5-day Indo-US workshop on avian influenza concludes

New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) A five-day Indo-US workshop on Avian Influenza Preparedness and Response concluded here today.

The workshop was organised by the Central government in collaboration with the U S National Institute of Communicable Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Agriculture, WHO and UNICEF, an American Embassy release said.

The workshop is part of an ongoing bilateral collaboration funded by a grant agreement signed by US Embassy Charfe d' Affaires Geoffery R Pyatt and WHO Representative to India Dr Salim J Habayeb on October 13 last year.

The grant agreement supports a series of workshops on avian influenza in India and for enghancing regional capacity to detect and respond to the disease.

Participants learned to replicate this training and to conmbine their efforts into national and regional responses, the release added.

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