This article is on Ghana's preparedness for its recent outbreak of avian flu through the work of its avian influenza task force, in place since 2005. Task force communication strategies include publicity campaigns using posters in cheerful colors advising that "Only you can stop bird flu." Volunteers in chicken suits educate the public about the disease. Information campaigns directed towards farmers give recommendations about how to protect against the spread
of the disease. Phone hotlines were set up to ensure that any signs of the disease could be quickly reported.

Ongoing precautions such as inspections are carried out by men such as Joseph Hillmends, a principal bird technician, who investigates farms for signs of avian influenza-bird flu. The article describes his use of personal protective clothing while visiting farmers to implement the testing and surveillance effort.

In April of 2007, the task force responded to an outbreak in Tema with a rapid test for bird flu that detected the H5N1 virus. Director of Veterinary Hospital Dr. Agyen-Frempong explained the response: infected chickens are burned and buried in deep holes, and farms are disinfected for free by the government, which also compensates farmers for the infected chickens and chicken products they have to exterminate. Farmers receive 85 percent of the market price for destroyed broilers and layers, 60 percent for fertile eggs, and 50 percent for table eggs, according to Dr. Agyen-Frempong. The article states that, although a total of 1.5 billion Ghanian cedis has been paid, farmers whose flocks are hit by bird flu experience heavy economic losses.