Avian flu worst at borders

13 March 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Avian influenza (bird flu) / Government / Health care policy and administration / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Health / Priority health concerns / Public health / Social development
Communicable Diseases Control Department / Ly Sovann / Ministry of Health / National Veterinary Research Institute

Cambodia’s porous borders are creating one of several headaches for health officials working to minimise outbreaks of avian influenza, officials revealed yesterday at a symposium on emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia. The border provinces of Takeo and Kampong Cham have been witness to the highest number of H5N1 poultry outbreaks since the disease was first discovered in early 2004 in the capital’s Russey Keo district, said Chhim Vutha, a representative of the National Veterinary Research Institute. …

 Amelia Woodside
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