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Vietnam fights Bird Flu
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Since the outbreak in 2003, bird flu has landed in about forty six countries. In Vietnam, forty four million birds have been lost to the virus - about twenty per cent of its poultry stock. Vietnam has also seen the highest number of outbreaks of bird flu in the human population - ninety three cases. Forty seven of those people died. In this report we witness first hand the effects of bird flu, and the efforts of the international community to prevent the spread of human cases. Because of the global threat of bird flu, international cooperation has been forthcoming on an unprecedented scale. Working with the Chinese, the European Commission set up the Beijing conference last December to coordinate political and financial aid on bird flu. The EU is giving 30 million Euro to help the fight against bird flu in Asia. This video report looks at the work that that financial aid allows. The fact that large scale international and regional aid could be made available so quickly proved that countries recognised the potential threat to economies and public health. The international community and major donors know that effective containment of the disease at the source of outbreak, helps ensure that the virus doesn't spread. The report contains interviews with: GUAN CHENGYUAN, Chinese Ambassador to the EU, BUI BA BONG, Vietnamese Deputy Minister For Agriculture, VINCENT DE VISSCHER of the European Commissions Asia Directorate, and JEFFREY GILBERT, Senior A.I. Technical Advisor FAO as well as an interview with NGUYAN SY TUAN, one of the 93 Vietnamese victims of Bird Flu.
Every week in Vietnam, 4 million chickens and ducks are vaccinated against avian influenza.
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Since the outbreak in 2003, bird flu has landed in about 46 countries.
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In Vietnam, 44 million birds have been lost to the virus, about 20% of its poultry stock.
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Vietnam has also seen the highest number of outbreaks of bird flu in the human population
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– 93 cases, 47 of those people died.
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Vietnam has mobilised over 100,000 workers on their action plan to tackle the disease.
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So far, there are encouraging signs – no new bird flu cases in five months, and there
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have been no human cases since November 2005.
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But it's too early to claim Vietnam has won the fight against bird flu.
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Furthermore, bird diseases ignore borders, making bird flu a regional concern.
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Asian countries with high-density rural populations are especially vulnerable.
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Across the region, people keep poultry in their backyards, and close daily contact with
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poultry is common.
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Rapid urbanisation in a developing country creates many problems.
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Cities like Hanoi now have to cope with rural poultry farmers bringing their stock to market.
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It's another factor that causes the spread of the virus.
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Hygiene and biosecurity are not always a priority in a place like this.
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The entrepreneurs have built up their little farms into bigger farms, and those are the
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people that you'll see in the countryside with half a dozen chickens on the handlebars
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of their motorbike heading for market.
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But unfortunately, those little farms as they've grown to bigger farms have been known about
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paying attention to biosecurity to stop the spread of disease.
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Twenty-two-year-old Nguyen C. Tan is one of the 93 Vietnamese human victims of bird flu.
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Tan noticed a high temperature and had difficulty breathing.
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He had no idea what was wrong.
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At that time, my body was aching everywhere.
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I couldn't breathe, I couldn't eat, and I was scared.
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Tan survived, although it took him six months to recover.
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He was lucky.
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Statistically, bird flu will kill half the people who get it.
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Human cases result from direct contact with diseased poultry.
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Human-to-human transfer has not happened.
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There has been no mutation of the virus.
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The question of a human pandemic is still only theoretical.
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If animal health can be effectively tackled, it will greatly reduce the threat to humans.
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Vietnam has a comprehensive action plan to cope with bird flu, and regional cooperation
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is important in tackling the problem.
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But Vietnam is to the forefront.
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In every village and every commune, dealing with bird flu is an everyday matter.
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Public information campaigns are central to the strategy.
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They carry messages about the handling of farmyard animals and safe cooking practices.
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So the mass education for the people is very important for developed countries like Vietnam.
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And we have experienced that for the last three years with the international support.
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We do relatively well.
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This provincial hospital in Thai Binh has new equipment and specially trained personnel
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to cope with bird flu.
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These doctors and nurses have seen human cases before, and they are constantly preparing
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for another outbreak.
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The local health officer, Pham Gia Lai, acknowledges that facilities have improved.
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But he is only too aware of what resources would be required if there was large-scale
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infection among people in his district.
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We look forward to more support in the province and the support of other organisations in
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Vietnam.
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We want the Ministry of Health to provide more help and facilities for the personnel
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here in the province.
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This will help them to fully adapt their know-how so that they are ready to combat another possible
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outbreak.
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When poor farmers lose their poultry, the economic impact can be devastating.
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Financial compensation helps, but it's never enough.
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It's another difficulty for a country like Vietnam.
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The mass killing of small animals, which are a major source of protein, may have a significant
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and perhaps long-term nutritional effect.
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European Union expertise and funding is directed globally to ensure that already poor people
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are not made poorer.
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The EU is working with the Vietnamese government to bridge the finance gap in the country's
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action plan.
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And that brought us very early, I think, into the game of advising the government to
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realise that it would not be good enough just to focus on immediate culling or vaccination
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or some ad hoc measurements regarding the marketplace, but from the early start to give
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it a medium-term perspective.
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Vietnam is an excellent example of a situation where the focus has moved away from short-term
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crisis response.
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Stock farming is now being restructured on a more professional basis.
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While Vietnam seems to be making progress, its position as a developing country with
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poor infrastructure continue to make it vulnerable to the threat of further outbreaks.
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For Vietnam and the world at large, the fight against avian influenza is very important.
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Not just one sole country is important.
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Not just one sole country can solve this problem.
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International cooperation has been mobilised on an unprecedented scale and European Union
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leadership has been instrumental.
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Working with the Chinese, the EU set up the Beijing conference to generate funds to tackle
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bird flu.
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For the Commission, as well as our member states, it was important politically to be
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present and to lead on this global partnership.
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And we proposed to China to host the conference.
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We are here on behalf of the people.
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The situation is very serious, therefore we reinforce international coordination and cooperation
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for unity in fighting this disease.
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The disease is a menace for the whole world, for public health, for human health, and also
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in the economic, social, environmental worlds, and for the stability and security of the
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world.
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The fact that large-scale international and regional aid could be made available so quickly
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proved that countries recognised the potential.
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