WHO Maldives

Human Influenza Pandemic and Avian Flu in the Maldives: Updates

PRESS RELEASES/FACT SHEETS

     WHO Maldives–Factsheet-20 February 2006

     Press Release -  Avian Flu in India, February 2006

EPIDEMIOLOGY/RESPONSE

Human Pandemic Influenza

     NATIONAL INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS PLAN (NIPPP) - MALDIVES (March 2006)

     WHO pandemic influenza draft protocol for rapid response and containment, January 2006

Avian Influenza

     Avian Flu: Risk Assessment of  Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Maldives - Dr GP Gongal, December 2005

     Unusual Occurrence of deaths in Crow population: Report of Investigation of a suspected unusual event of Dying Crows of unknown Etiology, Maldives, 2005 (24 February 2005)

Media

     WHO Outbreak Communication - WHO Handbook for Journalists: Influenza Pandemic Updated December 2005

Useful links

     http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/index.html

     http://w3.whosea.org/en/Section10/Section1027.htm