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Article: USAID Cooperates in Pandemic Preparedness Initiative.
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- April 30, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 April 2009-USAID: USAID Cooperates in Pandemic Preparedness Initiative(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is convening a group of civil society organizations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a regional exercise that will kick off the implementation stage of its Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness initiative. The three-day exercise seeks to advance global capacity to thwart a humanitarian disaster in the event of a pandemic.
As recently emphasized by outbreaks of swine flu and H5N1 avian influenza, the likelihood that an emerging infectious disease ...