Re: SYRIA - Ministry of Health workshop on bird flu
Google-translated from Arabic:
Syria take precautionary measures to protect against avian flu
Oct 7, 2007
Damascus, October 7 / Xinhua / The Assistant Secretary for Health Syrian Owaid beautiful day / Sunday / that his country has taken preventive measures and precautions to prevent avian flu at this time of year, which frequently when migration of birds.
This came during the inauguration of a workshop on planning and communication in the prevention of bird flu disease created by the Syrian Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNICEF.
Speaking Owaid the seriousness of the disease in the event of his transfer from another person saying Syria's attention to this subject at this time owing to the migration of birds from the north to the south, where landing birds during this migration in many States.
The المسوءل that Syria was a pioneer in the previous round, in the area of prevention of the disease and prevent its entry into the country, alluding to the great awareness among the citizens who helped in the success of the protectionist measures in addition to the role of stakeholders and the media. For its part, stressed responsible media in MEMBERSHIP UNICEF Tamara Saeb through their participation in the workshop organized to support all activities in the area of communication for the prevention of the disease.
It stressed the necessity of activating the role of society in the prevention of the disease through the development of an integrated communication strategy and focus on the individual's behavior and benefit from the experience of the private sector.
It should be noted that Syria had taken several precautionary measures during the outbreak of avian flu in neighboring countries of Syria, and the elimination of a large number of suspected bird بمرضها, also banned the import of any birds موبءه States.
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