With recent outbreaks in Bangladeshi districts neighboring Assam and West Bengal, India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a “Preparedness, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza” scheme. Jointly funded by the World Bank and the Indian Government, the three year program will involved “preparedness planning, coordination of the Outbreak Containment Plan, establishing a Bird Flu Cell in the department of Animal Husbandry, Dairy, and Fisheries, generating public awareness and involving the community in surveillance”. The government of India is also stressing the need for effective surveillance along its national borders. In addition to Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan and China have all experienced avian influenza outbreaks, increasing the risk for another outbreak in India, where no more cases have been officially confirmed since August 2006.
Source: Indian Catholic: http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=7065
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