The World Bank office in Tajikistan says the project will help minimize the risk of avian influenza and other diseases that are transmitted to people by animals.
So far, there have not been any recorded outbreaks in Tajikistan of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.
(Interfax, Russia Today)
Affected Areas
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BIRD FLU, or avian influenza, continues to menace scattered areas from East Asia, where the disease first appeared, to Southeastern and Eastern Europe and beyond. Authorities around the world are bracing themselves -- and, more importantly, planning and taking measures to fight the disease wherever it appears.
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