Tuesday May 15th 2007, 9:27 pm
Below is a round-up of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article.
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Bird flu update: 14 May 2007 (SciDev.net)
CORRECTED: Indonesia resumes providing samples of bird flu virus to WHO (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
Tuesday May 15th 2007, 8:48 pm
_ Indonesia has resumed providing bird flu virus specimens to the World Health Organization, Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said Tuesday.
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Poor countries want fair deal for bird flu shots (MSNBC)
Tuesday May 15th 2007, 4:48 pm
Developing countries led by Indonesia demanded a fair deal for providing samples of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus that drug companies use to make vaccines.
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Poor countries demand fair share of bird flu vaccines (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday May 15th 2007, 2:03 pm
Developing countries led by Indonesia demanded a fair deal on Tuesday for providing samples of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus that drug companies use to make vaccines.
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Indonesia resumes sharing bird flu samples (CBC)
Tuesday May 15th 2007, 1:45 pm
Indonesia has resumed sending samples of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus to the World Health Organization, the country's health minister said Tuesday in calling for a share of any commercial vaccines that result.
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Poor countries demand fair share of bird flu vaccines (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday May 15th 2007, 10:43 am
Developing countries led by Indonesia on Tuesday demanded a fair share of commercial vaccines derived from samples they provide of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
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Indonesia resumes providing samples of bird flu virus to WHO (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
Tuesday May 15th 2007, 10:09 am
_ Indonesia has resumed providing bird flu virus specimens to the World Health Organization, Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said Tuesday.
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Africa: New Avian Flu Project to Support Africa’s Poor Farmers (AllAfrica.com)
Tuesday May 15th 2007, 7:09 am
Two international research organizations launched on Monday a new project aimed at supporting poor farmers in developing countries including Ethiopia safeguard their livelihoods in the event of future outbreaks of avian influenza, sources told The Daily Monitor on Monday.
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