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Third Meeting of the Task Force:
HPAI H5N1 and wild birds: reviewing the global issue and assessing future priorities
Rome, Italy; 15-16 March 2010
Round-up of H5N1 outbreaks in December 2009 and January 2010
2 Feb 2010
Rock Dove reported H5N1 positive in Russia
5 Nov 2009
H5N1 positive White-necked Ravens in Cote D'Ivoire
16 Oct 2009
More suspected wild bird cases in Mongolia
11 Sep 2009
More information on wild bird cases in Mongolia
21 Aug 2009
Mongolia reports an outbreak of HPAI H5 in wild birds
10 Aug 2009
H5N1 antibodies found in wild waterbirds in Altay Kray, Russia
25 Jun 2009
Suspected cases of H5N1 AI infection in wild birds in Russia
18 Jun 2009
Wild bird cases in China
19 May 2009
7th International Symposium on Avian Influenza
5-8 April 2009 (Athens, Georgia, USA)
Cases in Hong Kong (poultry and wild birds)
16 Feb 2009
New human cases reported in Egypt and Vietnam
9 Feb 2009
New outbeaks in poultry in Egypt and Vietnam
5 Feb 2009
New human cases reported in China
2 Feb 2009
New poultry outbreaks in Vietnam, India and Bangladesh
2 Feb 2009
New human cases reported in China and Egypt
26 Jan 2009
New poultry outbreaks in Bangladesh
23 Jan 2009
New poultry outbreaks in Egypt
22 Jan 2009
New human cases reported in Indonesia
21 Jan 2009
New outbreaks in India and Nepal
20 Jan 2009
New human cases reported in China
19 Jan 2009
New human cases reported in Egypt
13 Jan 2009
New human cases reported in China and Vietnam
6 Jan 2009
New outbeaks in poultry in India
5 Jan 2009
NEWS
What's new on AIWEb:
For the latest publications on avian influenza and wild birds, see our Publications Feed
Report on the Third Technical Meeting of the Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds
International Resolutions on avian influenza adopted in 2008
15 Dec 2008
Summary of how avian influenza was addressed by the major international conventions in 2008
15 Dec 2008
Resolution on avian influenza and wildlife disease adopted at CMS's 9th Conference of Parties
5 Dec 2008
Current Situation
HPAI H5N1 has infected domestic, captive and wild birds in more than 60 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. Information
on this pages has been compiled to help policy-makers and the public stay informed of the rapidly evolving situation.
Last updated: coming soon.
Convention on Migratory Species - Ninth Conference of the Parties (CMS COP 9)
1-5 December 2008 (Rome, Italy)
New outbreaks in Laos and Thailand
11 Nov 2008
Resolution on avian influenza adopted at international wetlands conference in South Korea
3 Nov 2008
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - Tenth Conference of the Parties (Ramsar COP 10)
28 October - 4 November 2008 (Changwon, Republic of Korea)
Resolution on avian influenza adopted at AEWA's 4th Meeting of Parties
19 Sep 2008
Poultry outbreak in Togo
16 Sep 2008
BirdFlu 2008: Avian Influenza and Human Health
10-11 September 2008 (Oxford, UK)
Poultry outbreak in Laos
10 Sep 2008
Indonesia confirms two human cases
9 Sep 2008
African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement - Fourth Meeting of the Parties (AEWA MOP 4)
7-11 September 2008 (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
New strain found in smuggled poultry in Vietnam
5 Sep 2008
H5N1 activity between June and August 2008
4 Sep 2008
H5N1 detected at Hong Kong bird market
9 Jun 2008
Indonesia to stop announcing human cases as they occur
9 Jun 2008
United States publishes wild bird surveillance data for 2006/2007
9 Jun 2008
Highly pathogenic H7N7 confirmed at UK poultry farm
4 Jun 2008
H7 detected at a poultry farm in the UK
4 Jun 2008
New human cases in Indonesia and Bangladesh
1 Jun 2008
Two more wild swans infected in Japan
1 Jun 2008
Wild bird link suggested in South Korea
1 Jun 2008
Convention on Biological Diversity - Ninth Conference of the Parties (CBD COP 9)
19-30 May 2008 (Bonn, Germany)
H5N1 in wild swans in Japan
15 May 2008
UK wild bird surveillance results for 30 July 2006 onwards available
3 Apr 2008
Wild duck H5N1 positive in Switzerland
31 Mar 2008
Key Facts
A fact sheet providing general information about avian influenza (bird flu) and the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain.
Last updated: coming soon.
Scientific Summary of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1
Last updated: 27 March 2008
Sixth International Bird Flu Summit
27-28 March 2008 (Bali, Indonesia)
Terminology
This page lists commonly used avian influenza terms and provides definitions and usage guidelines.
Last updated: 27 March 2008
Cases of HPAI H5N1 Infection in Wild Birds
Last updated: 9 Feb 2008
COHAB 2 - Second International Conference on Health & Biodiversity
25-28 February 2008 (Galway, Ireland)
What is the Role of Wild Birds in the Spread of HPAI H5N1?
The spread of HPAI H5N1 is of public concern, and receives a lot of attention in the media. Yet there remains widespread
misunderstanding of the issue, especially about the different ways in which the virus might be spread.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2008
SELECTED GUIDELINES
Last updated: 20 Jun 2008
First Meeting of the Task Force:
Scientific Seminar on Avian Influenza, the Environment and Migratory Birds
Nairobi Objectives
First Meeting of the Task Force:
Scientific Seminar on Avian Influenza, the Environment and Migratory Birds
Nairobi Documents
First Meeting of the Task Force:
Scientific Seminar on Avian Influenza, the Environment and Migratory Birds
Nairobi presentations
First Meeting of the Task Force:
Scientific Seminar on Avian Influenza, the Environment and Migratory Birds
Nairobi outcomes
First Meeting of the Task Force:
Scientific Seminar on Avian Influenza, the Environment and Migratory Birds
Nairobi photo gallery
First Meeting of the Task Force:
Scientific Seminar on Avian Influenza, the Environment and Migratory Birds
Nairobi sponsors
Hong Kong: H5 in Oriental Magpie Robin, H5N1 in Grey Heron and Great Egret
14 Feb 2008
New human cases in Vietnam and Indonesia
14 Feb 2008
New outbreaks reported in Bangladesh, Laos and Turkey
14 Feb 2008
New study on experimental infection of swans and geese with H5N1
14 Feb 2008
Suspected HPAI outbreak in poultry in Ukraine
14 Feb 2008
Wild bird testing in Serbia finds antibodies to H5
14 Feb 2008
Second Meeting of the Task Force:
Avian Influenza & Wildlife Workshop on 'Practical Lessons Learned'
Second Meeting of the Task Force:
Avian Influenza & Wildlife Workshop on 'Practical Lessons Learned'
Second Meeting of the Task Force:
Avian Influenza & Wildlife Workshop on 'Practical Lessons Learned'
Second Meeting of the Task Force:
Avian Influenza & Wildlife Workshop on 'Practical Lessons Learned'
Second Meeting of the Task Force:
Avian Influenza & Wildlife Workshop on 'Practical Lessons Learned'
10th Mute Swan positive in the UK
6 Feb 2008
Avian Influenza & Wild Birds information brochures
(available in 7 languages)
17/09/08
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND STATEMENTS
Last updated: 16 Feb 2009
Hong Kong: Suspected case in Great Egret, Mai Po reserve closed
6 Feb 2008
New outbreak in poultry in northwestern Turkey
6 Feb 2008
Worrying words from Bulgaria
6 Feb 2008
Confusion over HPAI H7 case in Bulgaria
5 Feb 2008
More human cases in Indonesia
5 Feb 2008
Situation update for India and Bangladesh
5 Feb 2008
Pakistan reports new outbreak in poultry
4 Feb 2008
Highly pathogenic H7 reported in a shot Mallard in Bulgaria
2 Feb 2008
New poultry outbreaks in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Thailand
1 Feb 2008
Two more Mute Swan cases in Dorset, UK
1 Feb 2008
Wild bird case confirmed in Hong Kong
1 Feb 2008
Introduction to Avian Influenza and the Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Strain
Last updated: 9 Feb 2008
Emergence and Spread of HPAI H5N1
Last updated: 9 Feb 2008
14th Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
28 January - 1 February 2008 (Gland, Switzerland)
List of Infected Wild Species
Last updated: 9 Feb 2008
Avian Influenza and Wetlands: Complex Interactions
Last updated: 8 Feb 2008
SURVEILLANCE IN WILD BIRDS
(Coming soon)
First outbreak in Thailand since March 2007
24 Jan 2008
Further spread in India
24 Jan 2008
New human cases in Vietnam and Indonesia
24 Jan 2008
CURRENT SITUATION
Last updated: 22 Jan 2008
Five suspected human cases in West Bengal state, India
22 Jan 2008
Outbreak in poultry in northern Turkey
22 Jan 2008
Further spread in India
21 Jan 2008
More outbreaks reported in Bangladesh
21 Jan 2008
Possible wild bird cases in Iran
21 Jan 2008
Fifth swan case suspected in the UK
18 Jan 2008
More outbreaks in West Bengal, India
18 Jan 2008
Ukraine reports first outbreak since 2006
18 Jan 2008
Iran reports first poultry outbreak
17 Jan 2008
LEGISLATION
Last updated: 21 Feb 2008
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Last updated: 08 Mar 2010
WHO publishes update on avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in humans
17 Jan 2007
Fourth Mute Swan tests positive in the UK
16 Jan 2008
MEETINGS
Last updated: 30 June 2010
New outbreak reported in Bangladesh
16 Jan 2008
Situation worrying in Egypt
16 Jan 2008
UK issues ministerial statement on Mute Swan cases in Dorset
16 Jan 2008
Indian outbreaks confirmed in media
15 Jan 2008
Outbreaks suspected in poultry in West Bengal, India
15 Jan 2008
Indonesia reports 118th human case of H5N1 infection
14 Jan 2008
H5N1 confirmed in Mute Swans in Dorset, UK
10 Jan 2008
First Meeting of the Task Force:
Scientific Seminar on Avian Influenza, the Environment and Migratory Birds
UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya; 10-11 April 2006
Second Meeting of the Task Force:
Avian Influenza & Wildlife Workshop on 'Practical Lessons Learned'
Aviemore, Scotland; 26-28 June 2007
FAO manual on wild bird field research and sampling techniques for avian influenza
28 May 2008
Hong Kong: Grey Heron tests positive; Mai Po Nature Reserve closed
14 Dec 2007
Indonesia: 115th human case reported
14 Dec 2007
Pakistan: two human cases suspected
14 Dec 2007
Poland: outbreak in poultry in the north
14 Dec 2007
Russia: poultry outbreak confirmed in Rostov region
14 Dec 2007
Saudi Arabia: New poultry outbreak south of Riyadh
14 Dec 2007
Vietnam: new poultry outbreaks in two provinces
14 Dec 2007
H5N1 detected at a wild bird rehabilitation centre in Poland
12 Dec 2007
Suspected outbreak at a poultry farm in Russia
12 Dec 2007
27th human case confirmed in China - means of transmission unknown
10 Dec 2007
Fourth outbreak detected in poultry in Poland
10 Dec 2007
Second Little Egret tests positive in Hong Kong
10 Dec 2007
AI outbreaks in Benin
7 Dec 2007
Suspected AI outbreak in South Korea (possibly H7)
4 Dec 2007
Two outbreaks confirmed in poultry in Poland
4 Dec 2007
H5N1 detected at Polish turkey farm
3 Dec 2007
Man dies in China's eastern Jiangsu province
3 Dec 2007
H5N1 confirmed in Romania
29 Nov 2007
New outbreaks in Saudi Arabia
29 Nov 2007
H5N1 detected in poultry in Romania
28 Nov 2007
Indonesia confirms it will not share H5N1 samples with WHO
26 Nov 2007
Media in Pakistan calls for responsible journalism
26 Nov 2007
Little Egret infected in Hong Kong
24 Nov 2007
Myanmar confirms two new poultry outbreaks
23 Nov 2007
South Korea confirms outbreak of low pathogenic H7 in poultry
23 Nov 2007
Poultry culled at fifth UK farm
22 Nov 2007
Proceedings of the Aviemore Workshop on 'Practical Lessons Learned' (26-28 Jun 2007)
22 Nov 2007
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) infected in Saudi Arabia
22 Nov 2007
Poultry tested for H5N1 in Yemen
21 Nov 2007
H5N1 confirmed at a second farm in the UK
19 Nov 2007
Study says wild birds unlikely to bring H5N1 to the Americas
16 Nov 2007
Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Working Group on Migratory Birds and Avian Influenza
15-17 Nov 2007 (Beijing, China)
H5N1 outbreak confirmed in poultry in the UK
13 Nov 2007
Avian flu claims another human life in Indonesia
12 Nov 2007
Intersessional technical meeting of the Ramsar STRP on avian influenza and human health
11-13 Nov 2007 (Changwon, Republic of Korea)
Wetlands International Association of Members (AoM) Meeting
6 - 9 November 2007
Shaoxing City, China
Avian Influenza H5N1 Infection in Humans
Since November 2003, more than 360 confirmed cases of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses
have been reported from 14 countries.
Last updated: 20 Jan 2008
H5N1 hits poultry in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam
2 Nov 2007
Vietnam sees 2 more bird flu-stricken provinces
1 Nov 2007
Indonesia reports H5N1 case in 3-year-old
30 Oct 2007
Bird flu hits Vietnam village near Chinese border
25 Oct 2007
Bird flu may become endemic in parts of Europe
25 Oct 2007
Bird flu kills hundreds of ducks in central Vietnam
24 Oct 2007
Indonesian girl dies of bird flu says health ministry
23 Oct 2007
Study says H5N1 has varied effects in small land birds
18 Oct 2007
Indonesian boy succumbs to avian flu
15 Oct 2007
5th International Bird Flu Summit
27 – 28 September 2007
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
H5N1 found in Phichit province, Thailand
27 Sep 2007
France: Culling underway in Moselle for further H5N1 testing
29 Aug 2007
'Avian Influenza and Wildlife' Workshop
01 - 05 September 2007, Bangkok, Thailand
EURING General Assembly
29 August – 1 September 2007
Fertoújlak, Hungary
H5N1 bird flu at German farm
27 Aug 2007
Conclusions of the Avian Influenza & Wildlife Workshop on 'Practical Lessons Learned' (Aviemore, Scotland, 26-28 Jun 2007)
25/07/2007
Task Force Statement: New outbreaks of HPAI in Central Europe
13/07/2007
H5N1 makes comeback in Czech Republic
12 Jul 2007
French swans have deadly bird flu
05 Jul 2007
Germany: H5N1 found in dead wild bird
04 Jul 2007
Germany confirms second bird flu outbreak
28 Jun 2007
Avian Influenza and Wildlife Workshop 'Practical Lessons Learned' held successfully
Aviemore, Scotland, 26 - 27 June 2007
2nd Technical Meeting of the Task Force
Deadly H5N1 bird flu found in Germany
25 Jun 2007
Bird flu confirmed on Czech turkey farm
21 Jun 2007
Hong Kong bird sample H5N1 positive
20 Jun 2007
Wild ducks carrying bird flu virus registered in Siberia
19 Jun 2007
Hungary admits link with UK bird flu outbreak
12 May 2007
2nd International Conference on Avian Influenza in Humans
31 May - 1 June 2007; Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Organised by the International Society of Antioxidant in Nutrition and Health
Antibodies to bird flu found in wild ducks in Altai region (Russia)
28 Apr 2007
Kuwaiti gov't denies illegal falcon trade as cause of bird flu outbreak
17 Apr 2007
Bird flu found among Hong Kong’s migratory birds, China remains silent
04 Apr 2007
Has Russia declared war on birds?
31 Mar 2007
Avian Alert Workshop - Solutions through Synergy
9 May 2007, ESTEC (Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
Organised by the European Space Agency (ESA)
Inter-agency Information Sharing/Coordination Meeting on AI
5 April 2007, Bangkok, Thailand
First case of avian flu in Bangladesh
23 Mar 2007
Wild birds being shot to fight bird flu in Kaliningrad region
22 Mar 2007
H5N1 kills rare eagle near outbreak sites in Japan
20 Mar 2007
Bird flu experts urge halt to wild bird trade
03 Mar 2007
Kuwait reports 20 cases of bird flu at zoo, farm
26 Feb 2007
No flu found in UK wild birds, says Chief Scientist
24 Feb 2007
Russia suspects illegally imported exotic birds caused bird flu outbreak
23 Feb 2007
Russia confirms bird flu in 3 farms near Moscow
22 Feb 2007
Bird flu virus discovered among wild birds in Kalmykia, Russia
21 Feb 2007
OIE/FAO Conference on AI Vaccination
20 - 22 March 2007; Verona, Italy
Vaccination: A Tool for the Control of Avian Influenza
An OIE/FAO/IZSVe Scientific Conference co-organised and supported by the EC
4th International Bird Flu Summit
14 - 15 March 2007, Washington DC, USA
Organised by New Fields Exhibitions Inc.
Inter-agency Information Sharing/ Coordination Meeting on AI
1 March 2007, Bangkok, Thailand
HPAI Control and Eradication in ASEAN
27 February - 2 March 2007; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Workshop organised be ASEAN in colaboration with FAO and OIE
Inter-agency Information Sharing/ Coordination Meeting on AI
1 February 2007; Bangkok, Thailand
TF Event: Workshop on 'Practical Lessons Learned'
Ressources for the Avian Influenza and Wildlife Workshop; Aviemore, Scotland, 26 - 27 June 2007
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Report: Inter-agency Information Sharing/ Coordination Meeting on AI
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