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- 'Bird flu fight needs more cash: World Bank (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Compensating poultry farmers fast and fairly is central to a global fight against bird flu that is projected to cost an extra $1.2-1.5 billion over the next 2-3 years, international experts said on Monday.
'EU pledges ?2m to fight bird flu (Financial Times)
European health experts on Wednesday backed a Commission pledge for ?2m in funding this year for animal surveillance programmes across the EU to help combat the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus.
'SOUTH KOREA Bird flu: 771,000 chickens culled in a week Asia News (AsiaNews.it)
Asia News SOUTH KOREA Bird flu: 771,000 chickens culled in a week SOUTH KOREA ECONOMY BIRD FLU VIRUS H5N1 Quarantine has been enforced in an area where two outbreaks were discovered at the end of November. More than 400 pigs and dogs have also been killed.
'Bird flu prompts EU to ban untreated feathers (Financial Times)
The European Union is to ban the import of all untreated feathers, in the latest attempt to control the spread of outbreaks of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu in wild birds that is intensifying around and within Europe?s borders.
'More funds sought as bird flu experts worry for Africa (AFP via Yahoo! News)
International health experts gather in Mali this week for a bird flu conference amid warnings that Africa risks becoming a permanent host to the virus that has triggered concerns of a global pandemic.
'Bird-Flu Fight to Cost $750 Mln a Year, UN Envoy Says (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The global fight against bird flu needs as much as $750 million extra a year to stem its spread and prepare for any pandemic it spawns, the United Nations said.
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