
This page provides a compilation of news, articles, feature stories and events related to Avian and Human Influenza and the East Asia and Pacific region Please note that most links go to the Health, Nutrition and Population website of the East Asia and Pacific Region.
  | Avian Flu 2007: Virus Continues to Spread (story) January 9, 2007 |   | Six Grants Totaling US$28 million Approved by Facility to Fight Avian Flu (news) December 28, 2006 |   | Donors Pledge US $ 475 million at Mali Avian Flu Summit (news) December 8, 2006 |   | A Season for Flu (story) November 14, 2006 | 
| World Bank: U$15 Million Avian Flu Grant for Indonesia (story) September 16, 2006 | 
| Important Agreement between Government and International Specialists on the Path Forward in Fighting Avian Influenza in Indonesia (news) August 25, 2006 | 
| New Avian Flu Facility Awards Its First Grant To The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (news) Agust 14, 2006 | 
| Economic Impacts of Avian Influenza Propagation(speech), June 29, 2006 | Presentation (166kb pdf) | 
| Avian Flu: The Economic Costs (story), June 29, 2006 | 
| European Commission Helps to Establish US$70 Million Avian Flu Facility (news), June 7, 2006) | 
| Avian Flu: What Now After Beijing? (story), February 9, 2006 |   | International Community Pledges US$1.9 Billion to Fight Avian Flu (story), January 31, 2006 |   | Bank Board Endorses Funding Plan to Combat Avian Flu (story), January 13, 2006 |   | International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, Beijing, January 17-18, 2006 (event) |   | Global Influenza Meeting Sets Key Action Steps, Agrees On Urgent Need For Financing (news), November 9, 2005 |   | Economic Losses Could Top US$800 Billion (story), November 8, 2005 |   | New Global Program to Deal with Avian Flu (news) November 4, 2005 |   | Economic Impact of Avian Flu (story) November 3, 2005 |   | Partners Meeting on Avian Influenza (announcement) November 7-9, 2005 |  | Avian Flu Pandemic: Not a Question of If, but When, and How Severe? (story) October 19, 2005 |  | Seeking a Coordinated Approach to Bird Flu (story) September 28, 2005 |  | Avian Flu -- Economic and Social Impacts (speech) September 23, 2005 |  | Avian Flu: Averting a Global Pandemic (story) September 15, 2005 |  | Health Professionals in Australia and Vietnam Use GDLN for Just-in-Time Responses to Regional Bird Flu Outbreaks (story) May 31, 2004 |
More information:
  Economic Impacts of Avian Flu
  Avian Flu in East Asia - Country Programs
  Avian Flu in East Asia - News & Events
 The Avian and Human Influenza Threat: An Update (21kb pdf)     Section taken from the East Asia Update, March 2006, pp 12-14.
 World Bank Site on Avian and Human Pandemic InfluenzaBack to top |