US, Vietnam Further Cooperate in Fighting Bird Flu
A US delegation was visiting Vietnam to explore new avenues of cooperation between the two countries to combat avian influenza, said a press release by the US Embassy on Monday.
Mr. Stewart Simonson, Assistant Secretary for Public Health Preparedness, US Department of Health and Human Services, led the delegation on a visit to Vietnam August 14-17, the press release said.
The mission would meet with officials from the Vietnamese Ministries of Health and Agriculture and Rural Development.
Since the SARS outbreak in 2003 and throughout the bird flu outbreaks in 2004 and 2005, the US Department, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Ministry of Health have had close collaboration, through exchange of scientists and samples, consultations, and training courses and workshops, the press release said.
This is Mr. Simonson’s first visit to Vietnam, it added.
(Reported by Doan Nhat – Translated by the Vinh)
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Published: 15 August, 2005, 21:01:28 (GMT+7)
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