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U.S. Aid Agency to support alliance to fight bird flu in Vietnam
USINFO.state.gov
June 20, 2006

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide support for a new public-private alliance to help prevent avian influenza, or bird flu, in Vietnam, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said in a June 19 press release.

This alliance between agricultural businesses, the Vietnamese government, nongovernmental organizations and U.S. government agencies "highlights the effective and coordinated responses that are preventing an H5N1 pandemic in Vietnam by containing AI [avian influenza] in animals, and limiting its spread among people,” the press release says.


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