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United Against Bird Flu: Reports from the Global Campaign

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This booklet, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is the result of photo-reportage missions to Niger, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, and Viet Nam in April and May 2006 by Peter Lowrey and John Riddle, Information Officers in the FAO Information Division.

The booklet details the role FAO has played in confronting the global avian influenza crisis, which, according to the report, includes "policy advice, strategy design, technical information and guidelines, contingency planning and technical assistance, training, equipment and supplies such as laboratory equipment, vaccines, agency and donor coordination and public advocacy."

The booklet focuses on Thailand, Viet Nam, Nigeria, and Turkey and highlights the role that the FAO has played in each country. In particular, the booklet details the organisation's role in promoting regional cooperation - by providing examples of FAO support in relation to information sharing, surveillance, and training on bird flu and related issues.

The booklet also contains information on the amount of funding the FAO's avian flu programme receives from donor countries around the world.

Click here to access the booklet in PDF format.
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