Fwd: [Flu_Pandemic] Bird flu spread raises threat to Africans: WHO

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niger1_com you wrote "Hello what kind of precautions productions can you suggest me as my country Niger was just hit by the bird Flu" (I don't quite understand the term "hit by"..) I belong to several "Avian Flu" groups. Flu_ Pandemic is pretty large and active (though only a handful of doomsayers make essentially all posts) and promotes the belief that we are all going to die and that the economy is going to be shut down due to "flu". This hyped up media link from there looks like it could have come from your page http://niger1.com/birdfluniger.html How many Africans have died of the flu? Certainly, you realize that Nigeria does

have real health problems (see links below) In my mind, for WHO to distract from this and emphasize "Avian Flu" for purposes of "control" is criminal, plain and simple--- on a level with VIOXX or D.U. or heavy metal poisoning, including mercury in vaccinations. I have learned (and agree completely) that the majority of members on this forum (Avian2005) prefer to deal in facts and with truth-speakers such as Drs Horowitz, Alan Cantwell, Lorraine Day(www.drday.com/ ) and Jon Rappoport. (google them for enlightenment-- Lorraine Day's article The Bird Flu HOAX - How One Wicked Nation Can Kill Billions (http://www.goodnewsaboutgod.com/studies/birdflu.htm) is particularly revealing.as is .... Ron Paul: "They're determined to have martial law"http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2005/10/ron_paul_theyre.shtml [PDF] BASICS II/Nigeria MALARIA CONTROL File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLIn Nigeria, it is. the leading cause of under-five mortality, accounting for 30% of deaths. Malaria in. pregnancy also results in high perinatal mortality ...www.basics.org/Publications/ pubs/CAPA/malrifactsheet.pdf - Similar pages Nigeria In 2004 it was estimated there were 300000 deaths from AIDS and 2 million AIDS orphans in Nigeria. There has been an alarming increase in the number of HIV ...www.avert.org/aids-nigeria.htm - 28k - Cached - Similar pages Regards, Zig ps. Niger...I agree with my good friend, Dr. Godwin Udo, a non-Ibo Nigerian professor, WHO also mentions corruption, AIDS and tribalism as being greater threats to his, and your, home country. jefflopez176 <jefflopez176 wrote: Flu_Pandemic From: "jefflopez176" <jefflopez176Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:11:58 -0000[Flu_Pandemic] Re: Bird flu spread raises threat to Africans: WHOFlu_Pandemic , "Lee" <jackalope_lepus wrote:>> Bird flu spread raises threat to Africans: WHO > GENEVA (Reuters) - The spread of the H5N1 virus to Niger, the second > sub-Saharan African country hit after Nigeria, has raised the threat > to people on a continent with weak

disease detection, the World > Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.> "Concern that human cases may occur in affected parts of Africa is > high, given the close contact between people and poultry," the WHO > said.> > Africa has an estimated 1.1 billion chickens, mostly in backyard > farms, it added.> > In addition to the reported cases in Niger and Nigeria, suspected > poultry outbreaks in Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia and Sierra Leone were > also under investigation, WHO said, citing reports from the World > Organization for Animal Health (OIE). > > Dead chickens found dumped on the outskirts of Kenyan capital Nairobi > have tested negative for H5N1 bird flu, the head of the country's > veterinary services said on Tuesday.> > The WHO said its office in Niger reported no human cases were under > investigation for possible H5N1 infection, a day

after tests on > domestic ducks in the country showed positive for H5N1 bird flu.> > But the organization said the late detection of outbreaks in West > Africa, the easy movement of birds across borders and limited > awareness about the disease could help its spread.> > "WHO is concerned that the spread of the virus to additional parts of > Africa will broaden opportunities for human cases to occur under > circumstances where capacities to find, diagnose, investigate, and > manage cases are limited," it said.> > Throughout most of Africa, lack of an early warning system for avian > influenza in animals or humans was hampering detection efforts and > delaying control measures, it said.> > Nigeria's outbreak, officially confirmed on February 8, was now known > to have begun almost a month earlier, the WHO said.> > Local tests on samples from

four patients in Nigeria had ruled out > infection in three, but all four samples are to be sent to an > international laboratory for confirmation, it said without giving > further details.> > In the northern state of Kano, near the border with Niger, some 51 > farms were now known to be affected by bird flu, it said.> > Laboratory studies had shown that the virus circulating in Nigeria > was "virtually identical" to viruses that had caused human cases and > deaths elsewhere since the start of the year.> > Bird flu, essentially an animal disease, has killed at least 93 > people among 173 cases since 2003, according to the WHO.> > But experts fear that the virus will mutate into a form which passes > easily from person to person, sparking a pandemic in which millions > could die. > http://au.health./060228/3/klga.html>It is very pathetic to know that South African Government have started culling Ostriches as they have also been hit by bird flu virus .Exports of ostrich meat and other poultry have been suspended. This slaughter is a huge loss to the poultry farmers .Click to join Avian2005

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