings of avian influenza

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