U.S. And International Responses to the Global Spread of Avian Flu : Issues for Congress

By International Development Agency

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Title:	U.S. And International Responses to the Global Spread of Avian Flu : Issues for Congress
Author:	International Development Agency
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Language:	English
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Excerpt: Bird (or avian) flu outbreaks have occurred at various times around the world. One strain of avian influenza currently spreading across Asia and Europe is known as Influenza A/H5N1. Although it is a bird flu, it has also infected a relatively small numbe ...

Table of Contents
Contents Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Global Prevalence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Congressional Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 U.S. Executive Branch Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Department of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Department of Agriculture (USDA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Department of Defense (DoD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 International Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Overview of the Role of the World Health Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WHO?s Global Health Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WHO Global Influenza Preparedness Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Role of Other International Health Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 International Health Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Affected Countries? Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Cambodia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 People?s Republic of China, Including Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 U.S.-PRC Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Laos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Issues for Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Patent Protections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Global Data Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Global Disease Surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Global Pandemic Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Responses by East Asian Regional Groupings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Combating Bird Flu Among Animals in Affected Countries . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Cost of Culling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Global Economic Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Global Biosafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41