In May 24th and 25th AI outbreak occurred in Dinh Cao commune, Phu Cu district of Hung Yen province, where CARE is working. Sick and dead ducks were found in one household that normally has a flock of 300. On 29th May 2007 the sub department of animal health arrived to take a sample from the flock for tests and requested that the family bury the ducks. However, the head of the family refused to comply. In this situation, the local authority and animal health department were very anxious as there is no policy to force the family to comply.
This incident happened to occur during a CARE AI campaign in the commune with different mass organizations involved in the communications campaign. The commune AI committee intervened and applied their skills and knowledge convinced the man of the dangers of not complying, eventually the man agreed to destroy the flock. On the same day the National Institute for Hygiene and epidemiology confirmed that the outbreak was H5N1
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