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Health Articles in April, 2006

Influenza - Viet Nam willing to combat avian influenza

Viet Nam willing to combat avian influenza
Viet Nam News Agency, Vietnam - Apr 28, 2006Ha Noi (VNA) Viet Nam will need more than 400 million USD for the 2006-10 Integrated Operational Programme for Avian and Human Influenza (OPI) that is set …

Effect of Bifidobacterium longum BB536 on Prevention of Influenza …
NPIcenter (press release), Canada - Apr 21, 2006… BB536, a bifidobacterial probiotics developed through efforts by Morinaga Milk, to the elderly on rates of infections including influenza during wintertime. …

US gives Viet Nam avian influenza control equipment
Viet Nam News Agency, Vietnam - Apr 26, 2006… States Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) worth 50,000 USD to help Viet Nam’s avian influenza efforts …

PAHO: Animal, Human Surveillance Critical to Contain Avian …
Pan American Health Organization, DC - Mar 31, 2006Washington, DC, March 31, 2006 (PAHO) The nations of the Americas “must act together to contain the spread of avian influenza by enhancing surveillance in …

Expert paints grim picture of global bird flu outbreak
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel, TX - 18 hours ago… of epidemiology and biosecurity with the University of Texas School of Public Health, as he addressed the Angelina County Pandemic Influenza Task Force this …

Bush plan targets influenza outbreak
Kentucky.com, KY - Apr 17, 2006WASHINGTON - President Bush is expected to approve soon a national pandemic influenza response plan that identifies more than 300 specific tasks for federal …

Pandemic Influenza: Commission publishes evaluators report on …
EurofundingMag, France - Mar 30, 2006The European Commission today published the final evaluation report on the Common Ground exercise on an influenza pandemic. The …

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