Joseph Domenech
Joseph Domenech
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There is still a window of opportunity for substantially reducing the risk of a human pandemic evolving from H5N1 by controlling the virus at its source, in animals.
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With the recent multiplication of outbreaks in China they have now decided on countrywide vaccination, but at this point we cannot say if such a massive program is either possible or advisable, China can do it.
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We are not blaming the countries involved who are doing all they can. But it is proving very hard to shut down markets, to slaughter chickens. Livestock is many people's livelihood. It is very worrying.
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The animal health infrastructure in the country is facing a big challenge and will require outside assistance.
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Wild birds seem to be one of the main avian influenza carriers, but more research is urgently needed to fully understand their role in spreading the virus,
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It is going more and more toward the Western part of the world.
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We are the first to admit that there could be outbreaks there, although there are currently no indications.
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Today there are far more questions than answers.
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It's easy to understand the point of view of the Netherlands, since they lost 50 percent of their poultry population in 2003. But do we have to promote this for all countries? At this point, we are not sure.
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The need to keep domestic birds away from wild birds has been widely recognized and efforts to do so have been implemented in many countries.
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The Middle East and northern African countries should be able to build up a line of defense against avian influenza. FAO is more concerned about the situation in eastern Africa, where veterinary services, due to various constraints, should have more difficulties to run efficient bird flu campaigns based on slaughtering infected animals and vaccination,
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The fears are very high because many African countries are not in a very good position to respond to this kind of crisis, ... If there is no more support for veterinary services in Africa, then we may face a very, very severe problem.
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The countries urgently need international assistance to build up basic surveillance and control systems.
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The countries concerned and the international community have to make every effort to ensure that bird flu does not become endemic in Africa.