Given the special circumstances of the sudden occurrence of Avian Flu, we have developed the following list of links to online resources of Frequently Asked Questions, Question and Answer, and Fact Sheets available from governments, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to assist communicators and journalists in addressing prevention and outbreak communication. This is not a comprehensive listing. Please send additions to this list to Deborah Heimann dheimann@comminit.com [1]

Academy for Educational Development (AED)

Avian Influenza Fact Sheet: What We Need to Know About Avian Influenza [PDF] [2]

Academy for Educational Development (AED) (for the United States Agency for International Development - USAID)

Frequently Asked Questions: Avian Influenza in Birds [PDF] [3]

Academy for Educational Development (AED)

Seasonal, Avian, and Pandemic Flu: What’s the Same, What’s Different? [PDF] [4]

Academy for Educational Development (AED)

Using Infection Control to Prevent the Spread of Flu in Health Care Settings [PDF] [5]

AIWeb: The Avian Influenza, Wildlife and the Environment Web

Resources for Scientists, Media, and Policymakers [6]

AIWeb: The Avian Influenza, Wildlife and the Environment Web

Avian Influenza Information Sheet for Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme Fieldworkers [PDF] [7]

American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)

Avian Influenza, or "Bird Flu": What You Need to Know [8]

American Public Health Association (APHA)

Get Ready for Flu Blog [9]

Animal Production & Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)

Avian Influenza - Questions & Answers [10]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Bird Flu - Frequently Asked Questions [11]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Bird Flu - Key Facts [12]

Avian Bird Flu FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Avian Influenza / Bird Flu [13]

Avian Influenza: Protective Flocks, Protecting People (a United States-based web resource)

Questions and Answers On Avian Influenza ("Bird Flu") [14]

Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing

Frequently Asked Questions about Avian Influenza or Bird Flu [15]

Birdfluu.com, H5N1 Avian influenza ("bird flu") and the significance of its transmission to humans...

Bird Flu Frequently Asked Questions [16]

Birdflu.Org.Cn

Avian Influenza Frequently Asked Questions [17]

Bird Flu Symptom website

Bird Flu FAQ [18]

BirdLife International

Avian Influenza: Frequently Asked Questions [19]

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

Avian Influenza Fact Sheet [20]

Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota, United States

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): Agricultural and Wildlife Considerations [21]

Centers for Disease Control & Prevents (CDC), United States Department of Health and Human Services

Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus [22]

Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong

FAQs: How to Respond to an Influenza Pandemic [23]

Drug Information Center of Cluj, Romania, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, and United States Pharmacopeia

Avian Flu - Guide for Doctors and Pharmacists [PDF] (English) [24]

Avian Flu - Guide for Doctors and Pharmacists [PDF] (Romanian) [25]

Drug Information Center of Cluj, Romania, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, and United States Pharmacopeia

Avian Flu - Guide for Patients [PDF] (English) [26]

Avian Flu - Guide for Patients [PDF] (Romanian) [27]

Egypt State Information Service (SIS), Bird Flu: All You Need About Bird Flu

Bird Flu Information [28]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 10, No. 5, May 2004

Atypical Avian
Influenza (H5N1) [PDF] [29]

Epidemic & Pandemic Alert Response (EPR), World Health Organization (WHO)

Avian Influenza Frequently Asked Questions [30]

Epidemic & Pandemic Alert Response (EPR), World Health Organization (WHO)

Avian Influenza ("Bird Flu") - Fact Sheet, January 2006 [31]

European Commission: Health & Consumer Voice, April 2006

Ten Key Facts on Avian Flu for the Public [32]

European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)

Avian Flu: Destroying Myths [33]

European Union: Animal Health and Welfare

Avian Influenza - Questions & Answers [34]

Flu Wiki

What Do I Need To Know [35]

Health Protection Agency (HPA), United Kingdom

Frequently Asked Questions on Avian Influenza [36]

Heifer International

What’s New with Avian Flu and You? [37]

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Avian Influenza/Bird Flu [PDF] [38]

International Food Information Council (IFIC)

Questions and Answers about Avian Influenza "Bird flu" [39]

International Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza

Avian Influenza and Wild Birds: What Is Their Actual Role in the Spread of the Virus? [PDF] [40]

International SOS, Pandemic Preparedness, Avian Flu Outbreak

Frequently Asked Questions [41]

International Medical Corps

Avian Flu Preparedness and Response [42]

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Public Health News Center

Avian Flu: Frequently Asked Questions [43]

Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain

Avian Influenza Disease Control: Frequently Asked Questions [44]

Ministry of Health, New Zealand

FAQ about Influenza, Bird Flu & Pandemic Influenza [45]

Ministry of Health, Singapore

FAQs on Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) [46]

PandemicFlu.gov

Frequently Asked Questions About Pandemic Influenza [47]

Prevention of Avian Influenza, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Avian Flu: Frequently Asked Questions [48]

Republic of the Philippines, Department of Health (DOH)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Bird Flu [49]

Pamphlet: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Bird Flu [PDF] [50]

Safety Central

Avian influenza "Bird Flu" The Facts & Guidelines [51]

Pandemic Preparedness Supplies & H5N1 Avian Bird Flu Information [52]

Science and Development Network (SciDev.net)

Questions and Answers [53]

SIL International

2005 Avian Influenza Fact Sheet for Community Field Workers [54]

SIL International

How to Avoid Avian Influenza at Home [English] [55]

How to Avoid Avian Influenza at Home [Spanish] [56]

United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Disease factsheet: Avian influenza [57]

United Kingdom Department of Health

Bird Flu and Pandemic Influenza: What are the Risks? [58]

United Kingdom Department of Health

Explaining Pandemic Flu: A Guide from the Chief Medical Officer [59]

United Kingdom National Health Services

Pandemic Flu: Frequently Asked Questions [PDF] [60]

United States Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP)

Bird Flu & You: A Quick Guide to Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Bird (Pandemic) Flu

[in English, Spanish, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese] [61]

United States Department of Agriculture

Questions and Answers: Avian Influenza [62]

United States Department of Agriculture

Fact Sheet: Avian Influenza [63]

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Biosecurity for the Birds

Avian Influenza (AI) Fact Sheet for Poultry Producers in the USA [64]

Biosecurity Tips: 6 Ways To Prevent Poultry Disease [65]

Brochures and Fact Sheets [66]

United States Department of State

Avian Flu Fact Sheet [67]

United States Department of State

Avian Influenza Frequently Asked Questions [68]

United States National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and Egg Safety Center

Avian Influenza - The Facts [PDF] [69]

World Bank

Avian Flu - Questions and Answers [70]

World Health Organization (WHO)

Avian Influenza ("Bird Flu") - Fact Sheet [71]

World Health Organization (WHO)

Ten Things you Need to Know About Pandemic Influenza [72]

World Health Organization South East Asian Regional Office (WHO - SEARO)

Tips that can help you avoid avian influenza (Bird Flu) [73]

World Health Organization South East Asian Regional Office (WHO - SEARO)

Bird Flu: What You Need to Know [74]

Bird Flu: What You Need to Know [PDF] [75]

World Health Organization (WHO) Vietnam

Avian Influenza ("bird flu") - Fact Sheet January 2006

Advice for People Living in Areas Affected by Bird Flu or Avian Influenza [76]