7 April 2006, Bangkok - Lab technicians at the National Institute of Animal Health compiling data as part of Thailand's surveillance program to control the spread the Avian Influenza virus.
FAO Project - OSRO/INT/501/NET: Netherlands support to and collaboration with FAO to control highly pathogenic avian influenza in Asia. Objectives: To protect humans and the poultry sector, in particular smallholder producers, against HPAI, in Asia and beyond, through the effective control and prevention of the disease and the restoration towards a sustainable, viable poultry production sector. To protect humans and the poultry sector, in particular smallholder producers, against HPAI, in Asia and beyond, through the effective control and prevention of the disease and the restoration towards a sustainable, viable poultry production sector. To support FAO in its role of coordination, strategic planning support, project and programme development and general technical assistance to the control and prevention of HPAI in Asia.