News & Perspective

Sep 09, 2016

Sep 09, 2016

ASP News Scan for Sep 09, 2016

Resistance evolution on video
Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella in blood
Prize for drug-resistance tests
Undercount of drug-resistance deaths
AMR genes in household dust
E coli in meat samples
Malaria decline, drug resistance
ESBL E coli on pig farms

Sep 06, 2016

Sep 06, 2016

Antimicrobial Resistance Scan for Sep 06, 2016

E coli in meat samples
Malaria decline, drug resistance
ESBL E coli on pig farms

Oct 29, 2012

Jul 23, 2010

Jul 23, 2010

Experts say H5N1 picture not greatly improved since 2003

Robert Roos
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Jul 23, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – The global H5N1 avian influenza situation has not improved very much since the virus began spreading widely in 2003, and many human cases have probably gone unreported, French health experts conclude in an assessment published yesterday in Eurosurveillance.

Nov 11, 2008

Nov 11, 2008

US to give FAO $44 million for avian flu control

Robert Roos
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Nov 11, 2008

(CIDRAP News) – The United States will contribute another $44.4 million to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO's) campaign to prevent and control avian influenza, the FAO announced today.

Oct 26, 2006

Oct 26, 2006

SPECIAL REPORT: When avian flu control meets cultural resistance

Maryn McKenna
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Oct 26, 2006

Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part special report on bird flu in Vietnam. Part one, "Vietnam's success against avian flu may offer blueprint for others," appeared Oct 25.

(CIDRAP News) – HANOI, Vietnam – Nguyen Van Tich's farm lies at the end of a narrow dirt road that runs under the tall edges of rice paddies and snakes between old bomb craters turned into fish ponds.

Sep 20, 2006

Sep 20, 2006

OIE launches Japan-funded project to fight avian flu

Sep 20, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – A new project to help improve control strategies for avian influenza has been initiated in eight Asian countries, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced yesterday.

Oct 09, 2004

Oct 09, 2004

Avian flu task force formed, disease returns to Indonesia

Oct 09, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – Southeast Asian nations have agreed to band together to coordinate response to the deadly avian influenza outbreak that has caused 31 human deaths and widespread poultry losses.

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