Useful Avian Influenza News Links

OIE press releases

• December 2007
  New Delhi world conference on avian influenza prevention and control: OIE strategies prove relevant and efficient

• May 2007

  • Avian influenza in Ghana: the H5N1 strain isolated shows no new introduction of the virus to Africa

  • Today most countries overcome avian influenza outbreaks when they occur

• April 2007
  Avian Influenza:launch of a new web portal

• March 2007  
  Combining poultry vaccination with other disease control measures to combat H5N1 

Food safety and avian influenza

• Website of the European Food Safety Authority
• Avian influenza info - keeping or poultry flocks and food supply safe  

Avian influenza information

• OIE/FAO Network of Expertise on Avian Influenza
  www.offlu.net
• Latest information from IFAH (International Federation for Animal Health)
  Find Frequently Asked Questions and Latest Avian Influenza Information on the IFAH website.  

News

The following website pages have regularly updated news about avian influenza globally :

• World Health Organization website
  
  
• The Disease Alerts page on the OIE website
  
  
• The avian influenza page on the EUROPA website
  
  
• The FAO-EMPRES (Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests Diseases) Website
  
  
• FAO website - Animal Health section - Avian Influenza
  
• Avian Influenza: Protecting flocks, Protecting people  - A look at the food safety aspects of avian influenza.
  
• Vad's corner - Avian influenza section - a useful regularly updated site with many links to other useful sites.
  
  
• Nature - international weekly journal of science
  Web focus - Warning of a Flu Pandemic