Preparedness plans, vaccine development, farmer compensation called for, as ecosoc holds special event on 'urgent, global' threat from Avian flu.

0 Comments | M2 Presswire, November, 2005

M2 PRESSWIRE-4 November 2005-UN: Preparedness plans, vaccine development, farmer compensation called for, as ecosoc holds special event on 'urgent, global' threat from Avian flu(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03112005 No country was exempt from the spread of Avian flu, and preventing the virus from becoming a pandemic would depend on the willingness and ability of countries to share information about outbreaks and develop preparedness plans, high-level representatives of agencies and departments of the United Nations system stressed today during a special event organized by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held at Headquarters.

Opening the discussion, Munir Akram (Pakistan), President of ECOSOC, said the world was facing another...

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. HighBeam Research
 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)