Conference urges greater effort to reduce human threat from avian influenza

Much remains to be done in the international fight against the human threat from avian influenza, said Dr David Nabarro, the UN system senior coordinator for avian and human influenza. “The glass is still half empty in terms of international efforts,” he said, speaking at the fourth international bird flu summit in Washington, DC, last week.

The conference covered a wide range of issues related to avian …