Bird Flu
USAID Bolsters International Avian Influenza Response
Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, April 18th, 2007
The U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a three-year contract to bolster international capacity for avian and pandemic influenza response. Stamping Out Pandemic and Avian Influenza (STOP AI), awarded to Development Alternatives, Inc., is designed to play a critical role in the U.S. Government's efforts to limit the impact of avian influenza and to minimize its potential to spread globally. The contract is worth up to $35.8 million.
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has to date been detected in 55 countries, resulting in the death or destruction of over 220 million birds, and the deaths of 170 people, according to...
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