Avian Influenza (H5N1)

Latest News and Guidance | Fact Sheets/Statements | Special Features | Useful Websites

The U.S. Government remains concerned that the ongoing foreign outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in infected poultry has the potential to turn into a human influenza pandemic that would have significant international political, economic and social consequences. H5N1 flu outbreaks began several year ago in Asia and now have appeared as far away as Europe.

Latest News and Guidance on Avian Influenza:

United States International Engagement on Avian Influenza
Department of State
http://www.usemb.gov.do/Consular/ACS/AI_international_engagement.pdf
Avian Influenza: International Partnership To Meet A Global Threat
Department of State
http://www.usemb.gov.do/Consular/ACS/AI_international_partnership.pdf
Video: Emerging Pandemic: Costs and Consequences of an Avian Influenza Outbreak
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=116811&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=142787#
Advice for U.S. Citizens Living Abroad
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/avian_flu_ig_americans_abroad_032405.htm
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm
Pandemic Influenza Tools for Businesses
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic/business.htm
The Official U.S. Government Website on Pandemic Flu and Avian Influenza
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
http://pandemicflu.gov/
Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/businesschecklist.html
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) - Avian Influenza
World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/
Avian Influenza
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/avianflu/

Fact Sheets/Statements:

U.S. Health Agency Urges Families to Plan for Pandemic, January 6, 2006
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2006/Jan/09-420568.html
Public Health Expert Explains the Science of Bird Flu, January 4, 2006
http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/policy/birdflu/ai010406.htm
Officials Outline U.S. Efforts To Prepare for Potential Pandemic, November 11, 2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Nov/11-421435.html
U.S. Government Takes the Lead in International Partnership to Tackle AI, November 2, 2005
http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/policy/birdflu/ai110205.pdf
President Bush Outlines Pandemic Influenza Preparations and Response, November 1, 2005
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/rm/55882.htm
Global Bird Flu Strategy Being Developed, October 27, 2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Oct/27-177080.html
World Health Organization Offers Public Health Guidance on Bird Flu, October 27, 2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Oct/27-781949.html
Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt,
Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky
and U.S. Agency for International Development Andrew Natsios
on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Avian Influenza, October 21, 2005
http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/policy/birdflu/birdfluoct21briefing.htm
U.S. Department of State's Avian Flu Fact Sheet, October 19, 2005
http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/health/health_1181.html
Bird Flu Concerns Take U.S. Health Secretary to Asia, October 11, 2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-
english&y=2005&m=October&x=20051011154346
cmretrop0.265484&t=gi/gi-latest.html
Bush Praises Thai Efforts To Prevent Spread of Bird Flu, September 19, 2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Sep/20-487458.html
International Partnership To Focus on Potential Bird Flu Pandemic, September 22, 2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Sep/22-113180.html
U.S. Launches International Partnership To Fight Bird Flu, September 15, 2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Sep/15-86476.html
U.S. Outlines Actions To Prevent Human Flu Pandemic, September 14, 2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Sep/15-378905.html
U.S. Department of State's Press Statement on Avian Influenza in Asia, April 5, 2005
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2005/44210.htm
WHO Fact Sheet on Avian Influenza - Avian influenza ("bird flu") and the Significance of Its Transmission to Humans , January 15, 2004
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/avian_influenza/en/

Special Features:

Meeting the Challenge of Bird Flu Publication - U.S. Department of State's IIP
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/img/assets/5096/120105_birdflu_2.pdf
National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Report - The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/pandemic-influenza.html
Searching for a Bird Flu Vaccine
- Part 1. New Flu Season Begins as Chance of Pandemic Looms
- Part 2. Global Demand Grows for Bird Flu Vaccine
- Part 3. Bird Flu Needs Better, Modern Vaccine Production Method
Most Recent Developments and Actions - USAID
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/
home/News/news_items/actions.html
USAID Activities on Avian Influenza
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/
home/News/news_items/ai_activities.html
Key Facts about Bird Flu and H5N1 Virus CDC
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/img/assets/5096/052405avianflufacts.pdf
Prevention and Control of Avian Flu in Small Scale Poultry: A Guide for Small Farmers
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/documents/ai/AI-paravets-guide.pdf

Useful Websites:

Avian Influenza Response
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/home/
News/news_items/avian_influenza.html
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/
7_0_1OB?navid=AVIAN_INFLUENZA&navtype=SU
Avian Influenza (AI)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/avian_influenza/index.html
Avian Influenza Information
National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/news/av/avianflu.htm
Pandemic Influenza
National Vaccine Program Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/pandemics/
Bird Flu
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/global_issues/bird_flu.html
Avian Influenza
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO)
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/en/health/diseases-cards/special_avian.html
Avian Influenza
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
http://www.wpro.who.int/health_topics/avian_influenza/
Influenza in Animals: Avian influenza
World Organization for Animal Health
http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm

AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N1)