AI.COMM - Avian and Pandemic Influenza Resource Link
AI.COMM - Avian and Pandemic Influenza Resource Link
AI.COMM - Avian and Pandemic Influenza Resource Link
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After over three years working in<br />
prevention <strong>and</strong> control of avian<br />
<strong>and</strong> p<strong>and</strong>emic infl uenzas, the vantage<br />
point of the project is much different from when<br />
we started. We transitioned from avian infl uenza<br />
<strong>and</strong> p<strong>and</strong>emic infl uenza being frightening phrases<br />
in news reports, to becoming public health<br />
realities that had to be addressed promptly<br />
<strong>and</strong> diligently.<br />
It was a new area for US<strong>AI</strong>D’s Global Health<br />
group <strong>and</strong> for the U.S. Government, where<br />
most of the critical decision makers <strong>and</strong> technical<br />
experts had extensive human public health experience,<br />
but little in the area of animal health. Applying<br />
human health expertise to veterinary science<br />
necessitated a shift in approach that took some<br />
time to stabilize.<br />
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