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  • Vietnam launches program in response to avian and human influenza for 2011-2015

    HANOI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will stand side by side with the world community in actions to face with the risk of new animal- to-human epidemics which is rooted from the avian flu H5N1.

    The statement was made by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Dao Xuan Hoc at the Partnership on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza (PAHI)'s international conference held here on Thursday to call for international support and to launch the National Coordinated Actions Program on Avian Influenza, Pandemics Preparedness and Emerging Infectious Diseases (AIPED) for the 2011-2015 period.

    Vietnam was once among the countries mostly hit by the avian flu, but with close coordination and support from the international community, the country has achieved encouraging results in preventing the disease over the past eight years.

    To date, Vietnam is capable of controlling the circulation of the avian flu and reducing the number of human infected cases. However, the risk of infection from this virus is still high, so the conference is aimed at calling for further support and coordinated actions from domestic and foreign partners to implement the AIPED and find solutions to respond to them in the coming years, said the MARD official.

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    Re: Vietnam launches program in response to avian and human influenza for 2011-2015

    VN prepares national plan to fight avian flu


    HA NOI ? The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday launched the National Co-ordinated Action Programme on Avian Influenza, Pandemics Preparedness and Emerging Infectious Diseases (AIPED) for the 2011-2015 period.

    The programme will focus on improving and enhancing the capacity to monitor and respond to infectious diseases, and to diagnose them in labs. It will also focus on improving treatment and preparedness, and expanding citizen awareness through the mass media to control disease outbreaks and recurrence.

    It is also aimed at timely discovery and response to new human and animal diseases and preparedness for any epidemics that affect humans.

    The Partnership Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza was also held to call for more support from the international community to help Viet Nam deal with the issue. Viet Nam would stand side by side with the international community in building and implementing activities at international, regional and national levels, to face the risk of dangerous new epidemics on humans which are rooted on the avian flu H5N1 virus, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc.

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