S.E. Asia gets Al surveillance and diagnostic network

摘要

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), working with the National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH) in Thailand have decided to set up a regional surveillance and diagnostic network to control Avian Influenza. With the re-appearance of avian influenza in Southeast Asia, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), working with the National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH) in Thailand, invited chief veterinary officers from Southeast Asia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and representatives from the International Organization for Animal Health and the World Health Organization, to a three-day meeting in Bangkok The'purpose of the meeting was to set up a regional coordination mechanism to control trans-boundary animal diseases, particularly the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus strain of bird flu, which could pass from fowls to humans.