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AlertNet: Alerting humanitarians to emergencies
A project of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, AlertNet is a news aggregator that aims to raise awareness of humanitarian crises around the globe, particularly 'forgotten' emergencies that rarely make headlines. It publishes news from over 400 aid agencies and other media outlets across a range of...
LINK | 3 March 2009 | EN
Global Forum for Health Research
The Global Forum for Health Research provides evidence, tools and discussion forums for decision-makers in research funding and policy to improve the health of the poor. Although it covers issues for both infectious and non-communicable diseases, the agency recognises that mental health problems...
LINK | 23 July 2008 | EN
World Organisation for Animal Health Avian Influenza
The OIE produces an avian influenza portal for national veterinary services and veterinary professionals, farmers, media and the general public. They compile an update on cases of H5-type avian influenza in animals, which includes disease outbreak maps and graphs....
LINK | 1 May 2008 | EN
WHO Avian influenza
The WHO is coordinating the global response to human cases of H5N1. The site gives information on the virus for the general public as well as more technical resources for experts. The associated media centrehttp://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/mediacentre/en/index.html provides news...
LINK | 1 May 2008 | EN
Reuters AlertNet Bird flu
This Reuters site covers new developments in the bird flu crisis, and offers a free email alert service. Features of the site include a summary of the bird flu crisis, a timeline of events and links to other online resources.
LINK | 1 May 2008 | EN
H5N1: News and Resources about Avian Flu
This blog provides comprehensive coverage of bird flu news and developments. It is frequently updated and contains a number of links to other relevant H5N1 resources, including journal articles, government sites and audio-video files. Links to French language websites are also provided.
LINK | 1 May 2008 | EN
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
The CIDRAP avian flu website publishes news written by in-house journalists as well as links to free stories appearing elsewhere. It hosts lists of guidelines and selected research papers, with links to full articles where available. The site's detailed, up-to-date, overview documents are...
LINK | 9 November 2006 | EN
GRAIN bird flu page
GRAIN is a nongovernmental organisation that promotes sustainable management of agricultural biodiversity. The bird flu page of its website provides free access to a number of publications and websites on bird flu and its impact on small-scale farmers in the developing world. The list of...
LINK | 4 October 2006 | EN
World Bank report on the economic impact of avian influenza
In this short report, the World Bank summarises the main economic impacts of both the outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry and the potential human influenza pandemic. It identifies two main categories of economic impacts: the costs of sickness or death resulting from the disease outbreaks; and...
LINK | 3 May 2006 | EN
BirdLife International - avian influenza
BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organisations. This statement outlines the group's most recent summary of the avian flu situation relating to wild birds. The link to frequently asked questionshttp://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/avian_flu/flu_faq.html may...
LINK | 25 April 2006 | EN
Offlu - OIE/FAO network of expertise on avian influenza
This website is a joint enterprise of the World Health Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to develop a network of expertise on avian influenza. It aims to offer veterinary expertise to member countries to assist in the control of bird flu, and to...
LINK | 25 April 2006 | EN
News and resources about H5N1 – online blog
This blog about avian flu is written by Crawford Kilian, a Canadian college instructor and writer. He has gathered and commented on news articles related to bird flu on a daily basis since March 2005. The site also offers useful links to international news sources, health agencies, journal...
LINK | 25 April 2006 | EN
The OIE – avian flu in animals
The World Health Organization for Animal Health (OIE) was set up to ensure transparency in the reporting of global animal disease. It is an intergovernmental organisation with 167 member countries that report the animal diseases detected on their territories. The website lists confirmed cases of...
LINK | 25 April 2006 | EN
The Poultry Site
A website supported by the poultry industry that provides news on bird flu from publications across the world and a quick guide to recognising avian flu in poultry.
LINK | 25 April 2006 | EN
The Flu Wiki
The Flu Wiki aims to help local communities prepare for and cope with a possible influenza pandemic by collecting information and encouraging discussion. It is a collaborative website that allows any user to edit content, and has an extensive list of other online resources relating to all aspects...
LINK | 25 April 2006 | EN
The FAO avian influenza page
The avian flu page of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), concentrating on the threat the disease poses to animal health. It provides links to a small collection of important documents that outline the organisation's guidelines for tackling the spread of avian flu in livestock.
LINK | 25 April 2006 | EN
The WHO avian flu homepage
This page is the starting point for all World Health Organization (WHO) information about avian flu. The WHO focuses on bird flu's relevance to human health; it is coordinating the global response to human cases of H5N1 avian flu and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic....
LINK | 24 April 2006 | EN
CDC avian flu page
The avian flu website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is part of the US government's Department of Health and Human Services. It provides up-to-date information about virus strains and their spread in both animals and humans, giving detailed scientific background...
LINK | 24 April 2006 | EN
Flu in China; flu information centre
A bilingual Chinese news aggregator for information on bird flu. It provides useful links to new scientific research, public health advice, and a discussion forum. The site is maintained by a company called the Hangzhou Neuro-Hemin Biotech Company, and is funded by registration fees. Paying...
LINK | 24 April 2006 | EN
NewsNow – Bird Flu
A UK-based news portal that scans the Internet for headlines with the words 'bird flu'. It is updated by about 21,000 news sources every five minutes, and uses national flag symbols to help readers quickly identify the country of origin of each news report.
LINK | 24 April 2006 | EN
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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
