Posts Tagged ‘ Avian Flu ’

$25 mln provided for Vietnam H5N1 prevention project 

October 28, 2011
$25 mln provided for Vietnam H5N1 prevention project 

  Vietnamese ministries will be provided with US$25 million to increase the effectiveness of public services in reducing health risks of avian flu (H5N1) to poultry and humans in 11 local provinces. The aid will be granted by the Avian and Human Influenza Facility (AHIF) and the World Bank — and it will include funds [...]

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Vietnam needs at least 10 years to eliminate avian flu 

April 22, 2011
Vietnam needs at least 10 years to eliminate avian flu 

  It will take ten or more years to eliminate avian flu, H5N1, from poultry in Vietnam and another five countries, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday.   Quoting its latest report, FAO said the virus remains entrenched in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Indonesia and Vietnam due to three factors.   One of [...]

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Avian flu project to get $25 mil funding boost 

March 26, 2011
Avian flu project to get $25 mil funding boost 

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved additional funding of US$25 million for a national project to tackle avian influenza epidemics among poultry and human.   According to the Vietnam Television’s news website, the funds will be raised through World Bank loans and the state budget.   The ongoing project, launched in 2007 in 11 provinces across the [...]

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Avian flu recurs in northern Vietnam 

November 29, 2010
Avian flu recurs in northern Vietnam 

Three hundred ducks in Nam Dinh Province have tested positive for the H1N5 virus, according to Hoang Van Nam, chief of the Department of Animal Health Wednesday. Â Nam made his announcement a couple of days after Vietnam reported that it hasn’t recorded any avian flu outbreaks, neither in humans nor birds, since July. Â [...]

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Seven people found with cholera in Mekong Delta province

February 2, 2010
Seven people found with cholera in Mekong Delta province

Seven of 45 people with acute diarrhea who were admitted to local hospitals in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang between January 19 and 28, were found to have cholera, a health ministry agency reported on Sunday. All seven cholera patients came from Cambodia’s Takeo and Kandal provinces to An Giang for treatment, according [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 20/12

December 20, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 20/12

Catholics Solidarity Committee celebrates Christmas; Vietnam, Canada boost educational cooperation; PM bans demolition of Hanoi old villas; Vietnam to punish spouses for sexual violence Catholics Solidarity Committee celebrates Christmas  The Vietnam Committee for Solidarity of Catholics (VCSC) held a solemn ceremony in Hanoi on December 18 to mark the upcoming Christmas.Priest Nguyen Cong Danh, VCSC [...]

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Official warns of avian flu recurrence

December 19, 2009
Official warns of avian flu recurrence

Without strengthened preventive measures, it is very likely a bird flu epidemic would break out in the country again, a health official warned Thursday. Hoang Van Nam, deputy head of the agriculture ministry’s Animal Health Department, attributed the high likelihood of recurrence to the cold weather and increasing demand for fowl during the upcoming Tet [...]

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Bird flu hits north, south

December 16, 2009
Bird flu hits north, south

LookAtVietnam – Avian flu cases (A/H5N1) have been reported in the provinces of Thai Nguyen and Ca Mau, where hundreds of chickens have died. The southern province of Ca Mau and Thai Nguyen Province in the north have set up quarantine stations in order to strictly check the transporting and slaughtering of chickens.Hoang Van Nam, [...]

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Action urged on cattle and poultry diseases

November 10, 2009
Action urged on cattle and poultry diseases

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has sent an urgent message asking provinces nationwide to prevent the outbreak of animal epidemics. The ministry asked the localities to mobilise their resources and entrust local authorities to control the spread of the epidemics of cattle, poultry and pigs.The ministry asked the localities to mobilise their resources [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 25/3

March 25, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 25/3

No new avian flu outbreaks reported in 21 days in southern provinces; ADB helps improve rural infrastructure in northern region; French embassy organizes career seminar in Hue; Honouring young skilled workers No new avian flu outbreaks reported in 21 days in southern provincesThe southern province of Ca Mau has been under control when the province [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...