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Since originating in East Asia, the H5N1 bird flu virus has spread worldwide, and the influenza pandemic it could trigger will hit developing countries the hardest.
(Photo credit: FAO/H.D. Nam)
Opinions and Analysis
It's a long road to a H5N1 vaccine stockpile
Tadataka Yamada, Alice Dautry and Mark Walport want to see better coordination and financing for a global H5N1 virus vaccine stockpile.
Asia-Pacific should have own vaccines stockpiles
Laurie Garrett and David P. Fidler argue that a stockpile of H5N1 vaccine for Asia-Pacific countries will counter virus-sharing problems.
Africa 'cannot meet WHO bird flu priorities'
2 November 2007
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Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
WHO regulations tough for developing nations
29 May 2007
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Source: The Lancet
News and Features
Scientists find 'likely' human-human H5N1 spread
Human-to-human transmission of H5N1 is likely to have occurred between a father and son in China, according to a new study.
China approves its first human H5N1 vaccine
China has approved production of a H5N1 vaccine for humans, the first of its kind in the developing world.
Bird flu update: 7 April 2008
7 April 2008
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South Asia News in brief: 1–15 March 2008
20 March 2008
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