International bird flu conference slated for Mali in December

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BAMAKO (AFP) — The fourth international conference on bird flu, with 600 participants, will take place from December 6-8 in Bamako, a Malian cabinet official has said. The conference will "take stock of the past year's global efforts against avian flu and evaluate the risks of human pandemic flu," Minister of Livestock and Fishing Ibrahima Toure told a new conference.

The participants of this international meeting, jointly organized by Mali's government, the European Union and the African Union, will include ministers of health and those in charge of the fight against bird flu, veterinary experts and doctors from over 100 countries. Alongside this meeting, several dozens of national and international non-governmental organizations, as well as civil society representatives,...