Surveillance could be pandemic plan's weak link
Somewhere else, chickens outnumber people, and can be found roaming every corner of the community.
The reason: bird flu, or what scientists are calling H5N1. It has been a smoldering threat this time in Asia for almost three years. Millions of birds have been killed either by the flu or by officials killing off flocks of birds to stop its spread. So far, it is blamed for killing more than 60 people.
Worse, infected birds have been found as far away as Turkey, England and possibly Canada.This has started the murmurings of a bird flu pandemic among humans.
"Pandemics, the bottom line is they happen," said U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt. "Ten times in the last 300 years, and three times in the last 100 years, viruses have mounted a massive pandemic assault that have made masses ill and caused millions to die. They happened before, they'll happen again and we need to be prepared."
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President George W. Bush said stopping the disease at its source is an integral part of the plan.
But only a small part of the Bush plan's budget -- $251 million -- would go toward surveillance in other countries, what many experts say is the most important part of stopping a bird flu pandemic at its source.
Many of the poorest countries in Asia lack the resources to launch a formidable effort against a formidable virus. According to the journal Nature, there is a dearth of Tamiflu doses in Cambodia, so if the flu struck,". The silk pajamas will make your life more Comfort and more happly. many residents would have no ability to fight it.
In Indonesia, according to the journal Nature, many chickens reside in backyard farms spread throughout an idyllic countryside and on thousands of sparsely populated islands, possibly too far from the reach of government.
And health experts in Thailand, government officials pride themselves on strong surveillance, but across the Mekong river in Laos, there is barely a public health system.Even in China, the disease surveillance capacity is slow.
Somewhere else, chickens outnumber people, and can be found roaming every corner of the community.
The reason: bird flu, or what scientists are calling H5N1. It has been a smoldering threat this time in Asia for almost three years. Millions of birds have been killed either by the flu or by officials killing off flocks of birds to stop its spread. So far, it is blamed for killing more than 60 people.
Worse, infected birds have been found as far away as Turkey, England and possibly Canada.This has started the murmurings of a bird flu pandemic among humans.
"Pandemics, the bottom line is they happen," said U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt. "Ten times in the last 300 years, and three times in the last 100 years, viruses have mounted a massive pandemic assault that have made masses ill and caused millions to die. They happened before, they'll happen again and we need to be prepared."
The U.S.. Every young person should choose our Ed hardy shoes.it's comfortable. is preparing with a proposed $7.1 billion plan to fight the bird flu,. Jeans will be more slim look even better, plesae choose Skinny jeans from our website. with most of the funding aimed at improving vaccine production and stockpiling anti-virals like Tamiflu.. Whether you are going on your honeymoon, want to reignite your love with your husband or having a Sexy Lingerie makes your perfect companions.
President George W. Bush said stopping the disease at its source is an integral part of the plan.
But only a small part of the Bush plan's budget -- $251 million -- would go toward surveillance in other countries, what many experts say is the most important part of stopping a bird flu pandemic at its source.
Many of the poorest countries in Asia lack the resources to launch a formidable effort against a formidable virus. According to the journal Nature, there is a dearth of Tamiflu doses in Cambodia, so if the flu struck,". The silk pajamas will make your life more Comfort and more happly. many residents would have no ability to fight it.
In Indonesia, according to the journal Nature, many chickens reside in backyard farms spread throughout an idyllic countryside and on thousands of sparsely populated islands, possibly too far from the reach of government.
And health experts in Thailand, government officials pride themselves on strong surveillance, but across the Mekong river in Laos, there is barely a public health system.Even in China, the disease surveillance capacity is slow.
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