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Science 23 September 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5743, p. 1977
DOI: 10.1126/science.309.5743.1977a
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The Bush Administration says it is getting serious about avian influenza. In a 14 September speech to the United Nations, President George W. Bush announced a new International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza that "requires countries that face an outbreak to immediately share information and provide samples to the World Health Organization [WHO]." The Department of Health and Human Services also promised technical and medical assistance to Southeast Asian nations and has announced a $100 million purchase of vaccine to combat the H5N1 bird flu virus, the leading pandemic candidate.

"We welcome the U.S. initiative," says Peter Cordingley, a spokesperson for WHO's Regional Office for the Western Pacific. He adds, however, that "the devil will be in the details." A key question is whether China will participate.




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