BIRD FLU

	International Organizations' Response

■	Animal Health Experts Hold Discussions over Strategies to Fight Bird Flu
■	China, ASEAN to Hold Special Meeting on Bird Flu
■	FAO Experts Say China Able to Contain Bird Flu
■	WHO Experts: No Need to Panic over Cat Suspected of Dying Bird Flu
■	FAO Experts Say China's Bird Flu Prevention 'Appropriate, Professional'
■	FAO Expert Praises China's Bird Flu Prevention, Control
■	Bird Flu Not Going Away Soon, WHO Says
■	UN Agency Says Bird Flu Still Threatening Asia
■	FAO: Bird Flu Not Under Control Yet
■	FAO Provides Technical Assistance to China
■	WHO: No Bird Flu Human-to-Human Transmission
■	Foot-and-Mouth Disease May Worsen Bird Flu Situations in Vietnam: Expert
■	WHO Cautions Pakistan Against Avian Influenza
■	No Proof that Bird Flu Originates in China: OIE
■	WHO, FAO Experts Tour Bird Flu-hit Jiangxi
■	Three More Laboratory Confirmed Cases of H5N1 in Vietnam: WHO
■	WHO: Evidence Not Enough to Prove Bird Flu Infection in Pigs
■	Bird Flu Virus Found on Pigs in Vietnam
■	FAO Provides Emergency Aid to China for Bird Flu Control
■	Bird Flu Pandemic 'Unlikely'
■	WHO: Bird Flu Virus Spreading Faster
■	China Tells WHO, FAO Its Bird Flu Situation
■	WHO Pleased with China's Action in Handling Avian Flu
■	Agricultural Minister Briefs WHO, FAO on Bird Flu
■	UN Experts Meet in Rome to Plan Fight Against Bird Flu
■	Bird Flu Awakens World
■	Two WHO Experts Arrive to Assist Bird Flu Campaign
■	FAO Urges Support for Less-developed Countries Hit by Bird Flu
■	UN Officials Warn of Continued Spread of Bird Flu in Asia
■	China Asked to Increase Action Against Bird Flu
■	WHO: Bird Flu May Have Passed Between Humans
■	WHO Gives Flu Medicines to Vietnam
■	WHO Refutes Claims That Bird Flu Virus Originated from China
■	Int'l Bodies to Meet in Rome to Study Policy Against Bird Flu
■	WHO Happy with China's Response to Bird Flu
■	WHO Develops Vaccine Against H5N1 Infection in Humans
■	WHO: Bird Droppings Prime Origin of Bird Flu
■	WHO Warns Bird Flu Virus More Serious than SARS

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Delegates attend a China-Asean special session on the prevention and treatment of bird flu opened in Beijing on March 2, 2004. Vice Premier Hui Liangyu, also director of China's anti-bird flu headquarters, was present at the meeting. The epidemic has been plaguing many east and southeast Asian countries and has led to the deaths of more than 20 people in Viet Nam and Thailand. [China Daily]

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3. What are the channels of transmission for bird flu?

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