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Tue, 06/17/2008 - 11:02
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Foreign, domestic scientists work together on bird flu
Hanoi (VNA) - Around 100 domestic and foreign scientists gathered at an international conference in Hanoi on June 16 to find ways to prevent and control bird flu.
Addressing the three-day workshop, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development Bui Ba Bong said bird flu is temporarily under control in
Vietnam but there is a risk the situation could change and become
complicated.
The deputy minister called for incorporating bird flu prevention and
control programmes and activities while focusing on restructuring the
poultry industry and accelerating research and supervision on the epidemic.
The conference heard bird flu-related reports by international experts,
including a model outlining the risk and progress of the virus, epidemiology
research on viruses on different kinds of poultry, and campaigns to raise
public awareness about the disease and its prevention.
Appearing in Vietnam since 2003, bird flu has caused great losses to
almost all provinces and cities nationwide. However, since March 2008, no
human bird flu case has been discovered in the country and the rate of
poultry infected with the disease has dropped rapidly.
Head Representative of the World Food Agricultural Organisation (FAO),
Andrew Speedy, said the Vietnamese government seriously acknowledged the
problem right from the beginning and with an open approach and a scientific
strategy, the country has succeeded in reducing the spread of the virus.
He stressed the importance of research in deciding measures to effectively
rein in the epidemic and warned Vietnam to reconsider vaccination which
he said was effective but costly.
At the conference, a representative of the US Departments of Agriculture
(USDA), John Wade, said he was impressed with Vietnam 's success in
stamping out the bird flu epidemic.
He said the USDA was committed to joining with other international
organisations and support Vietnam in its long-term strategy to prevent
the spread of the epidemic.
The conference was co-organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, FAO, the USDA and the US Agency for International Development (USAIDS).-Enditem
Addressing the three-day workshop, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development Bui Ba Bong said bird flu is temporarily under control in
Vietnam but there is a risk the situation could change and become
complicated.
The deputy minister called for incorporating bird flu prevention and
control programmes and activities while focusing on restructuring the
poultry industry and accelerating research and supervision on the epidemic.
The conference heard bird flu-related reports by international experts,
including a model outlining the risk and progress of the virus, epidemiology
research on viruses on different kinds of poultry, and campaigns to raise
public awareness about the disease and its prevention.
Appearing in Vietnam since 2003, bird flu has caused great losses to
almost all provinces and cities nationwide. However, since March 2008, no
human bird flu case has been discovered in the country and the rate of
poultry infected with the disease has dropped rapidly.
Head Representative of the World Food Agricultural Organisation (FAO),
Andrew Speedy, said the Vietnamese government seriously acknowledged the
problem right from the beginning and with an open approach and a scientific
strategy, the country has succeeded in reducing the spread of the virus.
He stressed the importance of research in deciding measures to effectively
rein in the epidemic and warned Vietnam to reconsider vaccination which
he said was effective but costly.
At the conference, a representative of the US Departments of Agriculture
(USDA), John Wade, said he was impressed with Vietnam 's success in
stamping out the bird flu epidemic.
He said the USDA was committed to joining with other international
organisations and support Vietnam in its long-term strategy to prevent
the spread of the epidemic.
The conference was co-organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, FAO, the USDA and the US Agency for International Development (USAIDS).-Enditem
