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2nd Bird Flu Summit (Jun 28-29 2006)

Location

Washington, DC, United States

Event summary

The 2nd Bird Flu Summit will take place in Washington, DC, June 28-29, 2006. The purpose of the summit is to prepare the United States and the world to fight this potentially infectious disease.

Topics Include:

  • Country Report and Situation Updates: country reports are planned from Egypt, Turkey and the United States (US)
  • Surveillance and Data Management
  • Bird Flu Transmission to Humans May Be Higher Than Thought
  • Preparing Communities Strategies; Local Partnership and Participation
  • Vaccine Delivery
  • Emergency Response and Hospital/Health Care Coordination
  • Poultry Farms: The Frontline Fight Against Avian Flu
  • The World is Due for the Next Global Pandemic Flu
  • Benefit-risk Assessment: Public Health, Industry and Regulatory Perspectives
  • Economic Effects of a Pandemic
  • The Effect of a Bird Flu Pandemic on the US Life Insurance Industry

  • Prevention Education Efforts and Risk Communication
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Hard-To-Reach & Special Populations
  • Legal Considerations and Immunising Vaccine

Click here for more information and to register online.

Contact

New Fields
1050 17th Street, NW
6th Street
Washington, DC 20036 U.S.A.
Tel: (202) 536-5000
Fax: (202) 478-2989
Click here to use the online contact form.

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Placed on the Communication Initiative site April 19 2006
Last Updated January 31 2008

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