Learn the facts, plan and act against the threat now!
"It is only a matter of time before an avian flu virus - most likely H5N1 -
acquires the ability to be transmitted from human to human, sparking the
outbreak of human pandemic influenza. This is the time for every country to
prepare their national action plan - and act on it. If we are unprepared, the
next pandemic will cause incalculable human misery - both directly from the
loss of human life and indirectly through its widespread impact on security. No
society will be exempt. No economy would be left unscathed."
- Dr. Jong Wook Lee, Late Director General of the World Health Organisation
(WHO)
"If it (H5N1- avian flu virus) were to become rooted in the African countryside,
the consequences for a continent already devastated by hunger and poverty could
be truly catastrophic"
- David Harcharik, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agricultural
Organisation (FAO), 2006.
This website provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date and reliable information available globally on the bird flu. It aims to empower individuals, communities, organisations, businesses and governments in Africa especially to
learn the facts about bird flu, plan and act appropriately against the threat.
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