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	Bird Flu: Preparation, Not Panic! The City of Lakewood, Colorado, USA, has produced a useful 30-minute video program on avian influenza to educate the public on understanding the disease and what they can do to keep from getting sick. It is available at the link below. Video

	GF-TADs: Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Diseases The GF-TADs is a joint initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) which combines the strengths of both organisations in the fight against transboundary animal diseases (TADs) worldwide. It is composed of a global component at the OIE and FAO Headquarters level and of regional and sub-regional components. The ultimate aim of the Programme is to control and eradicate the most significant animal diseases including those transmissible to humans. OIE

	Animal Health: Avian Influenza This page sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations provides basic disease information on avian influenza from the perspective of agriculture and animal production, as well as the 6 Avian Flu Food Safety Precautions. FAO

	Avian and Human Influenza This site from The World Bank provides information on avian influenza from the standpoint of economic impact. Avian and Human Influenza. World Bank

	World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) This link goes to the website of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and its special section on avian influenza. Updates are also routinely posted on the OIE Home Page OIE Avian Influenza Page

	Travelers' Health This information published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States (CDC, a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center), helps orient travelers on anything they should know and precautions they should take when travelling to a given country. CDC

	International Travel and Health This page links to WHO information related to international travel, helping to orient travellers as to the situation regarding disease prevalence or outbreaks in a given country and what precautions they should take. It provides an index by country, related links, and information on relevant publications. WHO

	Avian Influenza and Food Safety: Statement by Dr. LEE Jong-Wook, WHO Director-General This brief news release offers basic information to the public on food-safety issues revolving around avian influenza. WHO

	WHO's Flu Strike Force Plans for the Worst Case WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), over the next three months, plans to assemble a medical strike force that could be sent on six hours' notice to anyplace a potential pandemic emerges. No flu pandemic has ever been stopped or even controlled. GOARN's attempt would be the first, it being a "global fire brigade [whose] primary advice to countries is to prepare for this eventuality: emergence, silent or otherwise, of a pandemic virus that spreads worldwide more quickly than we have the capacity to contain, in a series of waves, with a very high attack rate on the population." Washington Post

	Avian Influenza Frequently Asked Questions This WHO site answers to over 20 of the most frequently asked questions users have about avian influenza (bird flu). WHO

	Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus This site from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States constitutes a valuable resource in providing basic information on avian influenza and thus provides answers to users' most frequently asked questions. CDC

	Avian Influenza Resource Sites This resource page gives links to online information on Avian Influenza (bird flu) via PAHO and international and national partner sites, not only from the Americas but in other regions where the disease has occurred. \|More\|

	PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers and WHO Reference Laboratory for Influenza in the Americas This resource page links to the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Control of Influenza (located at the CDC in Atlanta), to the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in Animals (located at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis), and to the WHO Reference Library for Influenza at the Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (part of the US Food and Drug Administration /FDA). It also links to the National Influenza Centers in the countries and to other influenza resources at CDC, PAHO and WHO. \|More\|

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