FAO to assist Bali

[Niko]

[FONT=Helvetica, Arial]FAO helping Bali eradicate bird flu[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]DENPASAR (Antara): The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) helped set up participatory disease surveillance and participatory disease response after the death of two bird flu-related people recently in Bali, an official said.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"The two teams have 72 members. They have been placed in eight districts and one city," Bali husbandry office spokesman Ketut Suarda said Sunday.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]FAO also helped form a district surveillance officers team which is tasked to tackle animal health affairs, he said.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"Officials of the three agencies have already attended a coordinating meeting to take precautionary steps to avoid the bird flu virus from spreading further," he said.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The government has set a target of turning Bali and West Java into model provinces in deadly bird flu handling program by 2008.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Bali governor Dewa Beratha has said his administration had earmarked Rp 1.9 billion for bird flu eradication program in the province.(***)

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