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05SANJOSE2052	COSTA RICA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CODEX TASK FORCE [...] On August 22, 2005 AgAtt conveyed reftel demarche to Isabel Cristina Araya, Technical Secretary of the National CODEX Committee. 2. By means of a letter dated August 29, 2005, Ms. Araya indicated that Costa Rica would not be represented at the CODEX Intergovernmental Task Force on Biotechno [...]	2005-09-02 13:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR CS ECON TBIO

05SANJOSE2098	COSTA RICA: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 21:28:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO CS
05SANJOSE2718	COSTA RICA AND AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] The responses below key off reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING AVIAN FLU FROM BECOMING A PANDEMIC AND CONTAINING A PANDEMIC ONCE IT OCCURS? IF THE COUNTRY HAS A STRATEGY, HOW CAPABLE IS IT OF IMPLEMENTING IT? PLEAS [...]	2005-11-23 22:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL CS
05SANSALVADOR2514	NO SALVADORAN RESPONSE ON AVIAN FLU DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 21:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO
05SANSALVADOR2692	AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP NOT A PRIORITY FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 22:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI ES WHO
05SANSALVADOR3433	INFORMATION ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Post, through USAID and the Regional Medical Officer (RMO),is coordinating with Salvadoran authorities to support local efforts to control avian influenza and assess their capability to respond to an influenza pandemic. Responses to Ref. A questions are included in paragraph 2; they are based [...]	2005-12-08 15:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ES AVIAN FLU
05SANTIAGO2393	CHILE: PART I - AGRICULTURAL SECTOR PREPARATIONS [...] Summary: This cable outlines preparations in Chile's agricultural sector. An evaluation of the Chilean public health sector preparations with be reported septel. 2. Chile has experience with avian influenza (AI) issues due to a 2002 outbreak of the disease. The GOC demonstrated transparen [...]	2005-11-23 18:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO CI
05SANTIAGO2423	AVIAN INFLUENZA - SANTIAGO, UPDATE ON SEC FOR USMC [...] SUMMARY: The DCM convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at Embassy Santiago on 11/22/05 to discuss the Avian Influenza Trip wires for Chile. The EAC also reviewed final security preparations for the 230th USMC BAll. The meeting was chaired by the DCM with AMB, RAO, E/POL [...]	2005-11-28 15:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAGR EAID PREL SENV TBIO AVIAN FLU
05SANTIAGO2431	CHILE: PART II - PUBLIC HEALTH PREPARATIONS FOR [...] Summary: This cable outlines preparations in Chile's public health sector. An evaluation of the Chilean agricultural sector preparations was reported in reftel B. 2. Chile has experience with avian influenza (AI) issues due to a 2002 outbreak of the disease in poultry. The agricultural [...]	2005-11-30 10:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CI
05SANTIAGO2494	Santiago Grants Country Clearance for Dr. Lee [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Lee Eiden, Chief, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation, National Institute of Mental Health, (NIH) and Dr. Peng Y. Loh, Senior Investigator, Doctor, NIH, from 01/6/2006 through 01/16/2006 as requested in reftel. The vi [...]	2005-12-12 19:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KSCA TBIO OTRA CI
05SANTODOMINGO1200	DEMARCHE ON UN DECLARATION ON HUMAN CLONING: [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 15:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3363	UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche twice to the MFA's UN/OAS division, on June 10 and 15. After repeated followup, we were told on June 22 the U.S. views had been communicated to the appropriate authorities. However, as of June 24 the division had no substantive response; Embassy believes th [...]	2005-06-24 19:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO DR
05SANTODOMINGO4498	INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] In response to Ref A demarche, delivered September 12 (Ref B),Embassy received September 30 a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry with the following text (informal translation from Spanish): "(Complimentary opening),in view of the traditional ties of cooperation between both our coun [...]	2005-10-03 23:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO4668	AVIAN FLU INITIATIVE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano confirmed to DCM October 4 that the Dominican Republic would cosponsor the U.S. draft resolution, "International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza: Statement of Core Principles," in the 60th UNGA (Ref A). Liriano said she would see wheth [...]	2005-10-18 12:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO DR KSCA
05SANTODOMINGO4690	MEMCON: THE AMBASSADOR AND THE DOMINICAN [...] (C) On September 29 President Leonel Fernndez received the Ambassador for two hours in the Palace. Fernndez had just finished a four-hour meeting on energy and was unaccompanied. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM and USAID director. Topics discussed, mostly at USG initiative, were: [...]	2005-10-19 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO ETRD SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO5004	DOMINICAN INDUSTRIAL DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN [...] (SBU) Summary. The intentional gas release by the National Refinery (REFIDOMSA) on October 24 revealed how poorly the Dominican petrochemical industry regulates itself. It also revealed how ill prepared the city of Santo Domingo and the Dominican government are in preparing for or responding [...]	2005-11-10 20:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON ETRD TBIO
05SANTODOMINGO5187	AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy's answers to country-specific questions about avian and pandemic influenza (AI) follow and are keyed to the subheads and ticks in para 4 reftel: A. Preparedness/communication: -- The country does not yet have a plan orstrategy for preventing avian influenza from becoming a pandemi [...]	2005-11-29 19:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV DR ECON EAGR EAID PREL
05SANTODOMINGO564	CORRECTED COPY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CARTAGENA [...] (U) This is a response to a Reftel action request. 2. (U) The Government of Dominican Republic has no specific legislation or laws dealing with genetically modified organisms. The Dominican Republic is a large consumer of U.S. genetically modified agricultural products used mainly as fee [...]	2005-02-04 22:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO DR
05SINGAPORE1311	AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS IN SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) Summary. Although Singapore has not detected avian influenza infections in either poultry or human beings, it is preparing to address this growing regional threat. After its successful control of the 2003 SARS outbreak, the GOS is confident it can respond adequately to a bird flu epi [...]	2005-04-27 03:27:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR ETRD SN
05SINGAPORE1436	AVIAN INFLUENZA: INVENTORY OF USG ACTIVITIES IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 03:23:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SN
05SINGAPORE2524	FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS -- SINGAPORE INPUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post is satisfied that the Government of Singapore (GOS) would rapidly respond to halt the spread of an influenza pandemic within Singapore. The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has developed an "Influenza Pandemic Readiness and Response Plan" that is available for public view [...]	2005-08-22 09:50:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR SOCI TBIO ECON KHIV EAGR ETRD SN
05SINGAPORE2584	SINGAPORE CONSIDERS TOUGHER HIV LEGISLATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore is considering legislative changes that put the onus on individuals to be aware of their HIV status and responsible for protecting others from infection. This comes on the heels of Singapore's increase in HIV cases in 2004 from 1,192 to 1,503 infections among the count [...]	2005-08-29 06:34:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV TBIO PHUM ECON SN
05SINGAPORE3017	UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S OCTOBER 12 VISIT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky focused on Singapore's influenza preparedness, its leadership role in the region on this emerging disease, and the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) during a busy half-day visit to Si [...]	2005-10-14 07:25:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TBIO KHIV EAGR ECON SN
05SOFIA1568	BULGARIA TO RESPOND SHORTLY TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 04:01:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO BU
05SOFIA1683	BULGARIA WANTS TO CONSULT WITH EU BEFORE COMMITING [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Off and Agricultural attache delivered the talking points regarding the International Partnership on Avian Influenza and upcoming Senior Officials meeting to the Ministry of Health and Agriculture Ministry respectively. Dr. Angal Kunchev, the head epidemiologist at MOH, and Rado [...]	2005-09-30 14:04:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI BG KSTH WHO
05SOFIA17	BULGARIA'S BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION: CARTAGENA [...] Bulgaria ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 2000. In 1996 Bulgaria set out a Biosafety Decree regulating biotechnology work for contained use, and field testing. Commercialization and trade (both imports and exports) were not subject to this decree. Therefore, the legislation [...]	2005-01-04 14:11:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO BU
05SOFIA1767	BULGARIA SCRAMBLES TO RESPOND TO NEARBY THREAT OF [...] (SBU) Bulgarian authorities are intensifying efforts to respond to a possible outbreak of avian flu in Bulgaria after several cases of bird flu were confirmed in neighboring Romania and Turkey over the weekend. So far no cases of avian flu have been discovered in Bulgaria. Officials from the [...]	2005-10-13 14:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI BG KSTH WHO
05SOFIA1962	BULGARIA'S PREPARATION FOR AVIAN FLU [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel: A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION --Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs? If the country has a strategy, how capable is it of implementin [...]	2005-11-23 14:29:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI BG KSTH WHO
05TAIPEI2205	TAIWAN: HIV/AIDS SPREADING AT AN ALARMING RATE [...] (U) Summary. The number of HIV/AIDS infections in Taiwan has skyrocketed over the past year. In fact, with 1,606 new cases in 2004, the new infection rate was 77 percent higher than in 2003. The primary cause of the spike in cases is due to an increased number of infections among intravenous [...]	2005-05-17 02:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI2691	TAIWAN: ENTEROVIRUS UPDATE [...] Summary. Thus far in 2005, Taiwan has 70 confirmed cases of enterovirus, representing a two-fold increase compared to the same period last year. Six of the 70 cases have resulted in death. All of the cases have occurred in children aged 5 and younger. Taiwan's Center for Disease Control (CDC [...]	2005-06-21 01:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC TBIO OTRA SENV SOCI TW ESTH
05TAIPEI3261	WHO GUIDELINES ON TAIWAN PARTICIPATION [...] (c) Summary. Taiwan Center for Disease Control (TCDC) has received a letter outlining terms for Taiwan's participation in WHO activities. Terms include: Taiwan participation be on a case-by-case basis determined by written invitation by WHO, that "experts" participate in their personal cap [...]	2005-08-07 23:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV TBIO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI3598	HEALTH MINISTER SAYS TAIWAN WORKING TO PREPARE [...] Summary. In accordance with reftel A, AIT Director Paal delivered Undersecretary Dobriansky's avian influenza (AI) demarche to Taiwan Department of Health (DOH) Minister Hou Sheng-Mou on August 26. Paal thanked Taiwan for making AI a high priority and encouraged Taiwan to take even more pre [...]	2005-08-29 22:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON PREL TW ESTH
05TAIPEI3713	TAIWAN PREPS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. With the exception of one H5N1 high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) illegal shipment of ducks, which was caught and destroyed, Taiwan has thus far managed to avoid H5N1 HPAI. Nonetheless, drawing on its experience with SARS in 2003, Taiwan has made extensive preparations to combat [...]	2005-09-08 23:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI3742	TAIWAN AFFIRMS PREPARING FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA A TOP [...] (U) Following up on delivery of ref A demarche, AIT Acting Director also delivered the demarche to Executive Yuan (EY) Secretary General Lee Ying-yuan and National Security Council SIPDIS (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen on September 2. ADIR thanked Lee and Chiou for making Avian Influen [...]	2005-09-09 07:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC SENV TBIO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI3809	AVIAN INFLUENZA: TAIWAN HEEDS AIT AND COMPLAINS [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) held a briefing for foreign offices in Taiwan on H5N1 high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on September 12. The briefing was given by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dr. Lee Jen-chyuan, Director of the Center for Disease Control Steve Kuo, and Director [...]	2005-09-14 23:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW ESTH
05TAIPEI4060	TAIWAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings on September 28-30, AIT briefed senior Taiwan officials from the National Security Council (NSC),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),and Department of Health (DOH) on the U.S. initiative to establish the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Inf [...]	2005-10-03 09:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO EAGR ECON PREL TW KSTH WHO
05TAIPEI4067	AIT PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Summary. This cable reports on AIT's preparations to respond to a potential avian influenza (H5N1) pandemic. The basic assumption is that AIT would draw down and drastically reduce its services in the event of an outbreak. Based on reftel D, AIT will revisit our current plans, which include [...]	2005-10-04 03:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW WHO
05TAIPEI4128	TAIWAN SCREENS CERTAIN AIR PASSENGERS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] In response to an alert issued by the World Health Organization (WHO),the Taiwan Center for Disease Control (TCDC) announced on October 6 new screening requirements for Avian Influenza. Beginning October 10, all passengers on flights from Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia will be as [...]	2005-10-07 23:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW WHO
05TAIPEI4160	TAIWAN MAY PRODUCE OSELTAMAVIR IF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (C) Reftel reported on indications from senior officials that Taiwan may be capable of and intending to develop the ability to produce the anti-viral drug oseltamavir (trade name tamiflu),with or without permission from the patent holder, in the event of a breakout in Taiwan of human to huma [...]	2005-10-12 22:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED EIND TBIO TW
05TAIPEI4264	AVIAN INFLUENZA SMUGGLED INTO TAIWAN FROM CHINA [...] (SBU) AIT received news late on October 20 from the Taiwan Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine under the Council of Agricultural (COA) that of the 1500 birds being smuggled from China on a Panamanian-flagged vessel that were seized by Taiwan Coast Guard on October 14, [...]	2005-10-20 22:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW WHO
05TAIPEI4295	TAIWAN AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: This is a periodic update to our baseline report on Taiwan's efforts to combat avian flu (ref D). In recent days, Taiwan authorities discovered H5N1 avian flu virus in a shipment of birds smuggled from China. The stock market declined on avian flu concerns. Authorities conducte [...]	2005-10-23 22:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW WHO
05TAIPEI4404	TAIWAN VACCINE DIPLOMACY OVERRATED [...] (C) As reported in Ref A, on Oct. 17, 2005, Michael Kao, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that Taiwan was preparing to propose at next month's APEC summit in Busan, South Korea to produce and distribute avian flu vaccine to APEC countries. This is part of a series of moves by Taiwan [...]	2005-10-31 23:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW WHO
05TAIPEI4645	TAIWAN: AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 07:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI4769	TAIWAN PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] Summary. Taiwan remains free of Avian Influenza (AI) and seems determined to try and keep that status. Drawing on its experience with SARS in 2003, Taiwan continues to be very proactive in its efforts to prevent, detect and respond to an AI outbreak. Wide coverage of AI educational programs [...]	2005-12-01 05:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI4852	TAIWAN CDC DIRECTOR ON WHO, AVIAN FLU AND [...] (U) Summary: Steve Kuo, Director General of Taiwan,s Center for Disease Control, met with AIT/T on December 1 and discussed aspects of Taiwan,s participation in the WHO, particularly those areas related to infectious disease control, Taiwan,s plans to construct a level 4 research laboratory, [...]	2005-12-12 22:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC SENV TBIO PREL TW ESTH
05TAIPEI4903	TAIWAN CDC DIRECTOR ON WHO, AVIAN FLU AND [...] (U) Summary: Steve Kuo, Director General of Taiwan,s Center for Disease Control, met with AIT/T on December 1 and discussed aspects of Taiwan,s participation in the WHO, particularly those areas related to infectious disease control, Taiwan,s plans to construct a level 4 research laboratory, [...]	2005-12-19 01:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC SENV TBIO PREL TW ESTH
05TAIPEI4927	TAIWAN POLICE NAB COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICALS [...] Summary: Taiwan law enforcement has had two significant counterfeit pharmaceutical cases leading to arrests and seizures in December. In the first case, Taiwan's IPR Police busted a ring selling counterfeit drugs on the internet, arresting two and seizing 5000 pills of counterfeit medicines [...]	2005-12-20 09:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD TBIO SOCI TW ESTH IPR
05TAIPEI4951	TAIWAN'S BIO-TERRORISM DEFENSE [...] Summary. Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) held a three-day International Conference on Bio-terrorism Defense in Taipei December 6 -8, with international experts on bio- terrorism and presentations on the economics, law, medicine, public health, emergency management, epidemiology and other [...]	2005-12-22 07:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI58	RECOGNIZING THREAT, TAIWAN PREPS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. Taiwan has thus far managed to avoid Avian Influenza since early 2004. Following the outbreak of H5N2 Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) in Taiwan in early 2004 and the outbreaks of H5N1 High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in neighboring countries both last year and this year, [...]	2005-01-07 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAGR ECON EAID TW
05TAIPEI94	TAIWAN'S ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-11 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO EAID EAGR ESTH
05TAIPEI990	AIT TELLS TAIWAN CDC ABOUT WHO/IHR [...] (c) Summary. AIT delivered World Health Organization/International Health Regulation (WHO/IHR) points contained in refs A and B to Taiwan Center for Disease Control (TCDC) Director-General Steven Kuo on Friday, March 4. While Kuo was unaware of the compromise to allow for Taiwan's particip [...]	2005-03-08 10:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV TBIO TW ESTH
05TEGUCIGALPA1460	MEDICINE MANIFESTO; CUBAN DOCTORS BRIGADE FACING [...] (C) (SUMMARY) The Cuban Medical Brigade (CMB) was welcomed into Honduras with open arms in 1998, after the devastation of Hurricane Mitch. However, over the past seven years that welcome has been worn out, according to some government offices and the Honduran medical community (HMC). With the [...]	2005-07-13 14:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB TBIO SOCI HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1867	HONDURAS INFORMALLY EXPRESSES INTEREST IN [...] On September 9, EconOff spoke to Dr. Lizardo Reyes, Director of the GOH animal and plant health administration SENASA, about the proposed International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI). Dr. Reyes said that Honduras fully appreciates the importance of preventing the avian in [...]	2005-09-09 22:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO HO
05TEGUCIGALPA348	HONDURAS: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND [...] Summary: The Government of Honduras has no legislation or regulations which deal specifically with access to genetic resources or the sharing of benefits from such resources. Procedures do exist for the import and export of any biological specimens and for the approval of any activity likely [...]	2005-02-11 21:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO
05TELAVIV4201	GAZA NGO LEADER DESCRIBES HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Jamal Safi, chairman of the Environmental Protection and Research Institute (EPRI) and winner of the prestigious Zayed International Prize for the Environment, key health and environmental challenges for Gaza include blood-borne infectious diseases, lead poisoning [...]	2005-07-06 09:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EAGR TBIO SOCI KHIV PREL KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV426	ISRAELI ACTIONS ON GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] Summary: Israel has a legal and institutional framework to protect biodiversity. Although Israel does not have a specific law that prohibits the introduction of alien species, it does restrict the import of plant species included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [...]	2005-01-25 14:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV5279	AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS IN ISRAEL - A MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI is putting together plans for dealing with a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) and will share those with Embassy once available. The Ministry of Health has purchased USD 10 million worth of the Tamiflu vaccine and has been in contact with international agencies [...]	2005-08-26 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6160	ISRAEL SEEKING REGIONAL COORDINATION ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI is hoping to use an existing health grouping to pull together a meeting of health ministers to coordinate regional preparations on avian influenza. The Turkish Health Minister reportedly has agreed to host such a gathering. GOI officials hope that there can be some US [...]	2005-10-20 13:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL IS CY EG JO KPAL KWBG TU ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6170	ISRAELI NGO PROPOSING TO TRACK INFECTED MIGRATORY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel is making a proposal to the GOI Ministries of Agriculture and Health to set up a surveillance system focused on migratory water fowl which are more likely than over migratory birds to be carriers of the H5N1 strain of avian influ [...]	2005-10-21 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR PREL ECON IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6238	AVIAN INFLUENZA: GOI ASSISTING PA; GROUPS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli officials are in daily contact with their counterparts from the Palestinian Authority and have been testing birds on behalf of the PA. GOI veterinary officials have provided their Palestinian counterparts with antigens to detect avian influenza. GOI and PA veterinary o [...]	2005-10-31 09:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL ECON KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6720	AVIAN INFLUENZA: NO CONFIRMED H5N1 IN ISRAEL; [...] (U) INTRO AND SUMMARY: This message is Post's response to Ref A questions regarding the GOI's efforts to prepare for avian and pandemic influenza, and its capability to respond to an AI epidemic. Questions are answered in the order provided in reftel. To date, there have been no/no confir [...]	2005-12-01 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV7102	ISRAELI AVIAN FLU-RELATED RESTRICTIONS ON POULTRY [...] SUMMARY: On October 13, 2005 Israel banned all imports of poultry products from Turkey following a reported case of AI there. Israel currently bans the import of poultry and poultry products from areas where AI cases have been confirmed - Southeast Asia, Croatia, Russia, and Romania. The su [...]	2005-12-30 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05THEHAGUE3033	AVIAN FLU: DUTCH ASSESS PREPAREDNESS [...] SUMMARY: The GONL has initiated a series of steps to enhance its ability to deal with a possible outbreak of avian influenza. Measures include a nationwide evaluation of regional preparedness, stockpiling anti-viral treatments, information campaigns to answer common questions about the virus, [...]	2005-11-08 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO NL FAO WHO OIE
05THEHAGUE3392	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for January 14-18, 2005 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Arthur Nienhuis, Member, National Cancer Advisiory Board, National Cancer Institute, NIH to attend the Annual Meeting of Investigators at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and present a lecture on his research [...]	2005-12-23 11:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
05TORONTO2602	Not SARS, Not Avian Flu - Ontario Health Officials [...] SUMMARY: In a press conference on Saturday October 1, Ontario health officials announced that a respiratory illness that had killed four residents of a Toronto nursing home and affected over 70 of its staff was not SARS or avian flu-related. On Monday, October 3, Ontario's Commissioner of E [...]	2005-10-03 16:25:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CASC CA
05TORONTO2609	Canada Asks U.S. to Change Rule on Insurance [...] During a September 26 financial services roundtable discussion with Consulate and embassy officials, leaders of the Canadian insurance industry advised that the Government of Canada would soon request changes to the U.S. policy on the certification of insurance coverage for cross-border motor [...]	2005-10-06 11:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR TBIO CA
05TORONTO2614	16 Dead in Toronto "Mystery" Flu Illness [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, the reported death count in a "mystery" flu-like virus outbreak in a Toronto-area nursing home climbed to 16, making it the city's worst respiratory outbreak since SARS killed 44 Canadians in the spring of 2003. Public health officials emphasize that they have ru [...]	2005-10-06 17:40:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CASC CA KPAO
05TORONTO2615	Toronto "Mystery" Flu Illness Identified as [...] On October 6 late in the afternoon Ontario public officials announced that the mystery illness in Toronto that has attracted international media attention and killed 16 seniors in a nursing home had just been identified as a particular strain of Legionnaire's disease that could only be detect [...]	2005-10-07 12:47:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CA CASC KPAO
05VATICAN514	VATICAN: LOOKING AHEAD ON BIOTECH [...] (C) Recent conversations between Holy See officials and USAID and EB representatives visiting the Vatican confirmed the cautious acceptance of biotech food by the Holy See. Vatican officials asserted that the safety and science of genetically modified foods would eventually be non-issues at the [...]	2005-08-26 07:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT
05VIENNA14	POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE: ADDITIONAL USD [...] The Ministry of Health recently notified the Embassy that the GoA would make an extradordinary contribution of USD 100,000 to the WHO/UNICEF-led Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI). Citing USG promotion of the PEI (ref A),MoH Chief of Staff Clemens Auer thanked the USG for its efforts and co [...]	2005-01-04 14:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO AU WHO
05VIENNA1438	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] (U) On April 25, we conveyed reftel talking points to appropriate offices in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. DAO will present talking points to the Ministry of Defense at earliest opportunity. 2. (SBU) On May 2, EconPol Unit Chief followed up with Hubert Hrabcik, [...]	2005-05-02 16:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PTER AU WHO
05VIENNA171	AUSTRIA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] In researching reftel questions, post obtained information from publicly available sources, as well as from GoA officials in the Ministry for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, and Water Management (MoA) and in the Austrian Patent Office. 2. There are no access restrictions for natural r [...]	2005-01-20 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO AU
05VIENNA2007	UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to Christoph Mueller and Margarethe Koegeler from the Federal Chancellery's Office of Political Coordination (OPC) on June 13. Koegeler is also Deputy Head of the GoA's Bioethics Commission. The OPC has worked closely with the MFA to establish the Go [...]	2005-06-15 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AU UNESCO KSCI
05VIENNA2702	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE [...] Per reftel, FAS/Vienna delivered talking points and non-paper on August 10, 2005 to Dr. Bernhard Jank, Austrian Federal Ministry for Health and Women, Department for New and Genetically Modified Food, FAO/WHO-Codex Alimentarius, Food Additives and Non- Food-Products. Dr. Jank plans to attend [...]	2005-08-11 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON AU
05VIENNA2945	INTERPOL REQUEST FOR BIOTERRORISM TRAINING [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 2 to Tibor Benczur-Juris, Director of the Office for International Relations, in the Interior Ministry's Federal Agency for State Protection and Counterterrorism. 2. Benczur-Juris agreed that Interpol's Bioterrorism Prevention Initiative w [...]	2005-09-02 14:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM TBIO PTER AU
05VIENNA3011	AUSTRIAN INTERIM RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL [...] On September 8, DCM delivered reftel talking points on the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff. Auer thanked the USG for promoting increased cooperation on avian and pandemic influenza. Auer said Austria [...]	2005-09-09 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AU EUN
05VIENNA3060	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff, on September 8. APHIS also discussed avian flu issues with Johann Herzog, Ministry of Health Advisor for Veterinary Affairs, Medicine, Biotechnology, and Food Safety; and with Johan Damoser, A [...]	2005-09-14 12:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI AU KSTH WHO
05VIENNA3273	AUSTRIAN REPRESENTATION AT IPAPI SOM IN WASHINGTON [...] According to Gisela Polte, Head of the MFA's Energy, Nuclear Safety and Health Unit, an official from the Austrian Embassy in Washington will represent the GoA at the IPAPI Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) October 6-7. Polte promised to notify post and the department, as soon as the MFA had de [...]	2005-10-03 14:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI AU WHO FAO
05VIENNA3470	AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT: SUMMARY COMMENTS FROM [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL AU WHO FAO
05VIENNA3496	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO THE ECJ BIOTECH RULING [...] Following the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling against the state of Upper Austria's complete ban against GMOs, the state government is considering alternative strategies to keep Upper Austria "biotech free." Upper Austria will look to "best practices" from other Austria [...]	2005-10-31 11:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON XG AU
05VIENNA3865	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] Enclosed, are Post's responses to the questions in reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION Q: Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs? If the country has a strategy, how capable is it [...]	2005-12-14 08:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CASC AU WHO
05VIENNA3938	AUSTRIA: NO END-OF-THE-YEAR FUNDS FOR POLIO [...] Embassy conveyed ref A demarche December 21 to senior officials in the Ministry of Health and the MFA, urging the GoA to contribute additional funds for the polio eradication initiative (PEI). Jean-Paul Klein, the MoH's expert on infectious epidemiology, told us that, unfortunately, the GoA [...]	2005-12-22 09:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA AU
05VIENNA546	EU COMMISSION GMO CO-EXISTENCE SYMPOSIUM IN [...] Summary: The EU Commission hosted a Symposium on Co- Existence of GMO Seeds and Agricultural Production at the ParkHotel in Vienna, Austria, February 22-23, 2005. More than 100 EU biotech experts and policymakers attended the symposium. Participants said that most Member States h [...]	2005-02-25 12:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO AU
05VIENNA655	DEMARCHE ON UNGA DECLARATION ON HUMAN CLONING: [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel points to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau on March 1. EconPolOff followed up on March 2 with Dr. Ingrid Pech, a director in the bureau whose portfolio covers human cloning. Dr. Pech said that th [...]	2005-03-03 11:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AU UNGA KSCI EUN
05VILNIUS1239	LITHUANIA READY ON PAPER TO COUNTER AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL has plans in place to manage a possible outbreak of avian influenza or human pandemic influenza. An outbreak of extremely virulent human pandemic influenza would undoubtedly strain Lithuania's capabilities, but the GOL likely would report its situation truthfully and s [...]	2005-11-23 14:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL LT
05VILNIUS138	Minister of Environment Setting New Priorities in [...] (SBU) Ambassador Mull met with Minister of Environment Arunas Kundrotas on February 8 as part of his tour of the GoL's new cabinet (refs A and previous). The Ambassador recalled the extensive bilateral environmental protection cooperation that has taken place, noted ongoing cooperation in are [...]	2005-02-10 11:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV ECON EPET TBIO TSPL LH RS
05VILNIUS93	Minister of Health Looks to U.S. for Continued [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 15:05:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TBIO SENV TSPL KPAO LH
05VILNIUS946	LITHUANIA: INTERESTED IN COMBATING AVIAN [...] Summary. The Government of Lithuania is fully engaged on the Avian Influenza issue. The Ministry of Health is in the process of drafting the Government's national action plan, and Health Minister Zilvinas Padaiga told the Ambassador that the GOL would "be very supportive" of the USG's initiat [...]	2005-09-09 10:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO KSCA LH
05WARSAW3632	POLAND RESPONDS TO AVIAN FLU OUTBREAKS [...] Summary. In response to the confirmed outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in Romania and Turkey, the GOP has taken several steps to prepare for a potential outbreak on Polish soil. An emergency anti-epidemic committee has been formed that cuts across key ministries and agencies, including Heal [...]	2005-10-19 12:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON PREL PL KSTH WHO
05WARSAW3903	POLAND: UPDATED INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] Summary. Post has reported extensively on our positive relationship with the GOP in its effort to prepare for a potential avian influenza outbreak (see refs b - e). Polish officials are actively preparing for the appearance of the disease, which they expect will occur in the Spring. Rather [...]	2005-11-23 14:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PL
05WELLINGTON102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN HENNESSY [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-03 18:13:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON115	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LARRY FRICKS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Larry Fricks, Director, ADCA, CMHS, SAMHSA, DHHS to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from February 25 to March 9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to present at the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership Ex [...]	2005-02-08 02:13:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON129	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RONALD J. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ronald J. Nagel, DDS Director, AK Dental Support Center, to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from February 16 to on or about March 31, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate the progress of the current students, develop the communi [...]	2005-02-14 20:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON156	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SYBIL GOLDMAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sybil Goldman, Senior Advisor, OA, SAMHSA, DHHS to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from February 26 - March 4, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with the Director of International Initiative for Mental Health Lead [...]	2005-02-22 18:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON328	NEW ZEALAND ON WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] Post delivered reftel points April 21 to New Zealand's Ministry of Health. On April 22, Andrew Forsyth, team leader of the Ministry's Public Health Legislation Review, reported that he was still working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to formulate New Zealand's positions for th [...]	2005-04-21 22:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL PTER NZ WHO
05WELLINGTON386	CHANGE IN EMBASSY WELLINGTON ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 23:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EFIS TBIO SENV TSPA TSPL
05WELLINGTON409	MINISTER SUTTON'S INVITATION TO USDA SECRETARY [...] (SBU/NF) Aides to New Zealand Agriculture Minister Sutton have reiterated to us their hope that Secretary Johanns will visit New Zealand, noting that a potential August/September visit, timed to a Quint Ministerial in Australia, would be viewed as "supportive." Minister Sutton would welcome t [...]	2005-05-24 01:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON47	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENNESSY AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kevin Hennessy and H. Stephen Leff, DHHS/SAMHSA, to travel to Auckland, Rotorua, and Wellington, New Zealand from February 25 - March 5, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide 2-day workshops in each location on the promotion of e [...]	2005-01-18 01:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON473	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 04:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO NZ UNESCO KSCI

05WELLINGTON489	NEW ZEALAND POSITION AT CODEX COMMISSION MEETING [...] New Zealand will participate in the 28TH session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) in Rome, July 4- 9. The New Zealand delegation will be headed by Andrew Mckenzie,Executive Director of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority(NZFSA). The delegation will also include Steve Hathaway, D [...]	2005-06-22 04:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON502	NEW ZEALAND CONTRIBUTES TO POLIO ERADICATION [...] Post delivered ref B demarche points to to Vicki Poole, Global Group Program Manager at the NZ Agency for International Development (NZAID); Dr. Mark Jacobs, Director of Public Health in the Ministry of Health; and the Americas Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [...]	2005-06-29 02:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO NZ WHO
05WELLINGTON618	NEW ZEALAND POSITION AT CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE [...] Summary: New Zealand will participate in the fifth Session of the Codex Ad-Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology (Task Force) in Chiba, Japan September 19-23, 2005. New Zealand will be generally supportive of U.S. positions. New Zealand agrees with the United S [...]	2005-08-15 03:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON667	VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND OF USDA SECRETARY JOHANNS [...] Summary: During his visit to New Zealand, Secretary of Agriculture Johanns emphasized the U.S. commitment to an ambitious outcome to the WTO, including the reduction of global trade distortions in agriculture. The Secretary told Prime Minister Clark, Agriculture Minister Sutton, and others th [...]	2005-08-31 08:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON704	NEW ZEALAND CONCERNED ABOUT AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is taking very seriously the threat of avian influenza, and an inter-ministerial group meets biweekly to discuss preparations. There are also numerous subgroups of officials who are strategizing on how the country would address the public health, economic, social, an [...]	2005-09-13 05:10:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI NZ
05WELLINGTON705	NEW ZEALAND TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON [...] Charge shared reftel information with Simon Murdoch, CEO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Murdoch is the most senior career official at the Ministry. Murdoch agreed to review the information and forward it to appropriate ministry officials. 2. On September 12, Rosemar [...]	2005-09-13 05:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON71	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSEPH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service Official Joseph Charles Starinchak, Division Chief - Environmental Quality, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 2 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Department [...]	2005-01-26 22:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON759	NEW ZEALAND ENDORSES JOINT STATEMENT BY [...] The New Zealand government supports the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza and would welcome being included in the Joint Statement to be issued by the partnership (ref B). 2. Post on September 26 delivered ref A talking points and Joint Statement to the New Zealand Mi [...]	2005-09-30 03:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON KSCA PREL SOCI NZ WHO
05WELLINGTON767	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FDA official Thomas Letonja to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 16-20, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 20th International Conference for the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitolog [...]	2005-10-04 23:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON908	NEW ZEALAND'S AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (C) Summary: Since launching a government-wide effort in June, the GNZ has vigorously planned for the possibility of avian and pandemic influenza entering New Zealand. Under the coordination of the Ministry of Health (MOH),the Inter-sectoral Pandemic Group (IPG) of thirteen ministries and de [...]	2005-11-25 03:34:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON984	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HAMEL, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ernest Hamel, Biologist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 13 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve as keynote speaker at a conference on Bioactives and Drug Development an [...]	2005-12-20 23:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON992	NEW ZEALAND ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR POLIO [...] Post delivered ref A demarche points on December 20 to Vicki Poole, Global Group Program Manager at the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID); Dr. Mark Jacobs, Director of Public Health in the Ministry of Health; and Rebecca Lineham, Americas Division of the New Zealand Mini [...]	2005-12-22 22:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO NZ
05YEREVAN1067	ARMENIA WILL CONVEY MESSAGE ON BIOETHICS [...] (SBU) We delivered demarche and talking points to MFA Chief of International Organizations Department Valery Mkrtumyan and MFA Americas Department Chief Lilit Toutkhalian June 15 per reftel instructions. While our MFA contacts were generally receptive to USG positions and promised to raise our [...]	2005-06-17 13:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AM UNESCO KSCI
05YEREVAN1562	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOAM ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On August 23, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Haik Melik Darbinyan, First Deputy Minister of Health, Prof. Vladimir Davidiants, Chief of Public Health and Sanitation, and Liana Torosyan, Ministry of Health Coordinat [...]	2005-08-26 12:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI GA AM KSTH WHO RU AZ
05YEREVAN1589	ARMENIA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE TO THE CODEX AD [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-01 08:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR AM
05YEREVAN1641	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIA LIKELY TO JOIN THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 11:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AM UNGA
05YEREVAN1730	ARMENIA JOINS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN [...] (U) On September 27, CDA Godfrey met with Armenian Minister of Health Norayr Davidian to discuss the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, invite Armenia to participate in the Senior Officials Meeting and pass reftel A points. Prof. Vladimir Davidyants, the GOAM point of [...]	2005-09-27 12:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI AM WHO
05YEREVAN1856	UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF MASS BIRD DEATHS IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) In a recent news article, Ornithologist Martin Adamyan reported that mass bird deaths had been observed in the Lake Sevan and Arpi regions of Armenia. He speculated that bird migration patterns made it particularly likely that avian flu will be found in Armenia in the near future. Deput [...]	2005-10-18 09:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA ECON PREL SOCI AM WHO EAGR
05YEREVAN1900	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUMMARY REPORT OF THE FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA SENV ECON PREL AM WHO FAO EAGR
05YEREVAN1905	MASS BIRD DEATHS REPORTED IN NORTHERN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 11:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA ECON PREL SOCI IR AM WHO EAGR
05YEREVAN2053	ARMENIA: RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Armenia is ill-prepared to respond to an avian influenza (AI) outbreak in either the animal or the human population. There is no active surveillance system in place and the GOAM currently lacks basic diagnostic capacity to evaluate any potential AI outbreak. There is, however, some sci [...]	2005-11-23 07:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL AMED AM WHO
05YEREVAN370	ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO CLONING DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 10:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AM UNGA KSCI
05YEREVAN762	ARMENIA WILL CONVEY MESSAGE ON WHO HEALTH [...] (SBU) We delivered demarche and talking points to MFA Chief of International Organizations Department Valery Mkrtumyan, MFA Americas Department Chief Lilit Touthalian and Ministry of Health International Affairs Section Chief Haik Grigoryan April 25 per reftel instructions. Post also delivere [...]	2005-04-28 02:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PTER AM WHO
05ZAGREB1339	Croatia Not Expected to Send Representative [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-12 17:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON HR
05ZAGREB1436	CROATIA ADDRESSING THREAT OF AVIAN [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT Post has delivered reftel talking points to both the Ministries of Health and Agriculture. The GOC's strategy includes the establishment of an inter-agency committee; an awareness outreach to veterinarians and producers; a ban on imports from affected countries; and coo [...]	2005-09-01 10:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI HR
05ZAGREB1729	H5 SUBTYPE AVIAN FLU VIRUS FOUND IN CROATIA [...] On Friday, October 21, the GOC confirmed that the H5 subtype of the avian influenza (AI) virus had been found in samples taken from dead swans in Slavonia, in eastern Croatia. The samples were forwarded to the European Union reference laboratory in the UK to determine if the swans were carry [...]	2005-10-24 14:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO HR
05ZAGREB1741	H5N1 CONFIRMED IN CROATIA: OVERVIEW OF [...] SUMMARY: Croatian Veterinary authorities confirmed on October 26 the presence of the H5N1 virus in dead swans found in the eastern part of the country last week. The GOC has been rapid and transparent in its handling of the situation thus far. This message summarizes the situation to date, [...]	2005-10-26 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO HR
05ZAGREB1810	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: 9 NOVEMBER 2005 [...] SUMMARY: As of November 9, 2005, no additional cases of H5N1 have been confirmed in Croatia. The GOC has begun to relax some of the biosafety measures outside of the initial sites. Public awareness efforts are continuing and poultry sales are rebounding. END SUMMARY 2. The Croatian Ve [...]	2005-11-09 13:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO CASC HR
05ZAGREB1836	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: 17 NOVEMBER 2005 [...] SUMMARY: As of November 17, 2005, no additional cases of H5N1 have been confirmed in Croatia. The GOC is continuing its surveillance efforts and Post hopes to receive an English version of the Croatian national pandemic influenza preparedness plan by the end of November. Media interest in a [...]	2005-11-17 09:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO CASC HR
05ZAGREB1868	CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NOVEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 14:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
05ZAGREB1894	CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NOVEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 08:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
05ZAGREB1926	CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: DECEMBER 7 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 09:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
05ZAGREB1927	CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA-RELATED TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 09:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
05ZAGREB1946	CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY UPDATE: [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 15:07:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
05ZAGREB1985	CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA POST CONTINGENCEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 10:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL AMGT ASEC AMED AEMR HR
05ZAGREB215	CROATIA: BACKGROUND ON NEGOTIATIONS ON ACCESS TO [...] Croatia has yet to establish clear rules and procedures governing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of genetic resources apart from permits required to conduct research on protected land or endangered species. Authority for implementing CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) MAT (Mutually A [...]	2005-02-11 10:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO HR
06ABIDJAN1306	NINE TURKEYS DIE OF H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA JUST IN [...] On November 20, the National Institute for Public Hygiene in Cote d'Ivoire (INHP) confirmed results by the National Laboratory for Agricultural Development (LANADA) on November 17 of another instance of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) in Cote d'Ivoire. Culling began November 21, as 76 birds were s [...]	2006-11-24 17:07:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR EMED CONS IV
06ABIDJAN395	COTE D'IVOIRE: AVIAN INFLUENZA FALSE ALARM [...] Several animals were found dead with symptoms similar to Avian flu in the north of Cote d'Ivoire the week of April 6; sixteen chickens, two ducks, and two dogs that apparently ate the carcasses of the dead poultry. A World Health Organization (WHO) satellite office in Bouake, the northern ca [...]	2006-04-19 07:56:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON IV
06ABIDJAN433	COTE D'IVOIRE: SUSPECTED CASES OF AVIAN FLU [...] Several birds found dead in Abidjan have been tested at the state-owned Institute Pasteur in Abidjan for H5N1 Avian Flu. However, officials have not yet confirmed the presence of the virus in Cote d'Ivoire. Additional samples were sent for testing to a lab in Italy on April 24. The cases were [...]	2006-04-27 11:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED EAGR IV TBIO
06ABIDJAN442	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESENCE OF AVIAN FLU ALL BUT [...] Initial results from several birds found dead in Abidjan have tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). Screening for the virus was performed by two labs, the Insitut Pasteur in Abidjan and in Paris. Ministry officials are waiting for final confirmation from the United Nations Food and [...]	2006-04-28 16:58:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR EMED IV
06ABIDJAN883	COTE D'IVOIRE: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN SAN PEDRO [...] On June 10, five chickens and a wild bird were discovered dead in an industrial rubber plantation near the port city of San Pedro, 500 km southwest of Abidjan. According to a July 20 report published by the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, the specimens tested on June 28 by the National Agricult [...]	2006-08-07 15:06:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR EMED IV
06ABUDHABI2625	POLIO ERADICATION IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) On June 19, Post delivered reftel demarche to the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On June 25, Econchief and Econoff met with Ambassador Ali al-Zarouni, Director of European, American and Oceanic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow up. Econchief urged the UAEG to encou [...]	2006-06-25 10:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA TBIO WHO AE
06ABUJA1025	MAY 5 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. Nigeria's human- and animal-surveillance systems for AI remain deficient. No human cases of H5N1 infection have been confirmed in Nigeria. Villagers in Dong Village, Plateau State ate in early April culled or AI- infected birds but don't exhibit symptoms of AI. Plateau State has e [...]	2006-05-05 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1097	MAY 11 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Economic officer attended on May 9 the UN and foreign donors meeting on AI in Nigeria. UN and foreign officials expressed serious concern over the GON's inaction and evident desire to declare the AI outbreak "solved." The GON has moved the Avian Influenza Crisis Management Cent [...]	2006-05-11 16:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1359	JUNE 6 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Nigeria experienced continued outbreaks of AI in Kano and Bauchi States in May, though the GON has not reported on these in detail. Some of these occurrences possibly were reinfections on poultry farms whose owners restocked too quickly and without carrying out proper decontamin [...]	2006-06-06 10:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1387	JUNE 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. On May 25 the Ambassador handed over to the Nigerian minister of agriculture a representation of anti-AI commodities, including equipment and disinfectant, worth more than 46 million naira (about $360,000). The agriculture minister said Nigeria had paid 1.7 million naira (almost [...]	2006-06-08 06:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1412	JUNE 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- GON LOSES FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON's high-level meetings on AI have declined to negligible levels although are set to increase. The ministers of health, agriculture, and information have met once in 10 weeks, and there are considerable tensions between the Ministries of Health and Agriculture. The thric [...]	2006-06-08 13:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1429	JUNE 9 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The June 7 meeting of the AI Technical Committee featured considerable bitterness, as the Ministry of Agriculture accused the Ministry of Health of telling "lies" about AI's spread in Kano State. The National Veterinary Research Institute confirmed three new instances of AI in [...]	2006-06-09 14:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1505	THE CHARGE MAKES COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] On June 7, 2006, The Charge' called on Minister of Environment Chief Helen Esuene in response to her April 6 letter to the Ambassador requesting U.S. collaboration on proposed agricultural anti-desertification projects in 11 northern states. AgAttache accompanied the Charge'. Permanent Secreta [...]	2006-06-15 06:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PARM TBIO ETRD NI
06ABUJA1605	ABUJA APPROVES RESEARCH PROJECT NO. AI069919 01 [...] The U.S. Mission Abuja appreciates the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) patience concerning the Mission's reply to ref proposed research project. 2. The U.S. Mission Abuja has reviewed ref proposed NIH Research Project No. AI069919 01 -- to be carried out in part in Nigeria. The Missi [...]	2006-06-26 16:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA BN IV GA ML NI SG
06ABUJA1606	JUNE 26 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE - NO HUMAN CASES? [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON AI Steering Committee met June 14 for the first time since April 20. Nigeria will issue permits to four major poultry producers to import grandparent birds for restocking and will discuss possibly permitting poultry vaccinations. Nigeria does not yet have a system for [...]	2006-06-26 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1608	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU LABORATORY ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Two veterinarians from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Cairo assessed in May five Nigerian laboratories' capabilities for detecting AI. The laboratories generally were deficient in infrastructure, equipment, and technicians' level of training. The capability of the As [...]	2006-06-27 07:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1680	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE FOR JUNE 30 [...] Summary. Economic officer attended on June 27 the foreign donors meeting on AI in Nigeria. The FAO reported new outbreaks in Taraba State and Lagos State. Recent outbreaks of African swine fever occurred in Benue State. The concern is that pigs could act as a vector for humans for highly pa [...]	2006-06-30 14:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1791	AVIAN FLU: NIGERIAN POULTRY INDUSTRY OVERVIEW [...] Summary. Information is fragmentary on Nigeria's poultry sector. Chickens constitute more than 95% of Nigeria's poultry. Nigeria has an estimated 150 million birds -- 70 million on commercial farms and 80 million belonging to "informal" or backyard farmers. The decentralized nature of Niger [...]	2006-07-12 17:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1956	NIGERIA: AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary: Results are awaited from several recent suspected outbreaks in the commercial poultry producing Southwest states of Ogun and Lagos. Field teams are visiting the affected areas. UNICEF has placed four consultants at in state capitals to work on state level communications plans, and PAC [...]	2006-07-28 10:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR NI
06ABUJA2238	AVIAN FLU IN NIGERIA: POULTRY SECTOR IN KANO STATE [...] Summary. Kano State is one of the leading markets for poultry in northern Nigeria. In Kano, most poultry farms are small -- about two thirds have no more than 5,000 birds, and only about 5% of poultry farms in Kano State stock more than 50,000 birds. Kano formerly could not meet locally the [...]	2006-08-28 07:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2318	EMBASSY ABUJA APPROVES NIH STUDY AI042853 09 [...] The U.S. Mission Nigeria has reviewed the National Institutes of Health's award of a research project entitled "Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research" (NIH study AI042853 09) and involving a Nigerian institution, Abia State University, Abia State. 2. The U.S. Mission Nigeria has no f [...]	2006-09-06 09:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA NI
06ABUJA2459	AMBASSADOR, UNDP NIGERIA CHIEF VIEW ELECTIONS, AI [...] (U) Ambassador, DCM, Political and Economic Counselors, and Embassy, Centers for Disease Control, and USAID officers met on September 14 in Abuja with Alberic Kacou, the new UN Development Program resident coordinator in Nigeria. 2. (U) The Ambassador and Kacou discussed the coordination of [...]	2006-09-19 14:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID PGOV NI AVIAN FLU
06ABUJA2504	THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF JULY 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable evaluates HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 132 million people (PRB, 2005) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 4.4%. (NPS, 2005) Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]	2006-09-25 07:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA2508	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE: SOUTHWESTERN OUTBREAKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Cooperation between the Ministries of Agriculture, Information, and Health on the issue of avian influenza (AI) remains an issue, and relations between Agriculture and Health officials remain tense over the extent of AI in Nigeria and whether to authorize poultry vaccinations. [...]	2006-09-25 08:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2509	SURVEY VIEWS AVIAN FLU'S NIGERIA ECONOMIC IMPACT [...] Summary. A team from the USG's Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) visited six Nigerian states in August to assess the avian influenza socioeconomic impact on Nigeria's poultry sector. Nigeria has about 36% of West Africa's poultry and the sub-region's most modern poultry sector. [...]	2006-09-25 08:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2535	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU: ANIMAL SURVEILLANCE LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the Ministry of Agriculture launched on Sept. 21 their European Union/USG-funded program for active animal surveillance of the avian influenza (AI) in Nigeria. Preparations will consist of six to eight weeks of training, followed by [...]	2006-09-26 10:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2539	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU: ANIMAL-SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM [...] Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture launched on Sept. 21 their EU/USG-funded program for active animal surveillance of the avian influenza (AI) in Nigeria. Training would precede fieldwork, which would cover all 36 states and the Federal Cap [...]	2006-09-26 14:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2777	NIGERIA OCTOBER 18 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria's (GON) response to an avian influenza (AI) outbreak remains sluggish. A World Health Organization (WHO) official said Nigeria's AI animal-surveillance program already had fallen one month behind an optimistic schedule. He said the GON's sense of urgen [...]	2006-10-19 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2800	NIGERIA OCTOBER 25 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria's (GON) response to the avian influenza (AI) remains limited but has demonstrated recent improvement. Economic and USAID officers attended the October 18 United Nations/foreign donors AI meeting in Abuja and met with representatives from the UN Develop [...]	2006-10-25 14:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA435	THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF DEC 2005 [...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5% (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]	2006-02-22 11:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA436	THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF DEC. 2005 [...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5% (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]	2006-02-22 11:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA441	FEB 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON announced Feb. 21 that AI has been confirmed in an eighth state, Gombe State. The Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) said Nigeria has 170 surveillance sites nationwide where the disease is most likely to be encountered, and the GON has tested more than 1,200 samples of susp [...]	2006-02-22 17:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA448	FEB 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU - UN MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Development Program hosted in Abuja on Feb. 22 an information session on AI in Nigeria attended by international diplomatic and aid representatives. With some prompting, the Abuja UN Resident Coordinator's Office agreed to create "soon" a matrix to record international [...]	2006-02-23 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA449	FEB 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU FIELD TEAM REPORTS [...] Summary. Experts from the CDC, the Nigerian Ministry of Health, and the WHO visited Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, and Katsina States, starting on Feb. 18, to ascertain the extent of AI there. On Feb. 22, they presented their findings. The team found Kaduna's logistical support to combat AI extremel [...]	2006-02-23 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA479	FEB 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. A GON official said Nigeria did not have surveillance information on free-range chickens, which may be a greater threat to unaffected zones than commercial chicken farms. He cautioned implicitly against the GON's taking stern action against these farmers, saying, "This is the liveli [...]	2006-02-27 17:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA480	FEB 27 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 26, the GON confirmed the presence of AI in two more states, Yobe and Nasarawa. Though not confirmed, it is almost certainly in Jigawa. Currently four states and the Federal Capital Territory have had samples confirmed H5N1 positive through the FAO laboratory in R [...]	2006-02-27 17:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA501	FEB 28 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: A donors' meeting noted progress on approving plans, procedures and guidelines in the animal, health and outreach functions, but noted continued gaps in coordination and information. Surveillance is stepping up in the South, but enforcement of movement bans is still lacking. Poul [...]	2006-03-02 07:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA517	MARCH 2 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. Bird-culling operations were carried out in Bauchi and Nasarawa States on Feb. 28. A GON official said the government hoped to begin paying compensation for birds by March 3, or by March 5 at the latest, and that Nigeria would concentrate on compensation to commercial chicken farmer [...]	2006-03-02 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA524	ECOWAS SAYS PREPARING TO MEET AVIAN-FLU CHALLENGE [...] Summary. Ambassador met March 2 with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohamed Ibn Chambas, who noted with concern AI's SIPDIS advance in Nigeria. Chambas said ECOWAS countries needed to have national strategies, after which regional ones could be created. He said Nigeria's "lessons learned" wou [...]	2006-03-03 15:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA532	UNICEF COMMUNICATION MEETING [...] SUMMARY: THE AVIAN INFLUENZA COMMUNICATION COMPONENT IS FINALLY COMING TOGETHER AFTER WEEKS OF DELAY AND CONFUSION. THE GON HAS APPROVED A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, AND HAS SCHEDULED WEEKLY MEETINGS FOR DONORS AT THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND NATIONAL REORIENTATION. FOUR PROPOSALS APPROVED [...]	2006-03-06 11:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA536	MARCH 6 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE; H5N1 SPREADS [...] (SBU) Summary. A GON official said the HN51 virus is now present in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; Benue State, and Anambra State, as confirmed by the Vom laboratory. The agriculture minister traveled to Kano State to kick off on March 6 the government's compensation program for culled birds. [...]	2006-03-07 06:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA552	MARCH 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The HN51 virus is now confirmed as present in 11 Nigerian states, including Anambra and Rivers States in the south. An outbreak of AI was reported March 8 in three locations within the Federal Capital Territory. Jigawa State also is very likely to have AI, as do all of its nei [...]	2006-03-09 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA558	MARCH 9 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON announced March 9 that an additional state, Ogun State, was confirmed positive for the H5 virus. This result was confirmed by the Vom National Veterinary Research Institute, near Jos. Officials said the government had paid no additional compensation to poultry farmers [...]	2006-03-10 06:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA576	MARCH 13 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The GON announced March 9 that an additional state, Ogun State, was confirmed positive for the H5 virus. An Ogun official said the state is investigating the outbreak at a commercial poultry facility in Akute-Oja, near the border between Lagos State and Ogun State. Southwestern [...]	2006-03-13 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA592	MAR 15 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- LAGOS OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary. The Lagos State agriculture commissioner said on March 14 that a commercial poultry farm in Iju, Lagos State, near the border with Ogun State, reported a suspected outbreak of AI. He said the outbreak likely was H5N1. The GON's chief veterinary officer later confirmed the out [...]	2006-03-16 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA593	MARCH 15 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. The Vom laboratory confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 in Anambra State, but the state agriculture commissioner rejected this finding. The AI outbreak in Ogun State continues, but the GON has not heard from its Ogun field team. An Ogun official said containing the outbreak would be a "to [...]	2006-03-16 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA596	Avian Flu in Nigeria: The Long Haul [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a substantial effort to respond to the Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in Nigeria by the GON and international partners, the epidemic clearly has not been brought under control. Given the weak human- and animal- health infrastructures, and the complicated issues of federa [...]	2006-03-16 10:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA647	MARCH 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. As of March 15, reliable information, including from testing, was not available on the extent of AI in Nigeria. State veterinarians lacked vehicles and equipment, and some lacked personal protective equipment. There was no documentation on the location and numbers of small flo [...]	2006-03-22 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA656	MARCH 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- WHO CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. The WHO's representative in Nigeria sought constructive criticism to improve UN agencies' efforts in combating AI, especially in boosting assistance to improve operational field capacity. He warned that Nigeria's anti-AI efforts "most probably" were not diagnosing human cases. [...]	2006-03-23 15:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA658	MARCH 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. The DCM and World Bank officials on March 22 discussed the GON's sluggishness in employing already provided foreign assistance against AI. The Bank officials said their main concerns are the need to vaccinate birds and compensate poultry farmers. The GON discussed with the Ban [...]	2006-03-23 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA659	MARCH 24 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ogun State and GON officials culled by March 20 more than 85,000 birds at a farm in Akute, Ogun State. Culling workers did not use personal protective equipment. Almost 3,700 birds were culled at a farm in Iju, Lagos State. A Lagos State agricultural official denied AI's pre [...]	2006-03-24 06:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA931	APRIL 24 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON is losing its sense of urgency on AI. The GON appears to be moving toward adopting the line that Nigeria's AI crisis is more or less over. Lack of reporting on new outbreaks, previously attributable to weak surveillance, more recently appears also to be due to deliber [...]	2006-04-25 17:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06AITTAIPEI1540	TAIWAN RECEPTIVE TO UNILATERAL ADHERENCE TO IHR [...] (U) AIT delivered ref A demarche to Department of Health (DOH) Director General Peter Chang on May 2. Drawing from points in ref A, ESTHOFF also briefed Chang about U.S. efforts in Beijing seeking additional participation for Taiwan in WHO health activities. Chang seemed pleased with this app [...]	2006-05-04 06:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL WHO CH TW
06AITTAIPEI1554	TAIWAN AIRPORT AI EXERCISE [...] SUMMARY. Taiwan conducted an avian influenza (AI) simulation exercise at the main international airport on April 6. The exercise sought to test Taiwan's ability to detect, isolate and treat an inbound passenger infected with AI. The event was broadcast over live TV [...]	2006-05-05 08:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED ECON SENV TBIO TW
06AITTAIPEI2009	TAIWAN PLEASED WITH OUTCOME OF WHA MEETINGS: READY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Action request para 10. VFM Michael Kau told AIT Acting Director that Taiwan was very pleased with the outcome of its pragmatic approach to the WHA Meeting in Geneva. He expressed Taiwan's appreciation for support from the US (citing particularly Health Attache David Hohman in [...]	2006-06-13 06:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED TBIO SENV PREL WHO IO TW
06AITTAIPEI2210	RESEARCH PROJECT CA123628 ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 04:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA TW
06AITTAIPEI3925	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 01:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI
06ALMATY1583	KAZAKHSTAN: PLANS FOR ALMATY BIOKOMBINAT EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The private company that purchased the Biokombinat veterinary vaccine production facility is moving forward with construction of a smaller production facility in Stepnogorsk, in order to observe the terms of its privatization deal and avert potential threats to its real estate de [...]	2006-05-02 11:04:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSCA PARM PREL TBIO TSPL KZ
06ALMATY1846	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE STEPNOGORSK [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani officials dealing with biotechnology issues are eager to see the veterinary vaccine production facility that Betta Star is setting up in Stepnogorsk succeed, as it has the potential to commercialize innovations resulting from Kazakhstani research. According to the di [...]	2006-05-24 05:18:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSCA PARM PREL TBIO TSPL KZ
06AMMAN2068	AI Task Force Meets With Diplomatic Community, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Flu Task Force met with representatives from other embassies, Amman-based UN organizations and the Government of Jordan (GoJ) on March 2, 2006 to share information on avian flu preparedness. All participants are following similar lines of action: stockin [...]	2006-03-22 06:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU XF JO
06AMMAN2176	Jordan: No Further H5N1 Cases Confirmed [...] Summary: As of 1500 local time on March 26, H5N1 avian flu in Jordan has not spread beyond the four cases confirmed in turkeys in northern Jordan reported March 23 (reftel). No human cases have been reported, although rumors persist. The GOJ is stressing transparency with the media. In addit [...]	2006-03-26 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KFLU JO
06AMMAN2326	Jordan/H5N1: Government to Compensate for Culled [...] Summary: As of 1630 local time on March 30, there have been no new cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Jordan since the original cases first reported on March 24. GOJ officials feel they have the situation under control. On March 28, the GOJ announced that it will compensate farmers in the Kuf [...]	2006-03-30 17:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KFLU JO
06AMMAN2358	Jordan/H5N1: First Human Case Arrives by Ferry from [...] Summary: A 31 year-old Egyptian who arrived on March 27 in Jordan already sick from H5N1 avian flu is Jordan's first human case. The man raises poultry at his home in Egypt, the presumed source of the infection. The man's medical condition on April 2 is stable. No other human cases are rep [...]	2006-04-02 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KFLU JO
06AMMAN2648	HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS SHOWCASES ANOTHER GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's $330 million pharmaceutical industry is a bright spot in the nation's industrial development and one of the front-runner sectors in the leadership's strategy of export-led economic growth. Hikma Pharmaceuticals and its parent, the Hikma Group, is the shining star amon [...]	2006-04-13 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TSPL KIPR TBIO JO

06AMMAN2916	Sandia Workshop Works to Lower Bioterrorism Risks, [...] Summary: An April 11-13 workshop sponsored by Sandia National Lab gathered thirty Middle Eastern lab scientists in Amman to discuss biosafety and biosecurity risks and risk reduction strategies at health and agricultural biology labs. Expert speakers outlined best practices for lowering risk [...]	2006-04-25 03:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER XF JO
06AMMAN4297	"Get the Lead Out! Sulfur, Too" - Middle East Clean Fuels [...] Summary: Fifty participants in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles met in Cairo May 24-25. Stakeholders discussed plans to eliminate the use of leaded gasoline, and to promote low sulfur gasoline and diesel in the Middle East and North Africa. Studies from the United States show tha [...]	2006-06-14 05:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ENRG XF EG
06AMMAN4527	Jordan: Post Supports Start of S&T Agreement Negotiations [...] Summary: Embassy Amman supports beginning negotiations on a Science and Technology Agreement between the United States and Jordan. It is Post's view that successful conclusion of this agreement will promote U.S. social, political and economic interests in Jordan. End summary. ------------ [...]	2006-06-20 12:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL SENV KTIA TBIO TPHY ETRD JO
06AMMAN457	OUTREACH TO PRIVATE AMERICANS ON PANDEMIC [...] In response to reftel, Embassy's Avian Influenza Task Force (AITF) met to review the status of our program on avian influenza (AI) awareness and explore ways of expanding it. Embassy has already held two town halls (separate ones for American staff and FSNs due to space limitations) in which A [...]	2006-01-22 11:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC TBIO JO
06AMMAN7726	Jordan Welcomes S&T Engagements with Business Flavor [...] Summary: Jordanian officials, academics and businessmen welcomed progress on two major, parallel S&T projects during late-September meetings with USG and private Americans: the private-sector focused Jordan Science and Technology Initiative (JSTI),and the government-to-government Science and [...]	2006-10-10 12:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL BEXP SENV KTIA TBIO TPHY ETRD JO
06AMMAN8510	Avian Flu: Jordan Takes Major Steps in Planning, Training, [...] (SBU) During the summer of 2006, the GOJ continued to invest in avian influenza (AI) planning and preparedness measures, and is significantly further along in its preparations now than it was last year at this time. A major train-the-trainers program and an AI public awareness campaign began [...]	2006-11-20 08:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR KFLU JO
06AMMAN8596	AVIAN FLU/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: EMBASSY PREPAREDNESS AND [...] (U) Summary: Post has regularly and consistently encouraged the personal responsibility measures suggested reftel for avian flu preparedness (stockpiling non-perishable food, water, and medicines, maintaining good hygiene by washing hands and surfaces, and cooking food properly). Post also ma [...]	2006-11-26 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC EAGR KFLU JO
06AMMAN905	Jordan Adds Muscle to Avian Flu Preparedness [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan continues to develop its resources in preparation for avian influenza (AI). It now has rapid testing capability in labs around the country, an inclusive interagency committee, a public outreach plan, professional training programs for the agricultural and medical commun [...]	2006-02-08 11:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR PGOV JO
06AMMAN9129	Lab Standards for Iraq to Emerge from Biological Risk [...] (SBU) Summary: A dozen Iraqi scientists attended a Department of Energy-sponsored workshop in Amman December 18-20 on reducing safety and security risks at biological labs. The workshop was put on by staff from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). The workshop introduced current best practice [...]	2006-12-28 18:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO IZ JO
06ANKARA104	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 6 [...] Summary. As of mid-day January 6 there are three confirmed deaths resulting from bird flu. The third death has not confirmed as H5N1, however the three positive cases yesterday have now been confirmed as H5N1. European Union and WHO teams arrived in Turkey January 5 and travelled to the affe [...]	2006-01-06 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA1114	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: AI is present only along Iran's eastern and northern borders according to Iranian visa applicants in Ankara. Iranians in the medical field believe that the GOI does not have the plans, the resources, or vaccine stock to handle an AI outbreak. Iranians outside the medical profes [...]	2006-03-06 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINR PREL TU TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU
06ANKARA118	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 7 [...] Summary. As of mid-day January 7 there are no new deaths or additional confirmations of human cases. Nine or ten sub- provinces are under animal quarantine. Though there are multiple reports of dead birds in other regions, none have been confirmed as AI, with the possible exception of two wi [...]	2006-01-09 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA120	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 8 [...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...]	2006-01-10 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA121	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 9 [...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...]	2006-01-10 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA130	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 12 [...] Summary. There are 18 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases continues to broaden with the two new cases in southeastern Turkey. Official sources now pu [...]	2006-01-13 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA133	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 12 [...] Summary. There are 18 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases continues to broaden with the two new cases in southeastern Turkey. Official sources now pu [...]	2006-01-13 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA136	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US INTERAGENCY AVIAN [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance for the US Interagency Avian Influenza Team traveling to Turkey arriving January 16 to assess the Avian Influenza outbreak in Turkey and to assist the response by the GoT, WHO and FAO/OIE. 2. Embassy Ankara will meet and assist team members at Anka [...]	2006-01-14 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO CDC WHO TU AGMT
06ANKARA137	TURKISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER ON AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador January 13, reported on the progress made in responding to the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Turkey and agreed to a proposed US assessment team visit the week of January 16. He appealed for U [...]	2006-01-14 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA1524	AI Continues to Plague Turkish Poultry Sector [...] (U) Summary. The AI outbreak continues to plague the poultry sector in Turkey albeit at a reduced pace. AI has been confirmed in 151 locations in 28 provinces throughout Turkey, according to the most recent report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Poultry consumption remain [...]	2006-03-23 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC EAID SENV ECON
06ANKARA20	Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey - No Human Cases [...] Summary. On December 31, 2005, and January 1, 2006, a total of seven people, five of which were children, from the Eastern part of Turkey were hospitalized with bird flu-like symptoms. One child died late in the evening of January 1, 2006. On January 2, test results showed that the child d [...]	2006-01-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC EAID SENV ECON
06ANKARA2113	TURKISH AGR MINISTER ON AI AND WTO RICE CASE [...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador April 17, reported that bird flu had been essentially eliminated in Turkey and thanked the United States for its financial support in dealing with AI. Eker also reported that with the next fe [...]	2006-04-18 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA263	TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: AMBASSADOR'S JAN 19 [...] SUMMARY: In his first meeting with the GOT Minister of Health, Ambassador focused on the Avian Influenza (AI) situation, expressing U.S. sympathy, commitment to provide support, and admiration for Turkey's response, transparency, and collaboration. The Minister stressed that AI was a global [...]	2006-01-24 05:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA2708	AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK [...] SUMMARY: Coming on the heels of the WHO/FAO hosted Avian Influenza (AI) conference in Ankara (supported by USAID),The World Bank gained Executive Board approval on April 24 for a $34.4 million loan to Turkey (out of a $54 million package) that will support Turkey's AI readiness and capacity [...]	2006-05-14 12:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA3307	TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new AI cases in poultry or on wild birds in Turkey since March 31, 2006. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the AI outbreak was completely extinguished by April 24, 2006. The Protection and Control General Directorate issued the last follow up report [...]	2006-06-07 07:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID TBIO AMED CASC KFLU SENV TU
06ANKARA341	TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AS MODEL FOR REGION [...] SUMMARY: The USG AI Delegation that recently visited Turkey, as well as international organizations on the scene, applaud Turkey's robust and transparent response to recent AI animal and human outbreaks, including good cooperation with international actors. They cite Turkey's response as a r [...]	2006-01-30 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU KFLU
06ANKARA453	TURKEY: POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM BIRD FLU LIKELY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Turkish Government has handled its Avian Influenza (AI) outbreaks well, blunting criticism from the opposition. The GOT has also taken some political risks. Possible long-term effects of AI could be both positive and negative, depending on how successful the gov [...]	2006-02-03 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TU TBIO
06ANKARA5324	CRIMEAN-CONGO FEVER IN TURKEY [...] Summary: Cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey have increased over prior years to 279, which resulted in 20 deaths over the past summer, causing public concern. Because transmission to humans is mainly via ticks from domesticated animals, the Ministry of Health is coordinating cl [...]	2006-09-14 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA55	TURKEY: AVIAN INFLUENZA CAUSES TWO HUMAN DEATHS [...] Summary. Turkey's Ministry of Health has confirmed two human deaths from H5 Avian Influenza. N Sub-type has not been determined, but H5N1 is suspected. It appears that the victims caught AI from handling sick birds. There is no indication of human to human transmission. The GOT continues [...]	2006-01-05 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA630	AVIAN INFLUENZA: USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The World Bank is moving ahead with a flagship Avian Influenza (AI) package for Turkey that should be ready for Executive Board approval by the end of March. A U.S. contribution as part of this package could help fill local gaps in a country that remains highly vulnerable to [...]	2006-02-13 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA6417	USAID Grant Signing Ceremony and Summary of Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $1 million U.S.AID grant to Turkey (through the World Bank) to support Turkey's efforts against Avian Influenza (AI). Remarks by the Ambassador, the Minister of Agriculture Eker, and the Country Director of [...]	2006-11-14 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU TU
06ANKARA6540	AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK [...] The Turkish MFA told us that the Government of Turkey (Ministries of Health or Agriculture) will not be participating in the reftel Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza December 6-8. The Ministry of Health and the local WHO representative confirmed this information. Turkey perce [...]	2006-11-30 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PREL EAID MA TU KFLU
06ANKARA6743	TURKEY - USAID AND AI ASSISTANCE PERIOD [...] Summary and Action Request: By diplomatic note, the GOT asked for an extension of the one-year period for using the USAID avian influenza related grant in an amount of $1 million for restructuring of the backyard poultry sector in the east. We recall that this question was discussed previousl [...]	2006-12-26 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PREL EAID TU KFLU
06ANKARA861	AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY DE-BRIEFS TURKEY MOH [...] SUMMARY. Embassy AI team de-briefed GOT MOH officials on the conclusions and observations of the interagency AI team that visited Turkey January 16-22 (Ref C). Given the apparent respite in new human AI cases, MOH said it is moving from crisis to risk management AI. World Bank negotiations [...]	2006-02-23 05:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ASTANA45	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on May 17 to Almatbek Demesinov, Head of the UN division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Demesinov stated that MFA concurred with the USG position in principle but needed to consult with the Ministry of Health before issuing a concrete response. On Ma [...]	2006-05-24 05:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO KZ
06ASTANA721	AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFERENCE AIMS TO STRENGTHEN CENTRAL [...] Summary: On December 4-6 in Almaty, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),through its partners the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Winrock International, will hold a regional conference on technical aspects of Avian Influenza surveillance. Th [...]	2006-12-04 01:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR TBIO KFLU KZ
06ASUNCION492	PARAGUAY: WHA/SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DEILVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 15:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO PA
06ATHENS293	GREECE DEFIES THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION; HARDENS [...] (C) Summary. On January 30th, Greece's Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexandros Kondos signed a ministerial decision to continue and expand the ban on 17 strains of the MON810 seed corn family to 31 strains. Kondos' decision continues Greece's lone defiance as a member of the EU on biotech prod [...]	2006-02-02 08:43:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TBIO EAGR GR BIOTECH
06ATHENS350	FY 2006 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR [...] (U) Greece would like to be considered among the Posts eligible to receive allocation in FY 06 on biotech projects. Post proposes the organization of an Education Seminar to educate and influence participants resulting in greater acceptance of biotech products that will pave the way for the sa [...]	2006-02-07 08:53:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO GR BIOTECH
06AUCKLAND65	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BARBARA BREITHAUPT TO AUCKLAND, NEW [...] AMCONGEN Auckland welcomes HSS/FDA Barbara Breithaupt to Auckland, 08-13 July 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct CDER regulatory inspections at Middlemore Hospital in order to check compliance with FDA current laws and regulations. 2. Post understands no assistance is required. [...]	2006-06-12 22:55:00	Consulate Auckland	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA US NZ KSCA
06BAGHDAD343	EMBASSY BAGHDAD AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES AND [...] The Embassy Baghdad Avian Influenza (AI) Working Group (AIWG, which included MED, ECON, Health Attache, IRMO, USAID, USDA/FAS, MGT, PAO, and MNF-I),met on January 18, 2006 to discuss Embassy tripwires and possible responses. Based on this meeting, the Embassy Health Unit drafted AI Tripwires [...]	2006-02-06 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ASEC EAGR EAID TBIO KFLU
06BAKU1327	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's August 28 courtesy call on Minister of Emergency Situations Kammaladdin Heydarov, Heydarov explained the difficulty of coordinating the various formerly independent agencies that were brought together to form the MES eight months ago. He requested help with [...]	2006-09-11 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KFLU PGOV PREL TBIO PINR AJ
06BAKU1779	AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary: While initial GOAJ testing of dead birds from the southern region of Jalalibad did not indicate avian influenza (AI),a visiting USAID technical advisor and FAO representative who visited the region are concerned that the GOAJ test results were inconsistent with the high mortalit [...]	2006-12-07 15:13:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PREL KFLU TBIO CASC AJ
06BAKU235	AMBASSADOR AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14 Ambassador Harnish along with representatives from UN agencies and the USAID country director met with Prime Minister Artur Rasizadeh to urge a more active response by the GOAJ to the avian influenza outbreak in Azerbaijan. In a positive step forward, Rasizadeh gav [...]	2006-02-15 13:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU SOCI TBIO KSCA EAGR EAID CASC ASEC AJ
06BAKU444	WHO CONFIRMS 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that UK reference laboratory tests showed that five deaths (reftel) in Azerbaijan were caused by H5N1 avian influenza. Testing confirmed two additional H5N1 infections; one patient recovered and has been discharged fro [...]	2006-03-22 13:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KFLU EAID PGOV EAGR TBIO CASC AJ
06BAKU754	DELIVERY OF U.S. STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL AVIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 09:13:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV AJ
06BAMAKO1372	MOROCCO PUSHES SDAR OUT OF BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) A diplomatic offensive by Moroccan Ambassador to Mali Moulay Idriss Fadhil paid off when Mali reportedly compelled the AU organizers to not extend an invitation to the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic (SDAR) to attend the Fourth International Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (ref [...]	2006-12-01 11:59:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID ML
06BAMAKO1423	Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza reviews [...] Summary: Meeting in Bamako Dec. 6-8, international donors pledged approximately $475.9 million in new assistance for the global fight against avian and pandemic influenza (API),including $100 million from the USG (the largest single pledge, followed by Canada and the European Commission). The [...]	2006-12-19 10:08:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU EAID ECON PREL ML
06BANGKOK2848	WHO SMALLPOX DEMARCHE: THAILAND SUPPORTS US [...] Post Health Attache contacted Dr. Supamit Chunsutthiwat, RTG Ministry of Public Health (MOPH),and communicated points in reftel. Dr. Supamit replied that the RTG concurs with the last WHO Executive Board report, which calls for a temporary maintenance of the virus stocks, and is not supporti [...]	2006-05-15 08:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO
06BANGKOK2856	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN BANGKOK - THAILAND'S CONTAINMENT [...] Summary: Thailand experienced 22 cases of human H5N1 avian influenza in 2004 and 2005, 14 of which were fatal. It has also reported more than 1000 separate outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry, most of them occurring in 2004. Since November 2005, however, Thailand has not detected a singl [...]	2006-05-15 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SOCI PGOV EAID EAGR KPAO XE
06BANGKOK4530	AVIAN INFLUENZA RE-SURFACES IN THAILAND; ONE HUMAN DEATH [...] (U) Summary: Numerous die-offs of poultry have occurred in Thailand over the past month, concentrated mostly in the central and north-central provinces. Despite testing of samples taken from the dead birds over the month-long period, government veterinary laboratories failed to detect the vir [...]	2006-07-27 02:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU SOCI PGOV EAID EAGR KPAO XE
06BANGKOK4612	THAILAND AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] Human Health: Since the death on July 24 of a 17-year-old boy from H5N1 avian influenza in Phichit Province in north-central Thailand, local public health workers have stepped up their active surveillance activities in the area. While local news reports have accentuated the increase in the nu [...]	2006-07-28 12:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR KFLU PGOV SOCI TH
06BANGKOK4613	AVIAN INFLUENZA AND FIGHTING COCKS IN THAILAND [...] In a public address on July 26, Prime Minister Thaksin said it was imperative that local villagers report unusual poultry deaths to and register all fighting cocks with authorities. Thaksin said, "The case in Phichit (Province) is that villagers wanted to get rid of all their dead chickens o [...]	2006-07-28 13:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR KFLU PGOV PREL SOCI XE
06BANGKOK4792	THAILAND'S SECOND HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA DEATH IN [...] (U) Summary: Thailand's Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) confirmed by laboratory testing that a second human avian influenza death in as many weeks occurred on August 3 in Uthaithani, a province in west-central Thailand. Testing of veterinary samples from the man's home returned negative resu [...]	2006-08-07 23:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR KFLU PGOV SOCI TH
06BANJUL132	SUSPECTED AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN THE GAMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have received credible reports of suspected Avian Influenza (AI) cases in The Gambia, although the Secretary of State for Health adamantly denies the validity of these reports. Bird samples from an undisclosed area were reportedly sent on 1 March 2006 to labs in the UK to test [...]	2006-03-01 17:23:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR GA
06BANJUL174	UPDATE: SUSPECTED AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Suspected AI cases, fi(s" e o*ted in reftel on March 1, 2006, have yet tt be sent for testing, according to FAO and Government of The Gambia (GOTG) sources. The FAO country representative referred to the outcome as a politically-motivated decision that contradicted the advice of [...]	2006-03-21 13:32:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR GA
06BANJUL176	THE GAMBIA: HEALTH MINISTER'S DENIAL OF AI CASES [...] (SBU) Ambassador met March 21 with Health and Social Welfare Minister Dr. Tamsir Bowe, registering concern over persistent, credible reports of suspected AI cases among dead birds in The Gambia and of GOTG's failure to have samples tested abroad (reftel). Noting GOTG's previous statements den [...]	2006-03-21 18:11:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR GA
06BANJUL524	GAMBIA: MESSAGE ELIVERED ON U.S. GENETICALLY [...] (C) Charge delivered Reftel message to Dr. Badara Loum, Permanent Secretary of the Gambian Department of State for Agriculture. Dr. Loum was previously unaware of Secretary Johann's announcement and was pleased that we had brought the information regarding the discovery of trace amounts of GE [...]	2006-08-23 12:12:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO GA
06BASRAH6	LOCAL AUTHORITIES CONFIRM NO CASES OF H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 16:02:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV ECON SOCI AMED AMGT IZ
06BEIJING13271	RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S RELATIVES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 05:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TBIO CH
06BEIJING13272	RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S RELATIVES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 05:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TBIO CH
06BEIJING13273	HUMAN RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S [...] (C) Chen Guangcheng's elderly mother and three-year old son were taken from Beijing and forcibly returned to Linyi, Shandong Province on June 19 because they had planned to participate in a news conference highlighting Chen's mistreatment. Attorneys and other supporters of Chen involved with [...]	2006-06-22 05:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TBIO CH
06BEIJING14617	PRC/AFRICA: WEN JIABAO HIGHLIGHTS PRC INTEREST IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of seven African nations provided an opportunity for China to highlight the humanitarian aspects of its engagement in Africa, according to MFA Africa Department Officer Zhang Dianbin. Wen refuted criticism that China engages in neo-colonialism in Africa [...]	2006-07-12 07:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO AGOA ECON EAID TW CH
06BEIJING23356	NOVEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, AFRICA [...] Key Points made at the November 2, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- The resumption of the Six-Party Talks is a positive step towards insuring peace and stability on the North Korean Peninsula. The Talks will resume at the parties' earliest convenience. -- Six African leaders will make state [...]	2006-11-02 12:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC TBIO KFLU AGOA JA CH KN
06BEIJING23715	NOVEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. MIDTERM [...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- China has no comment on the resignation of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld or the midterm elections and stands ready SIPDIS to work with the United States and both its political parties. -- VFM Wu Dawei discussed the DPRK with [...]	2006-11-09 10:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO KN RS CH JA
06BEIJING23776	NOVEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINESE SUBMARINE [...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- MFA Spokesperson Jiang Yu claims ignorance of reports that a Chinese submarine followed the USS Kitty Hawk. He said China is an &adamant force8 in the region and the world for peace and stability. -- Jiang deflected questio [...]	2006-11-14 11:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO KN CH EC JA IN PK
06BELGRADE343	SERBIA ANNOUNCES FIRST CASE OF H5 AVIAN FLU [...] The Serbian Ministry of Agriculture announced on March, 2 that a case of Avian Influenza was found in a dead swan in a canal in the Backi Monostor area in Sombor (near the Hungarian border). Following lab tests conducted by the Veterinary Scientific Institute in Novi Sad and the Veterinary In [...]	2006-03-03 16:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT TBIO ASEC CASC ETRD EAGR EAID KFLU RO WHO
06BERLIN1354	LOOKING TO U.S. EXAMPLES -- GERMANY'S MINISTER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary -- German Minister of Education and Research Schavan told the Ambassador she wants to make her first official trip to the U.S. at the end August and also discussed her thoughts on improving Germany's education system, including to integrate immigrant populations and trying to e [...]	2006-05-17 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OEXC PREL TBIO GM
06BERLIN2785	U.S.-GERMAN COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY: SEIZING THE [...] (S) Summary. The discovery this summer of the plot to bomb German trains, coming on top of terrorists' plans in the UK to blow-up transatlantic flights, has created an opening for the German government to move on further counterterrorism initiatives. Interior Minister Schaeuble's trip to Was [...]	2006-09-21 08:46:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL KHLS CVIS TBIO GM EU
06BOGOTA1086	COLOMBIA: AVIAN FLU CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] (U) As requested in Ref A, post's avian influenza (AI) committee has begun to develop preparedness measures against AI, including AI-specific tripwires. For a comprehensive assessment of Colombia's AI preparedness, see Ref B. ------------------------------ Post Avian Influenza Committee - [...]	2006-02-06 11:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGER EAID PREL KFLU PGOV CO
06BOGOTA5197	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN [...] Per refetel, post has no objection pending human subject approval. WOOD [...]	2006-06-09 16:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA CO
06BOGOTA8650	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR COLOMBIA [...] Summary: At the invitation of the DCM, Post's Avian Influenza (AI) Committee met on September 7 with GOC agencies responsible for monitoring and first response to a potential AI outbreak. While the GOC's AI policy planning and monitoring regime appears on track, operational contingencies are l [...]	2006-09-20 14:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID ETRD SENV PREL CO
06BRASILIA1079	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75 [...] The following is the seventy-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-06-02 15:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1081	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "RETROVIRUS EPIDEMIOLOGY [...] On June 2, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Retrovirus Epidemiology D [...]	2006-06-02 16:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1082	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "PARASITE ANTIGENIC [...] On May 26, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Parasite Antigenic Differ [...]	2006-06-02 16:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1083	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "GENETIC ANALYSIS OF [...] On June 2, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Genetic Analysis of Choli [...]	2006-06-02 16:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1084	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "DOUBLE NEGATIVE, CD4-CD8 T [...] On May 23, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Double Negative, CD4-CD8 [...]	2006-06-02 16:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1085	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "DOUBLE NEGATIVE, CD4-CD8 T [...] On May 23, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Double Negative, CD4-CD8 [...]	2006-06-02 16:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1095	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "THE POLYMORPHISM AND BIOLOGY [...] On May 23, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "The Polymorphism and Biol [...]	2006-06-05 16:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1122	PROPOSED U.S. - SOUTH AMERICA BIOINFORMATION CONFERENCE [...] (U) Post delivered points as requested to Paulo Rogerio Goncalves, Director of International Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology in Brazil regarding the U.S. proposal for a Brazil - South American Regional conference on Bioinformatics to be held in Brazil in November. Although Brazil's [...]	2006-06-07 10:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EAID SENV TBIO TSPL BR
06BRASILIA1163	PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERAMERICAN [...] In 2003, OES sponsored and the Regional Environmental Hub organized an event on using remote sensing to help control the spread of infectious diseases. A publication on the proceedings of the Interamerican Workshop on the Use of Remote Sensing to Control Infectious Diseases in the Americas ha [...]	2006-06-09 17:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1275	AUTHORIZATION TO PRESENT TWO U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MOUS ON [...] In September 2004, Circular 175 Authority was granted to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to negotiate and conclude two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) between the USGS of the Department of Interior of the United States and two Brazilian institutions. The first Brazilian entity is the Fe [...]	2006-06-26 15:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA SENV TBIO BR
06BRASILIA1292	BRAZIL'S MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT PROPOSES SWEEPING NEW [...] Brazil's Ministry of the Environment (MMA) has expressed its willingness to establish a new level of bilateral technical assistance programs in five general environment-related areas: park management; wetlands protection, chemicals; water systems management and illegal trafficking in wildlife [...]	2006-06-28 17:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA1425	BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE VERSION OF [...] Post is transmitting to Washington the communication received from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry on July 12, 2006, providing the United States with their comments on the suggested Portuguese language text for the Cooperation on Environmental Scientific Research in the Large Scale Biosphere-Atm [...]	2006-07-13 12:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA KTIA SENV TBIO NASA BR
06BRASILIA1442	FOLLOW-UP TO BRAZILIAN ENV TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] Reftel outlines Government of Brazil, Ministry of Environment (MMA) requests for technical assistance in several environmental areas. 2. After consulting again with Fernando Lyrio, Minister Sylvia's Director for International Relations briefly last week about the type of agreement be soug [...]	2006-07-17 18:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA1455	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 77 [...] The following is the seventy-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views exp [...]	2006-07-19 09:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1472	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS PRATT AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Pratt, Senior Medical Epidemiologist, and Dr. Harold Kohl, Lead Epidemiologist; NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as follows: -- to Brasilia, Brazil, Aug 14-18, to attend a planning meeting with the Brazili [...]	2006-07-21 18:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1487	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SILVA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alexandre da Silva, Senior Service Fellow, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as follows: -- to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, Jul 29 to Aug 2, to present three lectures at the course entitled "Molecular Epidemiology and [...]	2006-07-24 17:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1508	BRASILIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - DR. SUZANNE WESTMAN, [...] Embassy Brasilia requests country clearance for Dr. Suzanne Westman, Dr. Aristides Barbosa and Mrs. Erin Johnson for August 03, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to view access to care and HIV testing services for high risk migratory groups along the corridor between Guyana and Brazil; [...]	2006-07-27 13:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC OTRA US GY BR
06BRASILIA1509	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 78 [...] The following is the seventy-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1514	SOYBEAN BOYCOTT IN THE AMAZON REGION: [...] Summary: Multinational soy traders agreed to a two-year moratorium on the purchase of soybeans from newly deforested land starting in the 2006-07 crop season. A remarkable feature is that even soybeans grown on land legally cleared during this period on farms in the Amazon forest zone will not [...]	2006-07-28 16:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETRD KSCA BR
06BRASILIA1515	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SILVA (AMENDED [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alexandre da Silva, Senior Service Fellow, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as follows: -- to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, Jul 29 to Aug 2 and from Aug 6 to Aug 9, to present three lectures at the course entitled "Mol [...]	2006-07-28 16:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1588	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS JAMES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Officials James Mendlein, Andrew Weathers, Michael Link, Douglas Hatch and Eduardo Simoes, itinerary as follows: James Mendlein, Scientific Research Expert, COGH, CDC, HHS: -- to Brasilia (Distrito Federal),Brazil, Aug 9 to Aug 19, 2006 [...]	2006-08-07 19:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1618	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 79 [...] The following is the seventy-ninth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-08-09 17:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1623	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED "RETROVIRUS [...] On August 4, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 043, dated August 2, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor-Study II", (number HB 0 [...]	2006-08-09 18:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1632	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED "GENETIC ANALYSIS [...] On August 4, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 044, dated August 4, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "Genetic Analysis Of Cholinergic Function: Implication [...]	2006-08-09 19:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1660	AMEDMENT TO COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL: [...] This is to amend country clearance approval for Dr. Eduardo Simoes COGH, HHS/CDC. Amendment reflects change on Dr. Simoes's itinerary and dates that have been changed from August-14, to August-30-2006. Itinerary is as follows: --Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August-14-2006 to August-14-2006. The [...]	2006-08-11 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1666	BRAZIL TO SEND PARK DIRECTORS ON PAID INTERNSHIPS [...] Post recently learned that Brazil's Environmental Protection Agency (IBAMA) has allotted money for the second semester of FY07 to send each of its 23 national park directors on a month-long internship at a national park overseas. At a meeting on August 10, IBAMA's head of international relatio [...]	2006-08-14 14:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA1701	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY AND [...] On August 3, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Head of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Assessment of Safety and [...]	2006-08-16 14:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1707	BRAZIL ANNOUNCES PLAN TO MONITOR SELECTIVE LOGGING [...] Summary: Brazil intends to invest US$ 640,000 to develop a system that will monitor selective logging in the Amazon. The GoB hopes that the program will provide another weapon to combat deforestation and shore up enforcement mechanisms for the recently passed Forest Concessions Law.(ref A) IN [...]	2006-08-17 10:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA1753	BRAZIL CLARIFIES COLLABORATION ON SUSTAINABLE FOREST [...] Scioff met with Tasso Azevedo, head of the recently established Brazilian Forest Service and architect of Brazil's Forest Concessions Law(ref A),on August 18. A follow-on to earlier conversations with the Ministry of Environment (MMA),this meeting clarified where the MMA would like to cooper [...]	2006-08-21 17:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR

06BRASILIA1770	PANTANAL REGIONAL MEETING DISCUSSES JOINT MANAGEMENT [...] The European Union (EU) hosted the Campo Grande Regional Symposium (CGRS) on the research agenda for the Upper Paraguay River Basin (UPRB) and the Pantanal, July 27-28 in Campo Grande, Brazil. The Pantanal is the vast floodplain of the Upper Paraguay River Basin and is one of the world's most [...]	2006-08-22 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI TBIO BR
06BRASILIA1787	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 80 [...] The following is the eightieth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed [...]	2006-08-24 19:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1791	IBAMA ANNOUNCES NEW, TAMPER-FREE FOREST PRODUCT MONITORING [...] Summary: Ibama (Brazilian Environmental Protection Agency) officially published a normative instruction on August 23, creating a new system of Forest Origin Documents (DOF) to track Brazilian timber and timber derived products. The new system takes effect September 1 and aims to combat illegal [...]	2006-08-25 12:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA1797	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SHAPIRO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, Epidemiologist, Maternal and Infant Health Branch, NCCDPHP, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 27-31, 2006 to attend "Maternal Mortality Surveillance in Latin A [...]	2006-08-25 16:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1810	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL DASCH [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Gregory Dasch, Supervisory Research Microbiologist, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brazil as follows: -- Sao Paulo, from August-31 to September 2; -- Ribeirao Preto, from September 2-7; -- Brasilia, [...]	2006-08-28 19:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1824	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "ASSESSMENT OF [...] On August 29, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 049, dated August 29, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "Assessment of Safety and Toxicity Among Infants Bor [...]	2006-08-30 14:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1839	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STATE AND DOE OFFICIALS TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for: --Jeffrey A. Mitoke, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Space and Science Bureau of Oceans and Intl. Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; -- Gregory Manuel, Director for Intl. Energy Affairs, office of Policy Pla [...]	2006-09-01 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TRGY KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1880	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT-"TARGETED THERAPY FOR BURKITT LYMPHOMA [...] On August 30, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Head of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Targeted Theraphy for B [...]	2006-09-08 12:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1881	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "CCASANET CARIBBEAN CENTRAL [...] On August 31, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Head of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "CCASAnet Caribbean Cent [...]	2006-09-08 12:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA1993	BRAZIL READY TO RE-ENGAGE ON HIV/AIDS COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, USAID Mission Director Jennifer Adams and CDC Country Director Suzanne Westman met with GOB Minister of Health Agenor Alvares and the director of the National HIV/AIDS program, Mariangela Simao, to discuss the potential for expanded collaboration in health on Septembe [...]	2006-09-19 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KFLU KHIV SOCI TBIO PGOV BR
06BRASILIA1999	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL KACHAR [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Bechara Kachar, Senior Investigator, National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Belem, Brazil, September 25 to October 1, 2006, to attend and present a keynote talk, "Stereocili [...]	2006-09-20 18:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2001	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "TARGETING OF EBV LATENCY IN [...] On August 18, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Head of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Targeting of EBV Latenc [...]	2006-09-20 19:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSIC BR
06BRASILIA2023	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS ORCIARI, [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Officials, Lilian Orciari, Microbiologist; Ivan Kuzmin, Associate Service Fellow; Boonlert Lumlertdacha, Guest Researcher; Richard Franka, Regular Fellow; Jesse Blanton, Associate Service Fellow, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and [...]	2006-09-22 13:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2026	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF [...] On September 1, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Head of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research project titled "Case-Control Study of [...]	2006-09-22 16:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA2034	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HANLON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Cathleen Hanlon, Veterinary Medical Officer, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),October 15-21, to attend Brazil Rabies Consultation Meeting and to Florianopolis (SC),Brazil, December 3-6, [...]	2006-09-25 12:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US SZ WHO IT BR
06BRASILIA2056	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL RUPPRECHT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official, Charles Rupprecht, Rabies Team Leader, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, October 9-21, 2006 to attend Brazil Rabies Consultation Meeting and provide consultations to the Brazil Ministr [...]	2006-09-27 11:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2066	REPORT ON BRAZIL WORKSHOP ON MEASUREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR [...] (U) Summary: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) co-sponsored with their Brazilian counterpart, the National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO),a workshop entitled, "Measurements and Standards for Biofuels: Enabling a Transition from [...]	2006-09-28 12:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY TBIO TSPA SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR
06BRASILIA2069	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 81 [...] The following is the eighty-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2006-09-28 16:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2088	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Country clearance is requested for Suzanne Westman, Epidemiologist, GAP-Brazil, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC, to travel to Luanda, Angola from October-1-2006 to October-26-2006. 2. The purpose of this trip to Luanda: to participate in annual planning meetings with USG and National AIDS Program represen [...]	2006-10-02 09:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BROGDON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance approval for Dr. William Brogdon, Research Scientist, NICD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to visit Rio de Janeiro (RJ) October 16; Brasilia (DF) October 16-20; and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brazil, October 20, 2006 to participate in [...]	2006-10-03 17:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2112	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MILLS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official, James Mills, Management Program Analyst, NCID/ HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Porto Alegre (RS),October 5; to Gramado (RS) October 5-8; Porto Alegre (RS),Brazil, October 8, 2006, to participate in the F [...]	2006-10-04 12:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2113	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL TRAICOFF [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official, Denise Traicoff, Health Educational Specialist, COGH, OD, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, November 11-18, 2006 to provide technical assistance and deliver a workshop at TEPHINET Internatio [...]	2006-10-04 12:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2116	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HATCH [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Douglas Hatch, Medical Officer, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 19 and to Brasilia, Brazil from October 19 to November 18, 2006 to provide technical assistance to Field Epidemiology Trainin [...]	2006-10-04 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2117	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL FIX [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Alan Fix , Branch Chief, Vaccine Clinical Senior Investigator, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Brasilia, Brazil, October 3-6, 2006, to participate in an international seminar, " [...]	2006-10-04 15:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2129	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR FWS OFFICIALS OCTOBER 2006 [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dyan Straughan, Forensic Scientist; Gary Young, Special Agent; Marty Hernandez, Special Agent; Jill Birchell, Special Agent, from DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to Brasilia (Distrito Federal); Sao Paulo/Cuiaba/Londrina in transit; Campo Gr [...]	2006-10-06 17:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2131	BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Post presented points in reftel A to Brazil's Ministry of the Environment(MMA). MMA understands that despite limited resources at this time, the USG is willing to begin outlining plans for technical support. MMA agreed to work through the Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) framewo [...]	2006-10-06 18:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA2150	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 82 [...] The following is the eighty-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-10-11 14:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2182	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS/HOROWITZ PLUS 2 [...] Country clearance is granted for research chemist Arthur Horowitz, supervisory hydrologist Charles Demas, and hydrologist John Gray to visit Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11/11/06 to 11/21/06 in order to provide a one-week training course on sediment sampling and sediment data reduction techniques for [...]	2006-10-17 20:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO BR
06BRASILIA2183	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials, to Rio de Janeiro (transit/layover) and Brasilia, Brazil, November 10-23, 2006, to participate in the Global Training Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET) Con [...]	2006-10-17 20:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2207	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STAS, AAAS AND INR [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Science and Technology adviser (STAS) Atkinson; Deputy STAS Andrew Reynolds, Jefferson; Science fellows Kim Boyer and Edward Samulksi, AAAS fellow Christina McCain; and INR geographer Lee Schwartz, to travel to and Sao Paulo and Campinas (SP),N [...]	2006-10-20 18:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO TPHY CI PE OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2241	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HRSA/HHS OFFICIAL SCOLLARD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David Scollard, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Pathologist Research Department, National Hansen's Disease Program, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),as follows: -- October 29 to November 0 [...]	2006-10-26 19:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA KHIV OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2275	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICER TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Foreign Affairs Officer Michael C. Egan, to travel to Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis (RJ),Brazil, November 10-17, 2006, to participate in the "Global Dialogue on Emerging Science and Technology" (GDEST) on the topic of bioinformatics, hosted by [...]	2006-10-30 19:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO TPHY CI PE OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2325	U.S.FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PROVIDES TRAINING AGAINST [...] Summary: A team of four officers from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS),part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, provided Brazilian Federal Police with a training course to prevent and combat illegal wildlife trafficking over the two week period of October 16-27, 2006. T [...]	2006-11-06 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETRD KSCA BR
06BRASILIA2355	EMBASSY BRAZIL RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA - SHELTER IN [...] Mission Brazil's AI Monitoring Group continues to meet on a regular basis to update and revise its tripwires and to maintain vigilance in preparing the Embassy for the event of a pandemic outbreak of AI. Post feels, however, that it is still too soon to actively prepare the U.S. community in t [...]	2006-11-08 18:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO BR
06BRASILIA2361	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL UYEKI [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Timothy Uyeki, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, November 10, and to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, November 10-19, 2006, to attend the International Global Training Epide [...]	2006-11-08 19:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2362	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WHITE [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Mark White, Medical Officer, COGH, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 11, and to Brasilia, Brazil, November 11-18, 2006, to participate in the Global Training Epidemiology and Public Health [...]	2006-11-08 19:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2363	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL IKEDA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robin Ikeda, Associate Director for Science, NCIPC, HHS, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, November 14-18, 2006, to serve as keynote speaker addressing the Implementation of Accidents and Violence Su [...]	2006-11-08 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2366	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FONTAINE [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robert E. Fontaine, CDC CFETP Official, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, November 9-19, 2006, to attend the Fourth TEPHINET Global Scientific Conference. 2. Visitors are reminded that all U [...]	2006-11-09 14:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2384	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH/FIC OFFICIAL MEJIA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Raymond Mejia, Mathematician, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Manaus, Brazil, November 25 to December 1, 2006, to attend and give a lecture, "Mathematical model prediction of high energy met [...]	2006-11-13 19:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2385	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE OFFICIALS TO ATTEND THE [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Allan S. Perelson and Ruy Miguel Ribeiro from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded personnel, November 24 to December 4, 2006, [...]	2006-11-13 19:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY KNNP ENRG TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2386	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STATE AND USDOC/NOAA/NMFS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Clayton Stanger, OES/OMC Department of State; and Eric Hawk, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); and, Keith Bates, Harvesting Systems, USDOC/NOAA/NMFS, to Belem (Para) and Fortaleza (Ceara),Brazil, November [...]	2006-11-13 19:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV TBIO TRGY KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2388	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL CHILLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Tom Chiller, MD, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, November 12-16, 2006, to give presentation at the Global Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET) [...]	2006-11-13 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2399	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 84 [...] The following is the eighty-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-11-14 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2414	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED "CCASANET Caribbean [...] On November 16 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 55, dated November 13 , 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "CCASAnet Caribbean Central and South America Net [...]	2006-11-17 13:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA2419	SOUTH AMERICA HUB FY07 WORK PLAN [...] In FY 07, the South America Hub will continue to work both regionally and with individual missions to support USG ESTH priorities within the region. Due to the large number of free trade and environmental cooperation agreements in the region, the Hub will devote considerably more energy and r [...]	2006-11-17 15:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENVQGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2448	Strengthening of Regional Management for the Sustainable [...] The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) carried out the "First Meeting of National Coordinators for the Project 'Strengthening of Regional Management for the Sustainable Use of Amazonian Biodiversity'" in Brasilia (Brazil) October 25-27, 2006. The following spot report details the ID [...]	2006-11-21 15:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2449	BRAZILIAN NGOS CALL GOB FOR TFCA TALK [...] A group of Brazilian NGOs invited the Ministry of the Environment and the Brazilian Treasury for a discussion about including Brazil in the debt conversion/reduction process under the TFCA (Tropical Forest Conservation Act). To date, no formal agreement has been made with the USG under the TFC [...]	2006-11-21 15:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIN EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2452	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL KSIAZEK [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Thomas Ksiazek, Research Scientist, COCH, OD, HHS/ Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from November 28-30, 2006, to assist in early stages of planning a BSL4 Laboratory Facility. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US c [...]	2006-11-21 18:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2453	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MINTZ [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eric Mintz, Medical Epidemiologist, COGH, HHS/CDC, to Brasilia, Brazil, from December 12-22, 2006, to represent CDC at meeting convened by Brazilian Ministry of Health and to provide technical consultation to on CDC/Brazilian projects. 2 [...]	2006-11-21 18:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2457	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "CASE-CONTROL [...] On November 16, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 60, dated November 16, 2006) approving the research project proposal titled "Case-Control Study of Ademona in Sao Paulo Japanes [...]	2006-11-21 18:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA2458	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "TARGETED [...] On November 16, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 56, dated November 16, 2006) approving the research project proposal titled "Targeted Therapy for Burkitt Lymphoma in Resource [...]	2006-11-21 18:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA2472	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTOR LOREN J. [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for DOE contractor Loren J. Habegger from Argonne National Laboratory, December 7 to December 21, 2006, to Itaituba (PA),Brazil. Traveler is the technical expert for EPA/OIA projects on reduction of emissions from community and small-scale gold mi [...]	2006-11-22 18:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY KNNP ENRG TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2495	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC MEDICAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Jeremy Sobel, Medical Epidemiologist, COGH, HHS/CDC, to Rio de Janeiro on December 6 and to Brasilia, Brazil, from December 6-22, 2006, to attend a meeting on analysis of data in public health emergencies and to provide technical consultatio [...]	2006-11-27 20:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2523	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 85 [...] The following is the eighty-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2006-11-30 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2610	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "HIV-1 PROTEASE [...] On December 12, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 065, dated December 04, 2006, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "HIV-1 Protease CD4+ T Cell Epitopes and D [...]	2006-12-15 18:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA265	AN AMENDED FOREST CONCESSIONS BILL PASSES THROUGH BRAZIL'S [...] Summary: Brazil's Forest Concessions Bill (reftel) was approved by the Senate on Wednesday, February 2. However, three amendments were added to the bill. Accordingly, the bill must now return to the Chamber of Deputies (Brazilian House of Representatives) for a second vetting. If passed, the [...]	2006-02-06 19:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA2661	Brazil's Proposal for Compensated Reduction of [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 19, 2006, USAID's Embassy Brasilia office and Emboffs hosted Paulo Moutinho of the Amazon Institute of Environmental Research (IPAM). Moutinho presented details of the Government of Brazil's proposal for compensated reduction of deforestation as a means to combat gl [...]	2006-12-22 12:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BAIO BR
06BRASILIA271	INTERFARMA BRIEFS CHARGE ON DIFFICULTIES IN DOING BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent trip by Charge to Sao Paulo, officials from Interfarma - the local industry group representing international pharmaeuticals firms - described the challenges member companies face in operating in Brazil. Chief among Interfarma complaints was that the high tax b [...]	2006-02-07 15:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD TBIO ECON BR
06BRASILIA339	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 70 [...] The following is number 70 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and healh news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do n [...]	2006-02-15 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA355	PROPOSED VENEZUELA-BRAZIL-ARGENTINA GAS PIPELINE TRAVERSES [...] Summary: In a South-to-South economic integration move, the leaders of Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil announced a plan to build an 8000km pipeline to ferry gas throughout South America. The proposed pipeline dubbed the "Great Southern Gas Pipeline" would be the longest in the world and, acco [...]	2006-02-17 14:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA492	BRAZIL'S FOREST CONCESSIONS BILL SIGNED INTO LAW, [...] Summary: After nearly 3 years of planning and political maneuvering, Brazil signed into law its Public Forest Management Bill (PL). Brazilian President Lula has publicly praised Environment Minister Silva for this achievement. The law creates a Brazilian Forest Service, sets up a National Fore [...]	2006-03-13 14:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA504	PORTUGUESE TEXT OF LBA SENT TO WASHINGTON-NEXT STEPS FOR [...] Government of Brazil sent a formal copy of the Portuguese translation of the LBA text to Post on March 3. On March 6, copy was faxed and received by OES Patricia Meeks. Copy of text and the diplomatic note that accompanied it was mailed to Meeks on March 14. 2. Please advise Post when the [...]	2006-03-14 16:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV TBIO KSCA BR
06BRASILIA526	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED "MECHANISMS FOR [...] On March 9, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 016, dated March 9, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "Mechanisms for Specification of HSP40 Function," (numb [...]	2006-03-16 10:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA533	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "CORONARY [...] On March 10, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 017, dated March 8, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "Coronary Revascularization in Diabetic patients", (num [...]	2006-03-16 16:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA540	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS SCIENTIST CARLIN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for James Carlin, Physical Scientist, United States Geological Survey'S (USGS)'s tin commodity specialist, to Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Brasilia, Brazil, April 14-24, 2006, to attend Metal Events LTD's International Tin Conference which feature [...]	2006-03-17 15:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO SENV OTRA BR
06BRASILIA553	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STAFFDEL TAYLOR (MARCH [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for StaffDel Ms. Alison Taylor, Professional Staff Member (PSM),Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (SEPW) who will lead a staff delegation to Curitiba, Brazil, March 20-31, 2006, to observe the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties [...]	2006-03-20 11:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA596	LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES DISCUSS URBAN AIR QUALITY IN [...] The 1st Bolivian Congress on Urban Air Quality Management, held in Cochabamba March 16-18, brought together students, environmentalists, scientists, academics, and international consultants from several Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Cuba, Mexico [...]	2006-03-23 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BO BR
06BRASILIA613	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "THE ROLE OF CD28-CELLS IN [...] On March 27, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Deputy Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research protocol titled "The Role of CD2 [...]	2006-03-29 14:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA639	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 72 [...] The following is the seventy-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-03-31 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA652	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS REGIONAL SPECIALIST [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Jean Weaver, Regional Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Rio de Janeiro (April 22-25) and Brasilia (April 26-28, 2006) as part of the Department of State Delegation to meet with Brazilian counterparts to conduct preliminary discuss [...]	2006-04-03 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA674	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CODEL SPECTER (APRIL 2006) [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee (SJUD),to visit Brasilia and Manaus, Brazil, April 12-15, 2006, in order to meet with heads of State and evaluate matters of concern to the Senate Judiciary Committee, especially [...]	2006-04-06 19:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA703	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USDEL TO THE BRAZIL SCIENCE [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for the U.S. Delegation (USDEL) participating in the U.S.-Brazil Science and Technology Working Group Meetings to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 24-26. Per previous communications, these are planning sessions in preparation for the U.S.-B [...]	2006-04-11 20:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SENV OTRA BR
06BRASILIA708	BRAZILIAN TEXT FOR U.S.- BRAZIL IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT [...] This is an action request (please see paragraph 4). 2. Post is aware that Brazil's former Minister of Health, Jose Saraiva Felipe, met with several officials from HHS, the Department, CDC and NIH in February. One of the topics presented by the Brazilians was the renewal of the Memorandum o [...]	2006-04-12 16:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06BRASILIA717	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL GREEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Green, Chemist, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Belem, Brazil, May 7-14, 2006, to conduct a workshop on Chloroquine and Melfloquine Drug analysis in biological fluids in regards to efficacy and resistance [...]	2006-04-13 13:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA753	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL WESTERN TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Karl Western, Assistant Director for International Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/FIC, as part of the U.S. Delegation (USDEL) participating in the U.S.-Brazil Science and Technology Working Group Meeting [...]	2006-04-18 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SENV OTRA BR
06BRASILIA800	BRASILIA HUB PROPOSAL FOR FY 06 AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH [...] Despite the approval of Brazil's Biosafety Law (#11,105 in March 24, 2005),followed by the signing of Presidential Decree (#5,591 on November 22, 2005),which implemented the new law, agricultural biotechnology continues to be a difficult issue in Brazil. Government agencies and consumer group [...]	2006-04-25 18:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ECON TBIO BR
06BRASILIA823	CODEL SPECTER VISIT TO BRAZIL APRIL 12-15, 2006 [...] (SBU) The Congressional delegation headed by Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, visited Brasilia and Manaus April 12-15, 2006, and met with Brazilian officials to discuss narcotics, immigration and environmental issues. Codel members included Senator Specter and Mrs. [...]	2006-04-27 17:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA840	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL GREEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Green, Chemist, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Belem, Brazil, May 28 to June 03, 2006, to conduct a workshop on Chloroquine and Melfloquine Drug analysis in biological fluids in regards to efficacy and re [...]	2006-04-28 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA868	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 21-26, 2006, to conduct one-week training in economic evaluation methods as part of a certificate course in monitoring and evaluat [...]	2006-05-04 18:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA887	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "NICHD INTL [...] On May 4, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 022, dated April 27, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "The National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop [...]	2006-05-08 17:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA931	BRAZIL'S MINISTER OF HEALTH RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge Phillip T. Chicola delivered the demarche on cooperation on HIV/AIDS and other areas (ref A) to Brazil's Minister of Health Jose Agenor Alvares da Silva on May 9. The Charge referenced former Health Minister Saraiva's proposals for increased bilateral collaboration offered [...]	2006-05-11 18:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV KIPR TBIO KSCA EAID BR
06BRASILIA941	RESPONSE TO PORTUGUESE VERSION OF NASA/LBA IMPLEMETING [...] (SBU) On May 10, 2006, Embassy received Brazilian Government Diplomatic Note DMAE/029/MESP-BRAS-EUA in response to changes to the Portuguese language version of the NASA/LBA implementing arrangement per State 70101. 2. (SBU) Informal translation of text of DIP NOTE 029 is as follows: (S [...]	2006-05-12 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA KSCA KTIA SENV TBIO NASA BR
06BRASILIA947	INPA/SMITHSONIAN DRAFT AGREEMENT 2006 [...] On May 10, 2006, Embassy received Brazilian Government Diplomatic Note DMAE/026/MESP-BRAS-EUA with a proposed Technical Scientific and Financial Cooperation Agreement between the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology - MCT, through the National Institute for Amazon Research - INPA, and [...]	2006-05-15 18:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO BR
06BRASILIA954	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 74 [...] The following is the seventy-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-05-16 17:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA957	NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "SSCOR IN PEDIATRIC HEART [...] On May 12, 2006, Embassy delivered to Secretary Everton F. Lucero, Chief of the Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DCTEC/MFA),for review and approval, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) proposed award of a research protocol titled "SSCOR in Pediatric Heart [...]	2006-05-16 18:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA964	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL ADDISS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David Addiss, Chemist, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to: -- Belem, Brazil, May 21 to May 24, to attend a meeting a meeting on certifying the elimination of lymphatic filariaris in Brazil, and; -- Recife, Brazil, M [...]	2006-05-17 18:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRATISLAVA139	SLOVAKIA CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF AVIAN FLU [...] Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon confirmed the first two cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) in Slovakia on February 21. A falcon found near the Danube River 37 miles southeast of Bratislava and a grebe discovered on the outskirts of the capital both tested positive for AI. The samples have [...]	2006-02-21 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR TBIO FAO WHO ECON LO
06BRATISLAVA375	NEW GMO LAW LOOKS GOOD, SO FAR [...] (U) Summary: Slovakia adopted new "co-existence" legislation for genetically modified organisms in April 2004, and is now in the process of drawing up regulations to enforce the new law. The law will enable the Ministry of Agriculture to establish conditions for growing genetically modified c [...]	2006-05-11 09:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL
06BRIDGETOWN1078	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RAFFAELE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Herbert Raffaele, Chief of the Division of International Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Service, for travel to Dominica July 7-14, 2006. Mr. Raffaele will attend the Executive Board meeting of the Society for the Conservation and Study of C [...]	2006-06-22 20:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV TBIO KSCA DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1116	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CARVER AND RHEA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Geophysicist David Carver and IT Specialist Susan Rhea to travel to St. George's, Grenada, from July 11-28, 2006, for the purpose of working with government officials on installing a seismic monitoring station in the co [...]	2006-06-28 20:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA TPHY TBIO KSCA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1305	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ANDERSON AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Donald Anderson and Mark Robertson, Contractor Field Engineers, to travel to Grenada from August 13-22, and to Mr. Robertson to travel to Barbados from August 22-29, 2006, for the purpose of installing a seismological station in both l [...]	2006-07-26 18:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA TBIO BB GJ
06BRIDGETOWN1379	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCMILLAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 16:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO ASEC OTRA GJ BB HO
06BRIDGETOWN1407	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WEAVER AND SCHENK FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to USGS Internal Program Specialist Jean Weaver and Supervisory Research Geologist Christopher Schenk for travel to Barbados from September 17-23. The purpose of the trip is to meet with Embassy officers to discuss regional energy issues, [...]	2006-08-11 19:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSAC TBIO BB
06BRIDGETOWN1639	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MOLZON FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Justina Molzon, HHS/FDA Associate Director for International Programs, to travel to Barbados from September 17-20, 2006, for the purpose of participating in the meeting of regulation of pharmaceuticals. 2. Per reftel, Embassy under [...]	2006-09-15 18:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO KSCA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1761	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEELE FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Vernon Steele to travel to Dominica from October 11-13, 2006, for the purpose of participating in the Ross University School of Medicine Research Medical Symposium. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not requested. Visit [...]	2006-10-04 19:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO KSCA DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1780	BRIDGETOWN HOSTS SUCCESSFUL 2006 REGIONAL CHIEFS OF [...] On September 26-27, Embassy Bridgetown hosted the Fifth Regional Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. The conference brought together U.S. ambassadors and officials from ten embassies, as well as representatives from Washington and the Caribbean region. The conference reviewed the progr [...]	2006-10-06 21:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID TBIO KHIV BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1929	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BORAKOVE AND KELLEY [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Fred Borakove and Carol Kelley to travel to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, from November 27, 2006 to December 1, 2006 for the purpose of assisting the FIU. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not requested. 3. Embassy Bri [...]	2006-11-02 15:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO VC
06BRIDGETOWN2095	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON API BAMAKO CONFERENCE [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1624, Barbados #1625, Dominica #1626, St. Kitts #1627, St. Lucia #1628, St. Vincent #1629) on November 28, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wi [...]	2006-11-28 21:23:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU MA XL
06BRIDGETOWN311	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAZUKO SAKATA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Kazuko Sakata, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),to travel to Barbados February 19 - 25, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for Dr. Sakata to attend the Winter Conference on Neural Pla [...]	2006-02-17 17:43:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KSCA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN457	POST HAS NO OBJECTION TO GREEN MONKEY RESEARCH IN [...] This message is in response to the request in reftel for an Embassy review of the foreign policy implications of research project number DK066955 02, partially funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 2. While research involving primate subjects is a contentious issue around the [...]	2006-03-14 19:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA SC

06BRIDGETOWN616	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DR. CHEPELINSKY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Ana Chepelinsky, Program Officer, Division of International Relations, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH),for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from April 25-May 1, 2006. Dr. Chepelinsky will be attending the [...]	2006-04-10 18:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SC
06BRIDGETOWN634	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DIONNE JONES FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Dionne Jones, Health Science Administrator, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health (NIH),for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis April 25-May 1, 2006. Dr. Jones will be attending the Caribbean Health Research Council [...]	2006-04-12 17:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KSCA SC
06BRIDGETOWN692	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DR. CHEPELINSKY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Chepelinsky to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on April 25-May 1, for the purpose of attending the Caribbean Health Research Council Meeting. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Embassy Bridgetown reques [...]	2006-04-25 11:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SC BB
06BRIDGETOWN763	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WILLIAM LANG FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. William Lang, Program Director, Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE),National Science Foundation, for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis, May 23-26. Dr. Lang will attend the International Whaling Commission Workshop on Seismic and Marine Mammals. [...]	2006-05-04 17:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SC BB
06BRIDGETOWN816	DELIVERED: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE [...] Embassy Bridgetown has delivered the demarche on the U.S. National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza by fax to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs for the governments of Antigua and Barbuda (diplomatic note 0547),Barbados (diplomatic note 0548),Dominica (diplomatic note 0549),St. Kitts and Nevi [...]	2006-05-11 20:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV KPAO XL
06BRIDGETOWN87	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AI [...] The following is in response to questions posed by reftel. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs [...]	2006-01-13 17:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN873	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROBIDOUX AND PEOPLES [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Treasury Advisors Alan Robidoux and Charles Peoples for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis May 20-24, 2006. Travelers will conduct a management training needs assessment for the Revenue Authority in response to a request submitted through CA [...]	2006-05-19 18:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SC BB
06BRUSSELS1876	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 6, 2006 [...] Introduction 2. Upbeat Forecast from Planning Office 3. Belgian Savings Rate Drops 4. Big Future for Walloon Airports 5. Antwerp Port Container Traffic Booming 6. Belgian Competitiveness Weakening 7-8. American Financial Router Expanding 9. WANTED: Pan-European Pension Fu [...]	2006-06-07 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR TBIO BE
06BUCHAREST409	ROMANIA HOLDS REGIONAL MINISTERIAL ON AVIAN FLU [...] (C) Romanian Minister of Agriculture Flutur invited his counterparts from Bulgaria, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine to discuss Avian Flu in Bucharest on March 6. The group's first event was a tour with U.S. Ambassador Taubman of the Ministry's Laboratory that has just installed the USG-funded re [...]	2006-03-09 16:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST574	GENETICALLY MODIFIED SOYBEANS STILL UNDER FIRE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With European Union (EU) accession looming, the Government of Romania (GOR) decided in January to ban the cultivation of Genetically Modified (GM) soybeans starting in 2007, Romania's anticipated accession date. However, the GOR has yet to decide whether GM soybeans may be cult [...]	2006-04-05 11:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU TBIO RO
06BUCHAREST811	AVIAN INFLUENZA - OUTBREAK IN ROMANIAN COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Romania's National Institute for Animal Diagnosis and Health confirmed that H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has been found in Brasov County, the first confirmed case in Transylvania. Ministry officials confirmed that the virus was found in three commercial farms in the county, and warned th [...]	2006-05-16 15:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST834	AVIAN INFLUENZA EXPLODES ACROSS SEVEN ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Romania's Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed new cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) in three counties and is testing suspected outbreaks in four more. The cases all are clustered in central Romania, where no previous cases had occurred. Six suspected cases of human AI have tested n [...]	2006-05-18 17:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST843	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK UNFOLDS [...] (SBU) On May 18, authorities stepped up their effort to contain the H5N1 avian influenza (AI) outbreak in southern Transylvania, restricting traffic and establishing disinfection checkpoints on the DN 1 highway. The virus has also been identified in the bird population within the city limit [...]	2006-05-22 06:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST847	AVIAN INFLUENZA SPREADS TO BUCHAREST, OTHER MAJOR [...] (SBU) The latest outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in Romania continues to spread over nearly one third of the country. A total of 34 sites in nine counties have been confirmed as H5N1 positive, with another 24 sites under suspicion pending confirmation. In Bucharest, dead domestic poultry [...]	2006-05-22 16:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST869	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE IN BUCHAREST - CONFUSION [...] (C) Avian Influenza (AI) has been confirmed in two neighborhoods within the city limits of Bucharest, making Romania's largest city the first European capital hit by the H5N1 virus. The virus was discovered in dead chickens raised in backyards of residents living in low-income neighborhoods o [...]	2006-05-25 15:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST913	MORE AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES DISCOVERED THROUGHOUT [...] (U) Following the detection of H5N1 in three commercial poultry farms in the city of Codlea, Brasov County, the number of outbreaks identified throughout the country has grown rapidly. A total of 114 outbreaks have been confirmed in 15 counties since May 12, including outbreaks within the cit [...]	2006-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUENOSAIRES1024	ARGENTINE CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by POLCOUNS and POLOFF, met May 5 with the MFA's Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Luis Cappagli. Among the issues they discussed were reftel points regarding contingency planning for avian flu. DCM explained the steps being taken by U.S. authorities domestically an [...]	2006-05-05 21:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV AR
06BUENOSAIRES2697	HARVARD INITIATES STEM CELL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Harvard University and the GoA have begun an education and research and development initiative in Argentina that will initially focus on stem cell research. The program, called PA [...]	2006-12-06 15:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2733	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] Ambassador Wayne paid a courtesy call on Minister of Health Mario Gines Gonzalez Garcia on December 5, 2006. The exchange was positive, with both the Ambassador and the Minister stating that they were pleased with the level of cooperation and the generally strong bilateral relationship on hea [...]	2006-12-12 15:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES89	Argentina: Re: Beijing Pledging Conference on [...] Argentina will be represented by Dr. Hugo Fernandez, Director of Epidemiologica Surveillance for the Ministry of Health and by Argentine Embassy staff. Dr. Fernandez said that he cannot attend the side meeting on January 19th as the Conference will have ended by then and he has already book [...]	2006-01-13 18:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA AR
06CAIRO1006	EGYPT: H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) CONFIRMED IN [...] (U) NIACT precedence due to urgency of information regarding outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in Egyptian poultry. 2. (SBU) Summary: H5N1 avian influenza has been detected in samples from birds from multiple locations in three governorates in Egypt. No human cases have been reported. Th [...]	2006-02-17 13:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EG KFLU
06CAIRO1007	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE, AMBASSADOR CONFERS [...] (C) Summary. The GOE publicly announced at approximately 1800 local time discovery of H5N1 avian influenza in birds in Egypt. After an emergency meeting with key officials, Prime Minister Nazif confirmed to the Ambassador that seven samples from three different governorates had tested positi [...]	2006-02-17 17:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO1100	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. H5N1 avian influenza has spread to twelve governorates in Egypt. Poultry sales have virtually ceased since the February 17 GOE announcement (ref A) that H5N1 had been detected. The GOE has instituted a number of measures to combat the outbreak, but it is unclear how effective [...]	2006-02-21 16:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO1492	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has spread to 17 Egyptian governorates, and new cases are being reported daily. The GOE enforced drastic measures to contain the avian influenza (AI) outbreak, and has decided to vaccinate poultry, but the poultry industry has collapsed, and promised compensati [...]	2006-03-09 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO1697	EGYPT REPORTS FIRST HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) in Cairo confirmed the first reported human case of H5 Influenza infection in Egypt in a 35-year-old woman from a village in the governorate of Qalyoubiya, Egypt's major center of poultry production. The woman, Amal Mohamed Ismael, died Ma [...]	2006-03-19 17:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA EAGR EG KFLU
06CAIRO2165	SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Egypt the week of February 12-18 to speak at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),to advocate in favor of a supportive regulatory framework for agricultural bi [...]	2006-04-10 11:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TBIO EG
06CAIRO270	CAIRO AIWG REVIEWS MISSION AND GOE PREPAREDNESS [...] (U) Summary: The Cairo Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met January 12, 2006, to assess mission preparedness, review its tripwires, and evaluate recent interactions with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on avian influenza (AI) preparedness and other related issues. End summary. 2. (SB [...]	2006-01-18 17:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH
06CAIRO2968	EGYPT: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU KPAO TBIO SENV EG
06CAIRO2993	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 13:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EG PREL AORC TBIO WHO
06CAIRO562	FY 2006 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary. Post proposes a two-fold program that targets both regulators and the Egyptian public to build on past and current public outreach programs and focus on breaking the regulatory logjam that currently impedes the introduction of biotech products in Egypt. End Summary. 2. (S [...]	2006-01-30 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO
06CAIRO5872	REPORT ON BIOSAFETY WORKSHOP IN EGYPT [...] SUMMARY: The Office of Agricultural Affairs hosted a ?Best International Practices for Developing Biosafety Regulatory Systems? workshop in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from September 5-6, 2006. Local and international biosafety experts made presentations on the benefits of agriculture biotechnolo [...]	2006-09-19 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD BEXP USTR TBIO TSPL EG
06CAIRO6196	AVIAN FLU CASES REEMERGE IN EGYPT AFTER SUMMER LULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several new cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) emerged in backyard poultry farms in August and September, following a relative lull in outbreaks in the early summer. Both the Ministers of Health and Agriculture expressed concern about recent outbreaks. The re-emergence of live [...]	2006-10-03 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
06CAIRO6326	FIRST HUMAN CASE OF AI IN FIVE MONTHS REPORTED IN EGYPT [...] (U) On October 10, World Health Organization (WHO) officials in Cairo confirmed the first case of H5N1 Avian influenza in a human since May, bringing the total number of human cases this year to fifteen, six of which were fatal. According to WHO statistics, Egypt has had the second highest num [...]	2006-10-11 15:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
06CAIRO6821	PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: CAIRO PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (U) Since the outbreak of Avian Influenza in Egypt and neighboring countries in 2005, post has actively urged both mission members and the wider AMCIT community to prepare for pandemic influenza. In order to alert the community on the basics of AI and pandemic influenza preparation, the Embass [...]	2006-11-09 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC CASC KFLU KSAF KSEO
06CAIRO7218	EGYPT SNAPSHOT: VIOLENCE SURROUNDS CLOSURE OF FISH [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing public health concerns, GOE officials recently ordered police in the northern Delta to remove thousands of fish-rearing cages from the Nile, prompting clashes that led to the deaths of three fishermen and the injury of thirty more. While scientists, environmentalists, [...]	2006-12-21 13:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EFIS SOCI TBIO PHUM PGOV ELAB EG
06CAIRO7249	EGYPT: THREE NEW HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES [...] (SBU) Officials from the Central Public Health Lab at the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and NAMRU-3 confirmed on December 24 two new cases of H5N1 and a probable third in a family in the northern governorate of Gharbia, the most recent human cases since October (reftel). All three [...]	2006-12-28 09:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
06CARACAS1788	NO OBJECTION TO PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT NO. [...] (U) Post has no foreign policy concerns/objections regarding the proposed NIH research project No.AI07048401 ("Automated point-of-care PCR for hemorrhagic fever diagnosis") to be conducted with the Venezuelan grantee institutions in reftel. WHITAKER [...]	2006-06-19 15:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI
06CARACAS2295	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN VENEZUELA: DIALOGUE, OUTREACH, [...] (U) On July 19, the Economic Section held an Avian Influenza Seminar in the Embassy, which drew over 20 participants from the poultry processing sector and the Ministry of Agriculture (MAT). The Seminar provided a forum to better understand the BRV's plans for Avian Influenza as well as to h [...]	2006-08-03 17:10:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR ECON VE
06CHENGDU1252	HHS SECRETARY SEES SOUTHWEST CHINA HEALTH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt visited rural health-care providers in Sichuan Province and met with Central Government and Provincial health authorities on southwest China's health-care challenges. While touring the small village of Yujian, about tw [...]	2006-12-12 11:18:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV TBIO CH
06COLOMBO1012	SRI LANKA'S HIGH SUICIDE RATES: A PERSISTENT PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite broad awareness of Sri Lanka's high suicide rate, several factors inhibit the Sri Lankan government's ability to address this public health problem. Suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) pose a financial burden on Sri Lanka's healthcare and police and negatively affect [...]	2006-06-15 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV TBIO EAGR ECON CE
06COLOMBO150	FY06 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDING - SRI LANKA [...] Biotechnology study tour to the US Sri Lanka is in a decisive position with respect to biotechnology. The country has in place a draft framework to regulate the import of GM foods and utilization of biotechnology in domestic agriculture. Some contents of the framework are not consistent wit [...]	2006-01-26 02:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO CE
06COLOMBO179	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER FOR THE PORT OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 05:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CE MV
06COLOMBO337	AVIAN INFLUENZA - SRI LANKA UPDATE FOLLOWING INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The avian flu (AI) outbreak in nearby India has generated significant publicity in Sri Lanka, with public concern leading to decreased consumption of poultry products. Little change has taken place since November (Ref A) in the pace of preparations by the Government of Sri Lan [...]	2006-03-02 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC CE
06COLOMBO568	AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS IN MALDIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lack of a concentrated poultry sector keeps Maldives at low risk for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). At the same time, it also presents challenges for surveillance and detection in the case of infection due to inadequate animal testing facilities, underdeveloped quara [...]	2006-04-10 05:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO776	HIV/AIDS IN MALDIVES -- LOW PREVALENCE BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a low reported prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Maldives, the lack of surveillance among high risk populations and risky behavior among Maldivian drug- using youth suggest underreporting and the potential for a serious, but silent, outbreak. Even though Government of Maldives ( [...]	2006-05-15 03:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO803	TRANSITIONS AND CHALLENGES IN HIV/AIDS PREVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though Sri Lanka is still considered a low prevalence country for HIV/AIDS, most local HIV/AIDS experts agree that interventions must shift from general awareness campaigns to behavior change approaches targeted at vulnerable and at-risk populations. Government bureaucracy, lack [...]	2006-05-17 06:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO836	World Health Assembly: Smallpox Demarche [...] (SBU) Econoff and EconFSN met on May 19 with Dr. H.A.P. Kahandaliyanage, Director General of Health, Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition, regarding reftel. Kahandaliyanage appeared to agree with various arguments for retaining the smallpox virus. He promised that he would discuss the issue wi [...]	2006-05-22 08:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO WHO CE
06CONAKRY1743	Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza -- [...] Per reftel, post is actively engaging the Guinean government on the importance of the upcoming international conference on avian and pandemic influenza in Bamako. Four high-level Guinean delegates will attend the conference -- Dr. Jean Paul Sall, Minister of Agriculture; Dr. Amara Cisse, Min [...]	2006-11-29 08:48:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA GV
06COPENHAGEN360	DENMARK AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - ADDITIONAL [...] Danish authorities have now confirmed that the virus found in a white buzzard on the island of Svinoe ten days ago is of the H5N1 strain. Health authorities also confirmed that nine dead tufted ducks found on the island of Aeroe in south central Denmark last week were carrying the H5N1 virus. [...]	2006-03-21 13:50:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KFLU EAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO
06DAKAR664	SENEGAL: MARCH 15 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between March 7 and 10, USAID/Senegal Health Officers visited the primary sites where migratory birds are found. They found Ministry of Livestock officials well informed about avian influenza, but health officials were less knowledgeable and less prepared. Although a national [...]	2006-03-15 14:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC EAID AMED EAGR SG
06DAMASCUS1500	AS AI OUTBREAKS SURROUND SYRIA, IS SARG CONCEALING [...] (C) Summary: Though avian influenza (AI) oubreaks have been reported in neighboring Jordan and Lebanon, Syria has not reported any suspected or confirmed cases. While local offices of organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) express confidence that the SARG would acknowledge [...]	2006-04-04 08:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAGR SY
06DHAKA1864	AVIAN INFLUENZA: BDG STOPS, THEN AUCTIONS, [...] Bangladesh has made strides in its plans to prepare against an eventual AI outbreak. A recent case in Rajshahi suggests that more than mere planning is necessary, as customs agents reportedly auctioned off thousands of smuggled Indian chicks that the border patrol forces successfully interdi [...]	2006-04-04 09:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO AMED AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO AEMR BG
06DHAKA1975	DHAKA GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO STEVE OSTROFF [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-09 07:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI OTRA BG
06DHAKA2079	EMBASSY DHAKA GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 09:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI OTRA
06DHAKA2080	EMBASSY DHAKA GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 09:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI OTRA
06DHAKA2129	DHAKA GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO AMAR BHAT OF HHS [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Amar Bhat, Director, Office of Asia and the Pacific, Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA),Office of the Secretary, HHS, April 22 - 25, 2006 visit. Control officer SIPDIS is Dr. Steve Luby from CDC (office) 88-02-988-1761, (mobi [...]	2006-04-17 04:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI OTRA
06DHAKA5970	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] Post's Avian Influenza Working Group met Sept. 20 to introduce and orient new members Dr. John Christensen (RMO) and Calvin Levo (FMO) and to receive updates from sections. 2. FMO expressed a desire to explore increasing Post's cash-on-hand supply as part of pandemic and general emergency [...]	2006-09-23 08:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSCA PREL WHO BG
06DJIBOUTI556	DJIBOUTI RESPONSE ON SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] On May 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nasser Mohammed Hassan, the Assistant Director for Bilateral Affairs in charge of American and Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff explained that the World Health Assembly would convene in Geneva later this month, and asked for Djibo [...]	2006-05-10 12:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO DJ
06DJIBOUTI564	CONFIRMED HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN [...] Post EAC met to discuss the Djibouti's first confirmed human case of Avian Influenza (H5N1). 2. Background: An 8-year old girl in Damerjog, a village 25 km south of the capital, was tested on April 26 after arriving at the local health clinic with flu-like symptoms. The test sample was [...]	2006-05-11 15:36:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR
06DJIBOUTI578	UPDATE 1: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DJIBOUTI [...] SUMMARY. Three poultry cases, and one human case of H5N1 Avian Influenza were confirmed in Djibouti on May 11. The Government of Djibouti is actively engaging the international community on measures to address this issue, but many unknowns still remain. --------------------- WHAT WE KNOW - [...]	2006-05-15 08:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DJIBOUTI614	UPDATE 2: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary. Since our last update, very little new information h confirmed. In reftel we referred to a confirmed case in an eight-yea Since then we have learned that the child in question was only two-ye She has since recovered nicely. We believe she may be one of the you survivors of H5N1 [...]	2006-05-23 12:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DJIBOUTI615	UPDATE 2: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary. Since our last update, very little new information has been confirmed. In reftel we referred to a confirmed case in an eight-year-old girl. Since then we have learned that the child in question was only two-years-old. She has since recovered nicely. We believe she may be one of [...]	2006-05-23 13:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DJIBOUTI633	UPDATE 3: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DJIBOUTI [...] Summary. The Government of Djibouti (GoD) has reported that results from the previously identified human case of H5N1 may now be incorrect due to errors that appear to have occurred during the testing process. The sample taken from the two-year-old girl in Dammerjog may have actually been mixe [...]	2006-05-30 08:31:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DJIBOUTI656	UPDATE 4: H5N1 IN DJIBOUTI [...] Summary. Since the last update (Djibouti 633),expert consultants from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva as well as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have come to Djibouti to help complete a comprehensive epid [...]	2006-06-05 06:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DUBAI3808	DUBAI ESTABLISHES BIOTECHNOLOGY FREE ZONE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 11:43:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ETTC SENV TNGD TSPL AE EINV
06DUBAI522	PREPARATIONS IN IRAN FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-05 12:57:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR TBIO TU PGOV WHO KSTH ECON KFLU
06DUBLIN118	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SEAN CREIGHTON [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean Creighton, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from February 24 to March 3, 2006 and to Galway, Ireland, from March 3 to 10, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to inspected medical device manufacturer [...]	2006-02-03 09:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA GM EI
06DUBLIN121	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DR. HARFORD [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joe Harford, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Dublin and Galway, Ireland, from February 28 to March 5, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the Irish Association for Cancer Research Co [...]	2006-02-03 09:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA MO EI
06DUBLIN122	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA MARIBETH [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Maribeth Grattan, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from March 3 to 10, 2006 and to Tullamore, Ireland, from March 10 to 17, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to Dublin is to conduct and inspection of H [...]	2006-02-03 09:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TPHY TBIO OTRA FR EI
06DUBLIN128	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA ARTHUR [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Arthur Williams, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Cork, Ireland, from February 25 to March 3, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to inspect one medical device manufacturer for compliance with FDAs Good Manufacturing P [...]	2006-02-06 09:06:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA EI
06DUBLIN132	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DR. MARTINO [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Robert Martino, Senior Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH, to travel to Dublin and Cork, Ireland, from February 28 to March 11, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to conduct site visits of Trinity College Medical School, in Dubli [...]	2006-02-07 14:38:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA EI
06DUBLIN136	IRISH RESPONSE TO POLIO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 11:27:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO WHO EI
06DUBLIN198	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS PERSONNEL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Judith Fradkin, M.D., Director, Polly Sager, Ph.D., Assistant Director and Philip Budashewitz,R.Ph. to travel to Dublin, Ireland for the dates noted in Reftel. Purpose of visit is to meet with Irish and Northern Ireland counterparts to discuss [...]	2006-02-24 11:31:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA EI UK
06DUBLIN519	IRELAND AWAITING EU DISCUSSION ON SMALLPOX [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 17:14:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO EI
06DUBLIN533	IRELAND WORKING ON PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR PANDEMIC [...] On May 8, Post delivered ref A demarche to Teresa Cody, Department of Health and Children Principal Officer for Public Health, who is Post's primary GOI contact on avian influenza (AI). Cody noted that she would reconnect with Post regarding any GOI questions on ref A materials. She also fo [...]	2006-05-12 18:45:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV EI
06DUBLIN801	U.S.-IRELAND R&D PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHED [...] On July 5, the Ambassador hosted at his residence the public launch of the U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership, an initiative to foster collaboration among researchers in the United States, Ireland, and Northern Ireland in the target areas of diabetes, cystic fibrosis, avian flu/emerging respiratory [...]	2006-07-10 07:15:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL SOCI EI
06DUSHANBE1717	TAJIKISTAN - AN OCEAN OF IRONY: ABUNDANT WATER IN A [...] (U) SUMMARY: Water gushes down the mountains of Tajikistan, the most water-rich country in Central Asia. Yet people lack clean drinking water, utilities are poorly managed, and poor irrigation hinders agricultural development. There exists tremendous potential for hydropower development fo [...]	2006-09-15 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SENV TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1718	CHINESE PRIME MINISTER BRINGS GOOD FORTUNE TO SCO TALKSIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fifth session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization heads of government began September 15 in Dushanbe to a flourish of publicity. High-level representatives from China, Russia, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, observers from India, Iran, Pakistan, and Mongoli [...]	2006-09-15 13:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EAID TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1726	DUSHANBE SCO CONFERENCE - MOVING BEYOND SECURITY INTO [...] SUMMARY: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) focused on economic and energy cooperation in its Dushanbe meetings September 15-16. The six member countries issued a joint communique affirming their intention to further cooperate in economic, trade, scientific, technological, social, cu [...]	2006-09-20 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EAID TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1765	CHINESE DRAGON STEPS GENTLY IN TAJIKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Li Huilai laid out the founding principles of friendship between Tajikistan and China, including economic, security, and cultural relations, at an academic conference hosted by the Tajik Center for Strategic Research in Dushanbe on September 26. Acad [...]	2006-09-27 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1977	IRAN HAWKS WARES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: Iran staged a business exhibition in Dushanbe October 27-30 with over 40 Iranian companies participating. The well-attended exhibition featured building materials, engineering consulting services, consumer goods, medical equipment, furniture, pharmaceuticals, and other goods. [...]	2006-10-30 12:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG PREL TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE2000	"PLEASE TRAIN OUR WORKERS" -- TAJIK BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Summary. While the upper echelons of the Tajik government focus on immense energy projects, a frank and lively discussion by local businesspeople offered fresh examples of corruption and decay in the small and medium enterprise sector, especially related to customs, standards, and the lac [...]	2006-10-31 12:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EIND EFIN EAID PREL TBIO ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE474	TAJIKISTAN INTERNATIONAL DONORS PREPARE FOR AVIAN FLU [...] Although Tajikistan's government agencies are taking steps to prevent Avian Influenza and control an outbreak, they lack technical expertise and need assistance from international organizations. At a poorly attended donor's meeting, representatives from the United Nations Food and Agriculture [...]	2006-03-13 05:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KFLU ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSTH WHO
06DUSHANBE608	TAJIKISTAN: LAB TESTS CONFIRM STILL NO AVIAN FLU [...] Although the media have reported an increased number of bird deaths in Tajikistan, lab tests confirm the dead birds were not afflicted by avian influenza. On April 4, the State Veterinarian Service revealed that the most recent tests of pigeons and other dead birds in Dushanbe were negative f [...]	2006-04-05 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KFLU ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSCA
06DUSHANBE880	TAJIKISTAN: WHA SMALLPOX TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] PolOff delivered talking points per reftel to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) May 8. Naredinov promised to pass the information on the U.S. position support continued retention of official smallpox stocks. [...]	2006-05-16 02:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC TBIO KPAO SENV WHO TI
06DUSHANBE881	TAJIKISTAN: ROLL-OUT OF U.S. PLAN FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] PolOff delivered talking points on the U.S. implementation plan for the national strategy for pandemic influenza per reftel to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs May 13. 2. Nasredinov said he would deliver the [...]	2006-05-16 02:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV WHO TI
06EFTOCAIRO6192	EMBASSY CAIRO RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS AND THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo comments on the the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria Parallel Review Process follow. Responses are keyed to format in reftel. 2. Country: Egypt Region: Middle East Title: Support for the National Plan for the Control of TB Plus A. Proposing Gro [...]	2006-10-03 14:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO EG
06EFTOSANAA1621	MOP-3 CARTAGENA PROTOCOL YEMEN ACTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-03 10:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD SENV TBIO BR YM
06FRANKFURT7910	Hesse/Roland Koch in Party Financing "Blackmail" Scandal [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A week before Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU/Christian Democrats) expects to be elected CDU national deputy chairman, he finds himself entangled in a scandal over taxpayer-funded campaign financing. Koch is accused of using public financing to entice a competing part [...]	2006-11-21 09:09:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TBIO GM
06FRANKFURT8092	SPD Left-wing Prevails / Ypsilanti to Challenge Koch [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Hesse SPD/Social Democratic Party state convention December 2, party chairperson Andrea Ypsilanti edged out centrist Caucus Chief Juergen Walter for the right to challenge Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU/Christian Democrats) in January 2008. Walter, who had won [...]	2006-12-04 15:27:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TBIO GM
06GENEVA1748	ECOSOC 2006 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION: COORDINATION [...] (U) Summary: The Coordination Segment (CS) of ECOSOC's Substantive Session met July 6-10 and again on July 17 in Geneva. The Coordination Segment theme "Sustained economic growth for social development, including poverty eradication and hunger" had strong thematic links to the High Level Seg [...]	2006-07-18 14:38:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ELAB KUNR TBIO
06GENEVA1886	WHO: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH WHO [...] Summary. Ambassador Tichenor met July 26, 2006, with Dr. Shigeru Omi of Japan and July 27, 2006, with Mr. David Gunnarsson of Iceland, both of whom are candidates to be Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO). Omi stressed his technical, management and political skills, [...]	2006-08-03 15:34:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TBIO WHO
06GEORGETOWN122	Update on Leptospirosis in Guyana [...] Leptospirosis is considered endemic in Guyana. In January 2005 during catastrophic flooding Guyana experienced an outbreak of the disease far above baseline levels with 65 laboratory -confirmed cases and more than 200 additional suspected cases. 2. Increasing numbers of cases clinically con [...]	2006-02-03 18:37:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID CASC PGOV GY CDC
06GUANGZHOU10089	AmCham Presents Report on the State of Business in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The American Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong recently released survey results that found that three-quarters of the participants -- who were engaged almost equally in providing goods and services -- have profitable operations in China. The production of goods or services for [...]	2006-04-04 09:07:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB CH TBIO
06GUANGZHOU11052	Who Let the Dogs Out? Canine Ownership in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a part of China better known for viewing dogs as cuisine rather than as pets, Congenoffs have noticed an increase in dog ownership. Sales of dogs -- and related canine care products -- are up and represent a growing niche in the economy. The reasons for the increase are var [...]	2006-04-11 01:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI TBIO CH
06GUANGZHOU11674	The Long March to Avian Influenza Preparedness in [...] (SBU) Summary: Professional polls and Post's informal surveys show that only about half of American businesses in South China are actively planning for an Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak despite scientific reports that AI among birds is endemic in Guangdong, with concomitant higher risks of hu [...]	2006-04-14 07:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CACS AMED ASEC ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU11683	AI Update: Guangdong Suspected Human AI Case [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 11, the front-page headline of the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported a second suspected bird flu case in Guangdong Province and a mainland news blackout on the subject. Guangdong's only confirmed human AI death occurred on March 2. Subsequent investigations b [...]	2006-04-14 09:14:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU13565	AIDS in Guangxi: "The Problem Is Overwhelmingly [...] (U) Summary: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's HIV-AIDS problem continues to worsen. During a recent visit to Guangxi's Center for Disease Control (CDC) and AIDS Care China, an AIDS-related non-governmental organization (NGO) based in South China, Congenoffs learned about how the province i [...]	2006-04-28 10:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO CH
06GUANGZHOU17685	AI Update: Guangdong 2nd Possible Human AI Case [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, the Guangdong Provincial Health Department confirmed Guangdong has a second suspected avian influenza (AI) case, in Shenzhen, near the Hong Kong border. On June 15, the Guangdong Province Foreign Affairs Office sent a diplomatic note to the Consulate also detailin [...]	2006-06-15 08:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU20593	Can Pollution Harm an Unborn Child? Despite [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following cable describes the perception and the basis for the perception many residents in South China have that the pollution in the region is harming unborn babies; it does not address the hard science related to this issue. Recent press reports and anecdotal accounts h [...]	2006-06-30 09:23:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV

06GUANGZHOU27482	WAITING TO INHALE: THE STATE OF AIR POLLUTION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AIR POLLUTION IN CHINA HAS GROWN SO BAD THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHALLENGE IT PRESENTS, AND VARIOUS FOREIGN SCHOLARS ARE OFFERING ALARMING STATISTICS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AND HEALTH COSTS IT BRINGS. IN SOUTH CHINA, FACTORIES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPOR [...]	2006-08-16 07:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU30165	Waiting to Inhale: Important First Steps in South China's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and municipal governments have implemented many pollution-control measures, most notably installing desulfurization equipment, closing factories, developing an emissions trading scheme, implementing a "credit system," and increasing regional cooperation. Despite thes [...]	2006-09-18 03:24:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU30248	Air Pollution in South China: Academics and Research [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Academics and research scientists in Guangdong, who are increasingly concerned about the region's serious air pollution but feel pressured to tone down their comments lest they face cuts in research funding, are interested in learning more about U.S. EPA's experience, especially [...]	2006-09-19 05:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU32406	Visit of HHS Secretary to Guangzhou Highlights Infectious [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and his delegation met with doctors, hospital and orphanage administrators, students, and businesspersons to discuss infectious diseases and health-care issues during a December 11-12, 2006 visit to Guangzhou. Hi [...]	2006-12-18 02:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV CH
06GUANGZHOU5380	South China Fast Food Restaurants Quelling Fears [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent look at how KFC and McDonald's are responding to concerns about avian influenza (AI) -- in a region of China particularly obsessed with food -- found unbridled optimism on the part of these companies about their efforts to inform the Chinese public about the safety of [...]	2006-02-27 08:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU5479	Journey to the West: HIV/AIDS, Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: Local governments have taken some measures to combat the threat of avian influenza (AI) and the spread of HIV/AIDS, but the scale of the threat appears to dwarf the size of government programs. In addition with respect to HIV/AIDS, the accuracy and availability of information [...]	2006-02-28 06:10:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO CH
06GUANGZHOU6174	New AI Case in Guangdong Grudgingly Admitted: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 1130 on Saturday March 4, the Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) faxed a diplomatic note (completely in Chinese with no English translation -- Consulate Guangzhou's translation in full text below) confirming the death of a Guangzhou man after contracting the H5N1 strain [...]	2006-03-06 09:19:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU6294	Guangdong Government Reaction to AI: Fast but How [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Guangdong Provincial and Guangzhou Municipal governments' reactions to the recent March 2 human avian influenza death were both rather swift and resolute. Both levels of government held emergency meetings and resolved to limit the sale of live animals in Guangzhou's markets [...]	2006-03-07 09:52:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU6984	PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY PREPARING FOR AI [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting PACOM/State delegation meeting with civil and military leaders to discuss Avian Flu (AI) preparedness was impressed with the level of planning by the Southern Military Command of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). Civil authorities, however, were less impressive as [...]	2006-03-14 09:06:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CACS AMED ASEC ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU9084	AI Update: Guangdong Authorities Coming Clean? [...] SUMMARY: Guangdong provincial health and veterinary officials are showing increased levels of openness and cooperation. On March 29, officials hosted a private information meeting for Guangzhou foreign consulates about the March 2 human avian influenza (AI) death and subsequent health polici [...]	2006-03-30 08:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU9166	AI Update: Guangdong Authorities Coming Clean? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong provincial health and veterinary officials are showing increased levels of openness and cooperation. On March 29, officials hosted a private information meeting for Guangzhou foreign consulates about the March 2 human avian influenza (AI) death and subsequent health [...]	2006-04-03 03:28:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUATEMALA135	Economic update - Guatemala: January 3-23, 2006 [...] GUATEMALA LAGS BEHIND REGION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH 2. OVER $300 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 3. TAX EVASION BILL SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH CONGRESS 4. INCREASED ACTIVITY AT GUATEMALAN PORTS 5. PNEUMONIA AND DIARRHEA TOP KILLERS 6. AVIAN FLU PREVENTION PLAN 7. AUTOMOBILE SALES RISE [...]	2006-01-25 18:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EWWT TBIO SOCI GT
06GUATEMALA253	Economic update - Guatemala: January 25- February [...] US Company to lose Venezuelan Oil Source 2. Business Climate Indicator Puts Guatemala on Top 3. Financial Crimes Conference to Prevent Money Laundering 4. Airport Renovations Stalled by Political Fighting 5. Investigating Investment Opportunities in Renewable Energy 6. Agriculture Market [...]	2006-02-08 15:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EWWT TBIO SOCI GT
06GUATEMALA44	RESULTS OF SENIOR SCEINCE ADVISOR AND SCIENCE [...] As per reftel, the visit of Senior Science Advisor Madelyn Spirnak and work of Embassy Science Fellow Kitty Cardwell on educating the GOG and the local scientific community on biotechnology use in agriculture were very productive. One positive result was that biotechnology legislation that l [...]	2006-01-11 14:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO SENV TSPL GT
06HANOI1070	VIETNAM - RESULTS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA JOINT ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. A Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) to evaluate the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) Integrated Operational Program for Avian and Human Influenza (AHI),commonly referred to as the "Green Book," concluded on April 28, 2006. The Green Book sets forth a detailed medium- to long-term [...]	2006-05-05 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI1194	VIETNAM - MAY 15 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from 21 APEC economies gathered in Danang, Vietnam at the AI Ministerial meeting to once again affirm their commitment to support affected APEC countries to prevent additional human cases and new outbreaks in poultry caused by avian influenza. Ambassador John Lang [...]	2006-05-18 00:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI1280	VIETNAM - MAY 26 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met with members of Vietnam's National Steering Committee on Avian Influenza (AI),as well as bilateral and multilateral donors, on May 24 at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The GVN gave an overview of the course AI in [...]	2006-05-26 08:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI1420	VIETNAM - JUNE 9 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 2, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) and World Bank hosted a joint government-donor meeting in support of the Vietnam Integrated Operational (IO) Program for Avian and Human Influenza for the period 2006- 2010. The donors pledged USD 61 million over three years of a to [...]	2006-06-13 07:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI1450	THE ROLE OF ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN VIETNAM'S [...] (U) Summary. Although the estimated prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam is relatively low compared to most Southeast Asian countries, it has continued to rise in each of the past five years, increasing by 25 percent from 2004 to 2005. The estimated national HIV prevalence rate is 0.44 percent [...]	2006-06-14 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV EAID SOCI VM
06HANOI1598	MISSION VIETNAM CONDUCTS AI TABLETOP EXERCISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 7, selected members of the Mission Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City participated in a table top exercise responding to an avian influenza pandemic scenario. The exercise, which was conducted via digital video conference, was designed s [...]	2006-06-29 06:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI1629	VIETNAM - JUNE 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) will resume breeding of duck hatchlings starting in July. The breeding of waterfowl such as duck and geese was suspended in November 2005. State media continues to report that the national poultry vaccination campaign is behind schedule, with nine [...]	2006-06-30 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI180	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 64 days. As of January 20, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005 in Cao Bang Pr [...]	2006-01-20 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM
06HANOI1989	VIETNAM - AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new AI outbreaks in humans or poultry, however, Thanh Nhien Daily reported on August 3 that a large number of ducks in two flocks have perished in Tay Ninh, a province bordering Cambodia, and tests are being carried out to identify the cause. A Bloomberg News [...]	2006-08-04 07:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2114	VIETNAM - AUGUST 17 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no confirmed cases of AI outbreaks in humans or poultry, despite suspected cases at the beginning of August. A 35 year-old man from Kien Giang province, hospitalized with severe influenza symptoms, has tested negative for H5N1. Ducks from two flocks in Tay Ninh P [...]	2006-08-18 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2263	VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no reported human AI cases and no AI outbreak activity in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. Another 45 ducks in a household in the Mekong Delta's Ben Tre Province tested positive for carrying H5N1 and were subsequently culled. A Government of Vietnam (GVN) of [...]	2006-09-05 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2361	VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 15 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no reported human AI cases and no confirmed AI outbreak activity in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. A suspected outbreak of AI in ducks was reported in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam. Vietnam has tested a vaccine for white-winged ducks and will soon [...]	2006-09-15 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI243	VIETNAM: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S CALL ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On January 13, Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill met with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan. The Deputy Prime Minister laid out a roadmap of five steps to prepare for the visit of President Bush in November: work to close bilateral WTO market access negoti [...]	2006-02-06 06:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV WTRO PREL PGOV TBIO VM
06HANOI2512	VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 29 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) There have been no reported human AI cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. 2. (U) On September 29, state-owned media reported that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has vaccinated 28.6 million poultry in 27 provinces and cities since the national va [...]	2006-09-29 11:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2685	VIETNAM ? OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported human Avian Influenza ( 2. (U) There have been no reported Avian Influenza (AI) cases and no c GVN Prepares for Winter Flu Season ---------------------------------- 3. (U) With the winter season approaching, the GVN has announced the n [...]	2006-10-20 11:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2686	VIETNAM - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported human Avian Influenza (AI) cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. With the winter season approaching, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has announced the need to tighten AI controls. On October 19, the RAND Corpo [...]	2006-10-23 02:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI
06HANOI2803	VIETNAM - NOVEMBER 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been no reported human Avian Influenza (AI) cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. On November 1, the Charge d'Affaires signed the Partnership Framework for Avian and Human Influenza (PAHI) along with nine donors and three non-g [...]	2006-11-06 00:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2822	VIETNAM'S FIRST HIV/AIDS LAW: TRANSFORMING NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, 2006, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. The legislation, the first on this subject, goes into effect on January 1, 2007. While details are still under discussion, this bold and comprehensive new Law demonstrates Vie [...]	2006-11-08 00:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINR PROP SOCI TBIO KHIV VM
06HANOI2884	PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: MISSION VIETNAM PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (U) Embassy Hanoi and the Consulate General Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) have developed basic shelter-in-place plans and taken a number of steps to inform all employees and their families of the need to prepare for pandemic influenza, including the need to maintain emergency food stocks, per previo [...]	2006-11-21 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO VM
06HANOI301	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 10, [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 85 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The GVN will launch [...]	2006-02-10 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR KFLU PINR SOCI TBIO VM
06HANOI358	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 16 [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 91 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Ministry of Agri [...]	2006-02-17 01:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI504	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 3 [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 105 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Prime Minister [...]	2006-03-03 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI505	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 3 [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 105 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Prime Minister [...]	2006-03-03 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI561	VIETNAM: MARCH 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] Summary. There have been no reported human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 105 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to issue statements that indicate no new AI outbreaks in poultry since December 17, 2005. A local newspaper re [...]	2006-03-10 11:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI630	VIETNAM: MARCH 17 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases since November 9, 2005. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Minister of Agr [...]	2006-03-17 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI685	VIETNAM - MARCH 23 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases since November 9, 2005. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The GVN has ordered [...]	2006-03-24 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI800	VIETNAM - APRIL 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases since November 9, 2005. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The GVN announced t [...]	2006-04-06 02:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI837	GVN TO PRESENT MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM AI STRATEGY; [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Marine attended the Monthly Donor Group Forum on Avian Influenza (AI) on April 7. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat and Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza David Nabarro were keynote speakers. Phat st [...]	2006-04-13 04:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI916	VIETNAM - APRIL 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the fact that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) does not have a BLS-3 laboratory, a credible source indicates that two animal health laboratories in Vietnam have been isolating the H5N1 virus. The Vice Director of the Ministry of Health's Drug Administration has confirm [...]	2006-04-21 12:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HARARE43	ZIMBABWE AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to earlier indications (Ref B),the GOZ has not yet lifted its general ban on the export of poultry and poultry products following the discovery of type H5N2 avian influenza (AI) in Zimbabwe late last year. The GOZ is investigating the phyto-sanitary capabilities of ex [...]	2006-01-13 05:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL ZI
06HARARE434	NEW LEGISLATION WOULD TIGHTEN GOZ'S GRIP [...] (C) The GOZ in recent weeks has put forward several bills to Parliament, many of which would bolster the state's security apparatus. The Suppression of Foreign and International Terrorism Bill would update Zimbabwe's counterterrorism laws, and the Interception of Communications Bill would al [...]	2006-04-13 14:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PINR EAGR TBIO PGOV ECPS PHUM PREL
06HELSINKI122	AVIAN FLU: ADDRESSING AI-RELATED IMPORT [...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's responses to reftel regarding avian influenza (AI)-related import restrictions on U.S. poultry. ----------- POULTRY BAN ----------- 2. Finland bans the import of poultry from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) affected countries, in accordance [...]	2006-02-09 11:48:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR USTR TBIO FI
06HELSINKI254	AVIAN INFLUENZA EXPECTED TO REACH FINLAND WITHIN A [...] The Finnish government (GOF) is convinced that avian influenza (AI) will spread to Finland by migratory birds returning north. GOF says it is not a matter of "if" AI will arrive in Finland, but rather "when." It is assumed that the virus will be found in Finland as increasing numbers of migr [...]	2006-03-27 12:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON AMGT AEMR CASC PREL WHO FI
06HELSINKI405	ACTING DAS DISCUSSES POLIO ERADICATION, AVIAN [...] (U) Summary. On May 9, Acting OES S DAS Jack Croddy and Embassy reps met with senior public health officials at the Finnish Foreign Ministry to discuss polio eradication and avian influenza. He encouraged the Finns to continue funding the Polio Eradication Initiative and to take an active rol [...]	2006-05-12 07:04:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO WHO FI
06HOCHIMINHCITY1014	STAFFDEL BLANK IN THE MEKONG DELTA: AVIAN INFLUENZA, LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang August 25 and 26, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Staffer Jonah Blank reviewed government efforts to control Avian Influenza, visited a women's shelter and examined the status of the ethnic Cham Muslim community. [...]	2006-09-07 08:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED PREL PREF KJUS EAGR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1128	AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS IN CENTRAL VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff visited Danang, Quang Nam, and Thua Thien Hue provinces in Central Vietnam to assess provincial Avian Influenza (AI) preparedness activities. Animal Health and Preventive Health authorities are generally satisfied with current AI prevention programs in their provinces, [...]	2006-10-04 09:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1413	AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY OUTBREAKS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Animal health authorities in southern Vietnam?s Mekong Delta have confirmed that H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) has killed over 6,000 birds in several flocks in the provinces of Ca Mau and Bac Lieu. The birds, mostly ducklings, were illegally hatched and not vaccinated against AI. [...]	2006-12-20 12:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1497	AVIAN INFLUENZA: ADDITIONAL POULTRY FLOCKS INFECTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Animal Health Authorities have confirmed that Avian Influenza (AI) has been detected in additional poultry flocks in southern Vietnam's Ca Mau province. This comes only days after 6,000 birds, mostly ducks, died from AI in Ca Mau and neighboring Bac Lieu Province (Ref A). GVN [...]	2006-12-28 09:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY810	AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY VACCINATIONS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings, the Directors of the HCMC and Mekong Delta Regional Animal Health Centers told us that they are generally satisfied with the results of the Avian Influenza (AI) poultry vaccination campaign. The last poultry outbreak in the Mekong Delta and South-Central regi [...]	2006-07-25 13:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HONGKONG1097	Hong Kong Detects Two Bone Fragments in a Box of [...] (SBU) The Hong Kong Government issued a press release on Saturday, March 11, 2006 announcing their decision to suspend importation of U.S. beef from plant number 969, Swift Beef Company, Greeley, Colorado, following detection of two bone fragments, approximately 1-2 inches in length, in one st [...]	2006-03-16 07:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR HK CH
06HONGKONG1231	AI: AVIATION EXERCISE IN HONG KONG [...] (U) Summary: The Hong Kong Department of Health (DOH),the Civil Aviation Department (CAD),and the Airport Authority (AA) jointly organized a Seminar on Avian Influenza Preparedness for the Aviation Sector on March 16, 2006. Topics discussed included aviation preparedness, health screening [...]	2006-03-24 00:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
06HONGKONG1469	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH HONG KONG [...] (C) On March 31, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Hong Kong Secretary for SIPDIS Health, Welfare and Food (SHWF) Dr. York Chow. They discussed Hong Kong's preparations for a possible Avian Influenza (AI) pandemic, AI-related border issues, internati [...]	2006-04-08 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KFLU AMED TBIO HK CH
06HONGKONG1610	HKG DISCUSSES AI TRANSPARENCY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On April 7, Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (HWFB) Deputy Secretary Susie Ho and Centre for Health Protection (CHP) Principal Medical and Health Officer Dr. S.K. Chuang told Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) International Health Officer Erika Elvander that despite an imp [...]	2006-04-19 09:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED ECON PREL KSTH TBIO KFLU EAGR HK CH
06HONGKONG2199	HKG On Indonesia AI Cases, Business Continuity [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) Controller Dr. P.Y. Leung told Econoff that a preliminary Hong Kong Government (HKG) analysis of a reported cluster of human H5N1 avian influenza (AI) cases in Indonesia found only minor changes to the virus. Leung said that the HKG [...]	2006-05-26 09:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED ECON KSTH TBIO KFLU EAGR HK CH
06HONGKONG2469	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON SHENZHEN AI CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) Senior Medical and Health Officer Dr. Edwin Tsui told Econoff on June 14 that a truck driver traveling through Shenzhen had tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza (AI). Tsui said that hospital authorities had yet to determine if S [...]	2006-06-14 09:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED ECON KSTH TBIO KFLU EAGR HK CH
06HONGKONG2508	POULTRY BAN IN WAKE OF SHENZHEN AI CASE [...] On June 15, the PRC Ministry of Health notified Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) that it had confirmed a human case of avian influenza (AI) in Shenzhen. Reftel reported the details of this case, which involved a truck driver hospitalized on June 3. 2. Secretary for Health, Wel [...]	2006-06-16 07:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED ECON KSTH TBIO KFLU EAGR HK CH
06HONGKONG2914	Hong Kong Participants for APEC Seminar on [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 01:33:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN TBIO KFLU HK
06HONGKONG3063	HONG KONG REACTIONS TO MARGARET CHAN,S NOMINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 25, THE PRC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN BEIJING NOMINATED DR. MARGARET CHAN, FORMER HONG KONG DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, TO BE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO). MEDIA REPORTS AND CONTACTS IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH FIELD SUGGEST BROAD SUPPORT FOR HER CANDIDACY, BELIE [...]	2006-07-28 08:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMED ECON PREL KSTH TBIO EAGR CVIS HK CH
06HONGKONG3089	CE TSANG HOSTS SMALL GATHERING TO SEEK SUPPORT [...] (C) LATE ON JULY 27, WE RECEIVED CHIEF EXECUTIVE (CE) DONALD TSANG,S INVITATION TO A FORTY-FIVE MINUTE RECEPTION ON JULY 31 AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO INTRODUCE DR. MARGARET CHAN, CHINA,S CANDIDATE FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO),AND SEEK CAPITALS, S [...]	2006-07-31 09:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMED ECON PREL TBIO EAGR CVIS HK CH
06HONGKONG4092	YORK CHOW LETTERS TO SECRETARY RICE AND SECRETARY [...] (U) Summary: Post received two letters from Dr. York Chow, Secretary of the Health, Welfare and Food in Hong Kong, asking for U.S. support for the candidacy of Margaret Chan to become Director General of the World Health Organization. The letters were addressed to the Secretary of State and [...]	2006-10-16 08:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED ECON PREL KSTH TBIO EAGR CVIS HK CH
06HONGKONG4376	PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: HONG KONG PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 09:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO CH HK
06HONGKONG4616	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RESPONSE ON BAMAKO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 02:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AMED TBIO PREL KFLU EAID CH HK
06HONGKONG4780	HONG KONG AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In late December, the Hong Kong government (HKG) will submit a revised paper on Hong Kong,s Avian Influenza (AI) preparations to the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco). Bonnie Yau, Assistant Secretary responsible for AI at the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (HWFB),provide [...]	2006-12-20 02:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
06HONGKONG777	AI: PRC PRESSURE ON HONG KONG; HHS A/S SIMONSON'S [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with between Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary Stewart Simonson and Hong Kong University's (HKU) Microbiology Department, renowned influenza expert Dr. Robert Webster (strictly protect) alleged that pressure from the PRC's Ministry [...]	2006-02-26 06:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED ECON PREL KSTH TBIO EAGR HK CH
06HONGKONG934	AVIAN INFLUENZA CONCERNS ON SEVERAL FRONTSHONG KONG [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 09:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
06HONGKONG942	HONG KONG REACTIONS TO GUANGZHOU CASE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 09:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
06HONGKONG957	HONG KONG REACTIONS TO GUANGZHOU CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 3, 2006 the Health Department of Guangdong Province informed the Hong Kong Department of Health (DOH) of a suspected human case of H5N1 avian influenza (AI). After the case was confirmed by Guangdong Provincial authorities as a definite H5N1 case (see reftels) on Marc [...]	2006-03-08 07:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
06ISLAMABAD12319	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BIOSAFETY AND PATHOGEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 07:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL PTER TBIO
06JAKARTA10043	INDONESIA - HAZE SEASON UNDERWAY AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan have sent haze once again throughout the region. Haze problems reached alarming levels in late July, with the Indonesian press reporting over 2,000 hot spots on Sumatra island and another 1,000 hot spots in Kalimantan during the week of [...]	2006-08-09 23:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ECON ID
06JAKARTA10047	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 2006 [...] Summary: On July 17, Governor of DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso warned Jakarta residents to conserve water due to a severe groundwater shortage. The Alliance for Public Care (ALIP) publicly criticized a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) plan to relocate Javan rhinos to the Halimun Mountains in West Java. The R [...]	2006-08-10 03:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ID
06JAKARTA10133	INDONESIA ? AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 09:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10137	INDONESIA - AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 00:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10140	INDONESIA - AUGUST 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 9, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie stated, according to the media, that Jakarta had yet to receive promised foreign aid to fight bird flu. Bakrie's statement was puzzling and frustrating to donors. The May 2006 Donor Coordination Meeting, h [...]	2006-08-14 04:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10492	INDONESIA - NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN WEST GARUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian press has featured a series of alarming articles over the weekend of August 18-20 concerning up to ten possible human cases of avian influenza (AI) occurring in the Cikelet village of the Garut district of West Java. NAMRU-2 and the Ministry of Health (MOH) tested the [...]	2006-08-23 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10536	INDONESIA - AUGUST 24 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. At an August 18 meeting in Singapore, officials from Singapore, Indonesia, and the United States agreed to continue the proposed Avian Influenza Trilateral Project within the Tangerang municipality as originally planned (as opposed to expanding it to the much larger District of T [...]	2006-08-24 08:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10758	RESPONSE RE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] Post sees no potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns with the proposed research project no. AI069907 involving a foreign institution. This NIH proposed award is for the research project entitled "The Asia-Pacific HIV Observational Database (APHOD)." Post understands research in [...]	2006-08-31 06:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ID
06JAKARTA10923	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) announced refocused priorities for controlling avian influenza (AI) at a successful international donor meeting on August 23-24. Donor representatives were pleased with the coordination of the meeting and refocused GOI priorities but concerned b [...]	2006-09-01 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11212	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Singaporean Embassy in Jakarta has proposed to hold a joint planning meeting for the Tangerang trilateral project on September 13. The Government of Singapore (GOS) plans to station permanent technical staff to head up project. The Ministry of Health (MOH) is evaluating the [...]	2006-09-11 09:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11216	INDONESIA - HAZE PROBLEM CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. After surging again at the end of August, the number of forest fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan declined in the first week of September. The drop seems to be due in large part to central government pressure on local authorities and plantations to curb burning in advanc [...]	2006-09-11 10:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ID
06JAKARTA11242	INDONESIA HIV/AIDS PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia's national HIV/AIDS program is in a critical situation; they are at risk of losing approximately $50 million of Global Fund monies due to poor program management and performance. On July 13, Indonesia's President issued a Presidential Regulation providing the National AI [...]	2006-09-12 03:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA11344	MINISTRY OF HEALTH CHANGES AI SAMPLE SHARING [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 02:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11379	INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percentage increases in spending on health, education and social welfare programs, with the total amount of central government spending on these programs reaching Rp [...]	2006-09-13 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID
06JAKARTA11582	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 18 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Committee for Avian influenza and Pandemic Response (National AI Committee) brought together on September 15 key representatives from the government of Indonesia (GOI),donor agencies and international organizations to coordinate funding and implementation of inten [...]	2006-09-19 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11660	INDONESIA HIV/AIDS PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia's national HIV/AIDS program is in a critical situation; they are at risk of losing approximately $50 million of Global Fund monies due to poor program management and performance. On July 13, Indonesia's President issued a Presidential Regulation providing the National AI [...]	2006-09-20 09:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA11842	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 08:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11930	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CONTINUES IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although South Kalimantan's legal forest products industry has suffered a sharp decline, illegal mining and logging continue to degrade the province's environment. Overlapping and conflicting central and provincial government responsibilities and a lack of local resources comp [...]	2006-09-28 05:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ID
06JAKARTA12031	EAST KALIMANTAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS [...] Summary: Economic and political leaders in East Kalimantan praised the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) decentralization policy during a four-day embassy trip through the resource-rich province on the Indonesian part of Borneo. However, the same leaders criticized strongly the execution of tha [...]	2006-09-29 06:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV SENV PREL TBIO ID
06JAKARTA12253	AN ENHANCED U.S. ROLE IN COMBATING AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. After a slow start that led to the unchecked spread of AI across much of Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has developed a simplified AI strategy with re- aligned priorities under a functioning National Comm [...]	2006-10-05 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12545	INDONESIA - OCTOBER 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 6, Dr. Ir Anton Apryanto, Minister of Agriculture promised Manho So, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative more vigorous coordination and communication in controlling AI. Local press reported on October 10 that faculty from Udayana University detected [...]	2006-10-13 10:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12775	PARLIAMENT PASSES 2007 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a Rp 763.6 trillion (USD 83.4 billion) FY 2007 budget on October 17. Spending for personnel, materials and social programs is slated to rise significantly in 2007 in line with President Yudhoyono's plans to reform the civil service and improve health and ed [...]	2006-10-20 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID
06JAKARTA12781	INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) released 2007 budget information on October 19 but has not yet finalized its AI spending allocations in the Ministries of Health (MOH) and Agriculture (MOA). Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie convened an interagency meet [...]	2006-10-20 11:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12828	INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie announced at an October 20 news conference a decrease in the number of AI-affected provinces over the past six months from 30 to 16. At the same news conference, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono announced governmen [...]	2006-10-27 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12944	POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...]	2006-11-02 04:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA12981	POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...]	2006-11-03 05:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA13014	INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, Bayu Krisnamurthi, Executive Secretary for the National AI Committee assured the press that SIPDIS Indonesian research shows no signs that the H5N1 virus is mutating to a more dangerous form in the country. Food and Agriculture Organization officials concur but [...]	2006-11-06 23:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA13143	NAMRU-2 NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCEED NOVEMBER 9 [...] (C) Summary: We will be proceeding with an initial NAMRU-2 negotiation session on November 9. The Ambassador was told by Eddi Hariyadhi, Director General for American and European Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs Nov. 7 that he is confident that resolution of the issue would pro [...]	2006-11-07 13:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID

06JAKARTA13194	INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) AND THE PRESIDENT"S [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Indonesia has not yet finalized its FY 2007 allocations for AI control programs, senior GOI officials including Coordinating Minister Bakrie and Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati have assured the Embassy that total AI spending will match or exc [...]	2006-11-13 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA13218	INDONESIA BEGINS NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Formal discussions between the Indonesian and U.S. governments on the future status of the Naval Medical Research Unit 2 (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta began on November 9. The Indonesians, fresh from high-level interagency discussions, came in with a set of six concerns which were mostly [...]	2006-11-15 10:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID
06JAKARTA13370	INDONESIA - DECEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch hosted a workshop on November 25 and 26 that will make recommendations on animal vaccine strategy to the Ministry of Agriculture. The local television station Lativi began broadcasting AI mini- documentaries on November 10 and will continue these broadcasts through t [...]	2006-12-01 08:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13422	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2006 [...] Summary: On November 22, following three years of bilateral negotiations, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) welcomed home forty-eight orangutans from Thailand. Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari announced plans on November 13 to make Indonesian villages self sufficient in health care [...]	2006-12-06 10:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ETRD ID
06JAKARTA13452	INDONESIA - DECEMBER 8 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 10:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13527	INDONESIA - DECEMBER 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 07:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1823	AMBASSADOR MEETS COORDINATING MINISTER BAKRIE [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie told the Ambassador on February 8 that, in his view, the Beijing avian influenza (AI) conference had been a failure because Indonesia alone needs at least USD 950 million to deal with AI, but would likely only receive U [...]	2006-02-13 02:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR PGOV SOCI KFLU ID
06JAKARTA240	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER [...] Summary. Indonesian financial markets reacted favorably to a December 6, 2005 cabinet reshuffle, with the rupiah gaining two percent through the end of December to close at 9,840/USD. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index also rose six percent after the reshuffle to close at 1,162 on Dec [...]	2006-01-06 08:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD ENRG SENV TBIO MARR ID
06JAKARTA2403	INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 21 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 06:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA2915	INDONESIA - MARCH 2 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Jakarta city government carried out 24-26 February a series of actions to control Avian Influenza (AI) in birds, including door-to-door inspections, limited culling and vaccinations. Human and animal health officials in West Kalimantan told us that they are doing what they [...]	2006-03-06 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA3199	INDONESIA - MARCH 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. A USAID Washington avian influenza (AI) team met with a range of stakeholders during a March 1-5 visit to Indonesia, including the Ambassador and the Embassy's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),to discuss USAID's USD 11 million FY 2006 AI allocation for Indonesia. Officials [...]	2006-03-10 11:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID
06JAKARTA3314	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006 [...] Summary: The Rhino Conservation Program and the GOI co- hosted an "Indonesian Rhino Conservation Strategy Meeting" on February 26-27 to discuss strategies for conserving the Sumatran and Javan rhinos. The National Agency for Drug and Food Control's (BPOM) December 2005 discovery of formaldah [...]	2006-03-15 06:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO EIND ID
06JAKARTA3430	INDONESIA - MARCH 16 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Local joint venture PT IPB Shigeta has launched an AI vaccine for poultry called CLOSE 5.1 using reverse genetic engineering. The firm plans to initially produce 180 million doses a year and distribute them throughout Asia. The Governor of East Java told the press on March 14 [...]	2006-03-17 07:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID
06JAKARTA3896	INDONESIA - MARCH 22 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yudhoyono signed a Presidential Regulation on March 13 establishing a "National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness." The decree designates the Coordinating Minster for Peoples' Welfare as the "National Coordinator" for AI policy and activi [...]	2006-03-24 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID
06JAKARTA4467	INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 21 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA4510	INDONESIA - APRIL 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Congen Surabaya officers met with provincial and municipal animal husbandry officials on March 16 to review vaccination and culling procedures after the first reported avian influenza (AI) outbreak in Surabaya. Grobogan Regency officials in Central Java told Congen that recent n [...]	2006-04-07 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA5308	INDONESIA - APRIL 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 07:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA5701	May 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE (AI): VISIT OF AI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of State's Special Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza Ambassador John Lange met with senior Indonesian officials, including Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie, on May 1 to discuss U.S. efforts to address the AI pandemic threat [...]	2006-05-05 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA6024	INDONESIA: May 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE (AI) [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 2, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka delivered a list of planned donations of Tamiflu and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong. The tamilfu and PPEs are SIPDIS for ASEAN's use in case of an influenza pandemic. Th [...]	2006-05-12 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA6027	INDONESIA RACES TO BUILD BSL-3 LABS [...] (C) Summary. The avian influenza (AI) threat has sparked a race among Government of Indonesia (GOI) institutions to build Biosafety Containment Level 3 laboratories (BSL-3 labs),ostensibly to perform AI sequencing and other sophisticated procedures. At least seven GOI institutions hope to c [...]	2006-05-15 00:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID
06JAKARTA6150	INDONESIA REPORTS LARGE AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (SBU) Summary: Six members of a Medan family have tested positive for the H5N1 virus by NAMRU-2, and five have died as of May 15. Four of these have been confirmed by both the University of Hong Kong (UHK) and CDC Atlanta. Two members from this cluster remain hospitalized, with one intubated [...]	2006-05-15 11:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA6495	INDONESIA: MEDAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CLUSTER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Fatal cases of H5N1 infection have occurred in three separate locations in Indonesia since May 18, 2006. These include a seventh family member associated with the cluster of cases in Northern Sumatra (refs A and B). Another family member identified with infection last week rem [...]	2006-05-22 12:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA6812	INDONESIA: MAY 31 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Three additional cases of H5N1 infection have occurred in two locations in Indonesia since May 22 (ref). Two of these have resulted in fatalities, including a 10-year old girl and her 18-year old brother, both whom died 21 May in Bandung, West Java. NAMRU-2 and the Ministry of [...]	2006-05-31 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA7166	INDONESIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last four weeks, Indonesian authorities have investigated four potential avian influenza (AI) clusters with assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and NAMRU-2. These include the well- documented North Sumatra family cluster that resulted in seven confirme [...]	2006-06-07 06:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA7614	East Java: Suspected AI Death Exposes Local [...] (SBU) Summary: A 10 month old child in Tulungagung, East Java is suspected to have died June 4 of Avian Influenza. The inexperienced local hospital doctor did not recognize the AI symptoms and released the child's body for burial prior to taking any blood samples. Regency health officials ar [...]	2006-06-15 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV KFLU ID
06JAKARTA7626	INDONESIA - JUNE 16 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Executive Director of the National Committee for AI and Pandemic Control (Komnas) Bayu Krisnamurti told participants in a June 12 AI donor meeting that the GOI would host a WHO-led technical assessment of its AI strategy June 21-23, with participation from the World Bank and [...]	2006-06-16 05:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA7661	NORTH SUMATRA AVIAN INFLUENZA CLUSTER - LESSONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The May 2006 avian influenza (AI) outbreak in a North Sumatra family represents the largest human H5N1 cluster to date and brought with it intense worldwide media attention to Indonesia's AI response capacity. A look back at the response to the cluster by the Government of Indo [...]	2006-06-16 09:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA8259	INDONESIA - JULY 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: A Government of Indonesia (GOI) chaired AI experts group concluded on June 23 that limited human-to- human transmission took place during the May 2006 North Sumatra cluster. However, the group noted that the confinement of the human-to-human transmission to the affected family [...]	2006-07-03 08:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA8621	INDONESIA - JULY 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Singaporean Embassy contacts expressed openness to revising key elements in the Singapore-Indonesia- U.S. Tangerang pilot project during a June 29 meeting with U.S. officials. The Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) office in Jakarta has received reports from a reputable private [...]	2006-07-10 11:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA8735	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH-JUNE 2006 [...] Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) called for thorough fire prevention planning on June 17 to stop smoke haze export to neighboring countries. On June 27, State Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar released a 2005 "State of the Environment Report" listing 65 environmental [...]	2006-07-13 00:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO EIND ID
06JAKARTA8792	INDONESIAN PARTICIPANTS FOR APEC SEMINAR ON [...] This is an action request; see para 3. 2. Three different Government of Indonesia (GOI) agencies are deeply involved in the control of avian influenza (AI). The National Committee on Avian Influenza (KOMNAS) serves as the national coordinating entity. The Ministry of Health is the agency [...]	2006-07-13 10:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN TBIO KFLU APECO
06JAKARTA8955	INDONESIA - JULY 18 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. As of July 18, data from the Mission's Naval Medical Research Center (NAMRU-2) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) show 43 confirmed deaths from Avian Influenza. Once the WHO posts laboratory confirmation results on its website, Indonesia should overtake Vietnam for the world lead [...]	2006-07-18 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA9157	RESPONSE RE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] Post sees no potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns proposed research project no. AG02667601 involving a foreign institution, pending human subject approval, of NIH's proposed award to the research project entitled "The Fourth Indonesian Family Life Survey of Aging." Post unde [...]	2006-07-21 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ID
06JAKARTA9266	RESPONSE RE MISUSE OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH [...] Reftel requested that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) provide a point of contact for issues concerning the potential for misuse of dual use life sciences research. The GOI has provided the following name and contact information as its designated point of contact: Dr. Erna Tresnaningsih, MO [...]	2006-07-25 04:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER EAGR ID
06JAKARTA9269	RESPONSE RE PROPOSED NIH RESEARCH PROJECT [...] In response to reftel, Embassy sees no potential U.S. foreign policy concerns regarding NIH's proposed award to the research project entitled "Prospective Studies of Avian Influenza Transmission in Asia," No. AI068803, pending human subject approval. Post understands research institutions inv [...]	2006-07-25 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ID
06JAKARTA9334	INDONESIAN HEALTH MINISTER PRAISES COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari told the Ambassador on July 24 that the Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to cooperation with NAMRU-2 and will assist in the finalization of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). She noted that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) [...]	2006-07-25 10:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR KHIV ID PGOV KFLU SOCI
06JAKARTA9515	INDONESIA - JULY 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA9860	RESPONSE RE LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH [...] Reftel B requested that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) provide a point of contact for issues concerning the potential for misuse of dual-use life sciences research. Post provided primary point of contact in Reftel A. GOI has provided a second point of contact for this issue. Please note th [...]	2006-08-04 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER EAGR ID
06JAKARTA9914	INDONESIA - AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 3, the Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari announced that, effective immediately, the GOI would no longer send samples to the WHO-Influenza Reference laboratory in Hong Kong. Supari considers domestic laboratories, including U.S. NAMRU-2, sufficiently qualified to [...]	2006-08-07 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JEDDAH267	Avian Flu: Jeddah Slow on Outreach, Otherwise [...] Summary: Jeddah Municipality has an interagency committee on avian flu, a hotline, an emergency plan, and has taken action to control backyard poultry and shop front slaughtering of live birds. They admit that their public outreach strategy is late but otherwise Jeddah appears to be taking t [...]	2006-04-05 13:21:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SA
06JEDDAH407	JEDDAH JOURNAL 13: NEW DIRECTOR FOR SAUDIA; [...] (U) On the morning of June 7, Saudi media carried a report that by Royal Decree Khaled Abdullah Al-Mulhim, who was Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Telecom Company until February, has been named the new Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia). Mulhim has an engineering degree fro [...]	2006-06-07 12:54:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL KWMN PREL SA SENV SOCI TBIO
06JERUSALEM1231	AI SITREP MARCH 27: CULLING BEGINS IN GAZA; ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The WHO and the PA reported that preparations for culling had begun and that infected flocks in Rafah and Jahr el-Deik began to be culled March 27. The PA has promised compensation for Gaza farmers with infected flocks. The Israeli labs returned negative test results for two [...]	2006-03-27 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM1271	AI SITREP MARCH 28: PA FINISHES CULLING IN RAFAH; [...] (SBU) PA Agriculture Ministry Gaza Director of Control and Quarantine Said Siyam said the PA had culled 13,000 chickens in Rafah March 27 and asserted that they would start culling chickens in farms located in Jahr el-Deik and Tel el-Hawa March 28. Siyam said the lab test results for Tel el [...]	2006-03-29 06:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM1283	AI SITREP MARCH 29: PA COMPLETES CULLING OF ALL [...] (SBU) WHO Representative Mahmud Daher told EconOff March 29 that the PA had completed culling the flock of 23,000 in Tel el-Hawa and had buried the carcasses in the former Israeli settlement of Netzarim. Although the neighboring areas originally objected to the burial site, the villagers eve [...]	2006-03-29 14:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM1327	AI SITREP MARCH 31: PA CULLS 96,700 FOWL IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) WHO Representative Mahmud Daher reported to EconOff March 31 that the PA had completed the culling and burial of 96,700 birds from all infected areas in Gaza. He said the PA continued to conduct surveillance and to monitor areas where these outbreaks had occurred. Samples taken from th [...]	2006-03-31 14:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM1341	AI APRIL 3 UPDATE: TWO NEW CONFIRMED CASES IN [...] (SBU) World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Mahmud Daher reported to EconOff April 3 that two new cases of Avian Influenza (AI) had been confirmed in two egglayer farms in Rafah. Each farm has 2,000 egglayers. Daher said the PA planned to cull the infected flock immediately. He ad [...]	2006-04-03 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM1488	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE APRIL 11: 2 MORE CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 14:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM4761	WORLD BANK GRANTS USD 13 MILLION TO AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE WORLD BANK HAS APPROVED TWO GRANTS TO AID AVIAN INFLUENZA PREVENTION AND CONTROL EFFORTS IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. A USD 3 MILLION SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY GRANT, SIGNED WITH UNDP IN OCTOBER 2006, WILL SUPPORT PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES TO BE IMPLEMENTED OVER AN IN [...]	2006-11-08 16:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
06KATHMANDU12	SMALLPOX AGENDA ITEM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post delivered the smallpox agenda item demarche (reftel) to Mr. Kali Prasad Pokhrel, Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Dr. Hari Nath Acharya, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health, on December 30. Acharya stated that he would convey the talking points to other concerne [...]	2006-01-03 10:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO WHO NP
06KATHMANDU1377	NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR MAY [...] (SBU) At the May 24 meeting of Post's avian influenza working group chaired by the A/DCM, Emboff reported that a World Bank (WB) "pre-appraisal" mission (team) decided in April to use USD 10-15 million of their normal annual assistance to Nepal to fund a three-year project to support the Gover [...]	2006-05-31 08:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID KSCA SOCI TBIO PREL WHO NP
06KATHMANDU2524	NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) On September 13, the DCM chaired a meeting of Post's avian influenza working group. There have still been no confirmed human or bird cases of avian influenza (AI) in Nepal. The Embassy website is updated with the latest AI fact sheet and the country team has distributed pandemic influe [...]	2006-09-15 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSCA SOCI PREL WHO NP
06KATHMANDU2919	TWO CONFIRMED CASES OF XDR TB IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) Post has recently become aware of two cases of XDR TB in Nepal. According to Post's medical officer, both of the reported XDR TB patients in Nepal are Tibetan refugees. XDR is an extremely drug resistant form of Tuberculosis. The first patient died in March 2006 and Post's medical offic [...]	2006-11-02 08:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI PREF CDC HHS NP
06KATHMANDU385	GENERIC ANTI-RETROVIRAL DRUGS APPROVED AND [...] ADCM informed Minister of Health and Population Mani Lama and Minister of Commerce, Industry and Supplies Buddhi Man Thamang that the anti-retroviral drug preparations approved and tentatively approved by HHS/FDA now appear on the WHO pre-qualification list. The ADCM also urged that Nepal spee [...]	2006-02-09 09:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO SOCI KIPR KHIV NP
06KHARTOUM1395	SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE 7 - June 12 [...] On May 29, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened the third Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Khartoum, but with poor attendance by key members. More than one week had passed with no new cases of AI reported in Sudan. Khartoum State has taken me [...]	2006-06-12 15:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1444	SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE 8 - JUNE 20 [...] On June 18, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened the forth Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Khartoum. Following three weeks of no new reported cases, samples received from two different locations in Khartoum State tested positive for the H5N2 [...]	2006-06-20 06:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM1447	Sudan - UNICEF Vaccinates One Millionth Child [...] On June 16, 2006, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Disaster Operations Specialist Jennifer Mayer spoke at a U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) event in Bentiu, Unity State, celebrating the measles vaccination of the one millionth child in Southern Sudan. The Mass Meas [...]	2006-06-20 09:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM1457	Sudan - USAID/OFDA and Partners Meet in Juba [...] On June 9 and 13, 2006, the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) convened meetings in Juba and Khartoum, Sudan, to discuss the upcoming publication of an Annual Program Statement (APS) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. USAID/OFDA shared information with interested parties r [...]	2006-06-21 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM2203	Juba: Avian Flu Identified in Poultry [...] The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has confirmed several cases of poultry infected with Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Juba. There are no reports of Avian Influenza in the human population, however, and no commercial poultry operations in the region. The Centers [...]	2006-09-12 16:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TBIO KFLU EAID SOCI US SU
06KHARTOUM2281	GoSS Avian Influenza Response Still Slow, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) continues to demonstrate a lack of urgency, coordination, and capacity in dealing with the Juba avian influence (AI) H5N1 outbreak in poultry. One AI task force meeting has been held, led by the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries [...]	2006-09-18 16:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KFLU TBIO PINR EAID SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM478	UNDECLARED CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CONTINUES IN JUBA [...] SUMMARY: The office of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Southern Sudan confirmed on February 20 that WHO has cultured six positive cholera infections, the tripwire for declaring an epidemic. The GoSS, however, has thus far not officially declared an emergency, and the UN and other bodies [...]	2006-02-23 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO SU
06KHARTOUM483	CG Juba Round-Up [...] (SBU) AEC Visit: Assessment and Evaluation Commissioner Tom Vraalsen visited Juba and met with Riek Machar and the GoSS Minister of Finance, among others. He confirmed that the Government of National Unity had transferred a hefty sum from petroleum revenues into GoSS coffers, but the GoSS rem [...]	2006-02-23 16:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN EPET TBIO SOCI SU
06KIGALI269	RWANDA IMPLEMENTS MEASURES TO COMBAT THREAT OF [...] With the recent outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) in Africa, Rwanda is moving forward in its preparedness to address the threat to both human and animal populations. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) has revitalized an inter- ministerial steering committee, originally formed in November 2005. Th [...]	2006-03-20 11:49:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI TBIO WHO RW
06KIGALI449	World Health Assembly: Smallpox Demarche [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 13:21:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO RW
06KINGSTON1055	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DINT/FWS OFFICIAL [...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to DINT/FWS Deputy Project Leader Joseph Schwagerf to travel to Kingston June 11 - June 16, 2006, to participate in a conference on restoration of subtropical dry forests. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer John Morgan who can be reached at [...]	2006-05-31 15:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO JM
06KINGSTON1297	CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH RESEARCH PROJECT NO. NR009919 01 [...] Per refel request, Post has reviewed and grants clearance from the standpoint of potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed project, "Age-Discordant Relationships Among Teen Girls in Jamaica" involving an institution in Jamaica. [...]	2006-06-30 13:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI JM
06KINGSTON1359	CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH RESEARCH PROJECT NO. DK075018 01 [...] Per refel request, Post has reviewed and grants clearance from the standpoint of potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed project, "Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism in the Pathogenesis of Kwashiorkor," pending human subject approv [...]	2006-07-10 20:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI JM
06KINGSTON1360	CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH RESEARCH PROJECT NO. TW007596 01 [...] Per refel request, Post has reviewed and grants clearance from the standpoint of potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed project, "Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis in Rural and Urban Dwellers in Jamaica," pending human subje [...]	2006-07-10 20:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI JM
06KINGSTON2384	JAMAICA: MALARIAL OUTBREAK UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Jamaican malaria outbreak (reftel) will likely get worse before it gets better, according to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Country Director Dr. Ernest Pate. In private discussions with Embassy officials on December 8, Pate said that there are 53 confirmed cases, but [...]	2006-12-08 18:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL
06KINGSTON69	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SMALLPOX AGENDA ITEM [...] (U) On January 5, Econoff delivered reftel talking points via fax to the office of Ambassador Wolfe, Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Wolfe then transmitted the points to Dr. Barrington Wint, Chief Medical Officer at the Mi [...]	2006-01-11 14:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO JM WHO
06KINSHASA357	DRC: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC Avian Influenza Commission, composed of representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Health, External Commerce, and Environment, released the DRC Country Contingency Plan (CCP) on February 24. The CCP seeks over USD 16M to prepare for and respond to the anticipa [...]	2006-03-03 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR ECON SENV SOCI CG
06KINSHASA461	DRC: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) The GDRC Avian Influenza Commission (reftel) met on March 16 at WHO headquarters in Kinshasa, chaired by Minister of Agriculture Constant Ndom Nda Ombel, and reviewed developments in the DRC since the last meeting. The commission reiterated its call for USD 66 million to combat Highly Pat [...]	2006-03-17 13:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO ECON EAID SENV CG
06KINSHASA476	DRC: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NO CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) DRC Minister of Agriculture N'dom Nda Ombel announced March 16 that there were three suspected outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the DRC (reftel). Ombel released a communique today stating that the first samples from those outbreaks, sent to South Africa for testing, have [...]	2006-03-22 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO ECON EAID SENV CG
06KINSHASA720	DRC LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH POC [...] (U) Econcouns delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Scientific Research Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda on May 5. With Minister Kamanda was his counselor for science and technology, Professor Fortunat Lumu of the University of Kinshasa. Kamanda is the GDRC POC until mid-2006 elections for [...]	2006-05-09 10:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER EAGR CG
06KUALALUMPUR1835	HEART OF BORNEO: PROTECTING THE WORLD'S OLDEST [...] (U) Portions of this message are sensitive but unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (U) Summary: Malaysian support for the Heart of Borneo (HOB) conservation initiative is solidifying at all levels. WWF, which is actively promoting the initiative, expects the leaders of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bru [...]	2006-09-30 01:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO MY BX ID
06KUALALUMPUR1957	HEART OF BORNEO: SARAWAK VIEWS [...] (SBU) Residents of the Malaysian State of Sarawak are demonstrating increasing support for environmental conservation efforts, but have only a limited awareness of the proposed Heart of Borneo initiative aimed at integrating and enhancing the conservation efforts of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bru [...]	2006-10-17 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO MY BX ID
06KUWAIT348	KUWAIT EAC ON AVIAN INFLUENZA (01/31/2006) [...] (SBU) Summary: On 31 January 2006, the DCM convened a full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss Embassy Kuwait's contingency planning for Avian Influenza (AI) due to reports by the World Health Organization (WHO) of animal to human transmission of the H5N1 virus in Iraq. This transmissi [...]	2006-01-31 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT ASEC CA KU TBIO KFLU
06KUWAIT4466	KUWAIT PREPARES FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 15, Econoff and Medoff met separately with Director of Public Health Dr. Rashed Al-Owaish and his deputy Dr. Mussab Al-Saleh, and with Director of Animal Health Dr. Farida Al-Mulla to discuss the GOK's preparations for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI). [...]	2006-11-15 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
06KUWAIT563	UPDATE: KUWAIT JOINT STATE-DOD GROUP ADDRESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 14, the joint State-DOD Avian Influenza (AI) working group (Refs A & B) met to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing dialogue with GOK Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources (PAAFR) officials regarding Kuwaiti concerns about the pote [...]	2006-02-19 05:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KFLU KU IZ
06LAGOS1133	BIRD FLU SPREADS TO SOUTHWEST NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The H5N1 avian influenza (AI) virus is spreading at an alarming rate in Southwest Nigeria, the region which accounts for about 80 percent of poultry production in Nigeria. President Obasanjo's poultry farm in Ota, Ogun State, reportedly has been severely affected. Many Poultry [...]	2006-08-25 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06LAGOS131	NIGERIA OUTREACH AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Nigeria appears to support the development and use of agricultural biotechnology. In meetings such as the June 2005 Science and Technology Forum in Burkina Faso, Nigerian representatives spoke positively about agricultural biotechnology. Despite this receptiv [...]	2006-01-31 09:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO
06LAGOS175	WIDESPREAD BIRD DEATHS SPARK AVIAN FLU WORRIES [...] (SBU) Ag Attache spoke with the Agriculture Ministry's Chief Vet Officer (CVO),who reported widespread poultry deaths in mid-January at a farm in Kaduna State owned by the Nigerian Minister of Sports. The farm lost its entire flock of 46,000 chickens. Samples from this farm were sent to th [...]	2006-02-07 17:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT EAGR KFLU NI TBIO
06LAGOS184	AVIAN FLU SITREP 1 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph six. H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN FLU CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) In a conversation with the Ag Attache, a source in the Agriculture Ministry said the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Office (FAO) refer [...]	2006-02-08 18:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT EAGR KFLU TBIO NI
06LAPAZ180	GOB NAMES LEFTIST CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales announced the 16 members of his cabinet January 23, the majority leftist, indigenous and from the altiplano. Morales exhorted the new cabinet to change Bolivia, integrate marginalized members of society, eliminate corruption, and serve -- not exploit -- the peo [...]	2006-01-24 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV TBIO BL
06LAPAZ2563	ASSESSMENT OF NIH PROJECT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Post sees no negative foreign policy implications of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) project described in reftel. Post provides a positive recommendation pending human subject approval, on the understanding that researchers will obtain verbal consent from study participants. 2. [...]	2006-09-21 20:53:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OSCI KSCA BL
06LAPAZ2979	ASSESSMENT OF NIH PROJECT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Post sees no negative foreign policy implications of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) project described in reftel. Post provides a positive recommendation pending human subject approval, on the understanding that NIH researchers have received concurrence from related U.S. and Boliv [...]	2006-11-01 20:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA BL
06LILONGWE839	POST RESPONSE - REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Post thanks the Department for the opportunity to weigh in on the proposed research project No. AI050410 "Acceptability of male circumcision as part of HIV prevention strategies in Malawi" -Amy Corneli. Post concurs with the spirit of the project and has no objection to it; howeve [...]	2006-09-22 09:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA KHIV MI
06LIMA1362	COUNTRY CLEARANCE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PHYSICAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of USGS Physical Scientist Alfredo Gurmendi for the period of April 29, 2006 through May 20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the panel discussions related to Mining and Development and also to attend the 7th In [...]	2006-04-10 14:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC THPY OTRA KSCA TBIO BR PE
06LIMA1395	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 17:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LIMA1396	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 17:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LIMA1438	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HALLET. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Mark Hallett, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke for the period of April 26, 2006 through April 29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to present, "Taxias, Analysis of Gait Disorders a [...]	2006-04-12 16:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE
06LIMA1700	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/OS DENNIS CHRISTIANSON. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/OS Dennis Christianson for the period of May 3, 2006 through May 6, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Avian Influenza (AI) Preparedness Meeting. Per Reftel no Embassy assist [...]	2006-05-03 19:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE
06LIMA176	EMBASSY LIMA AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] Summary: (SBU) Embassy Lima's EAC approved tripwires and Embassy responses prepared by its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG). Post has taken or has in process the Department's recommended immediate preparedness measures. The AIWG has agreed that efficient and sustained human-to- human tra [...]	2006-01-17 12:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO PE
06LIMA1838	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NASH AND DR. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NIH/FIC Dr. Theodore Nash and Dr. Siddharta Mahanty for the period of May 21, through May 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to plan new projects, review existing collaborations and visit Tumbes site of large new epidemiolog [...]	2006-05-12 15:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE
06LIMA1986	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 17:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LIMA2035	SMALLPOX DEMARCHE (PERU) [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 21:20:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO PE
06LIMA2298	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS CHRISTOPHER HARPEL. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Volunteer Geologist Chritopher Harpel for the period of June 21 through August 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to complete field portion of project to map recent eruptive deposits around El Misti Volcano near Arequipa. [...]	2006-06-08 14:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA TPHY KSAC TBIO PE
06LIMA2299	CLEARANCE FOR NIH PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 14:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LIMA2300	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 14:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA HO HA PE
06LIMA2301	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 14:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA HO HA PE
06LIMA2399	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DINT/FISH AND WILDLIFE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service Andrea L. Gaski for the period of June 25 through July 4, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Cites Mahogany and Significant Trade at the Cites Plants Committee. Per Reftel no Embass [...]	2006-06-16 13:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SENV OTRA KSCA TBIO AMGT PE

06LIMA247	TRIPWIRE CONTACTS - LIMA [...] (SBU) Embassy Lima has access to the CLASSNET software application for Tripwires and confirms its continuing participation in the Tripwire program. Previous reporters have departed post. 2. (SBU) The two American Citizen employees who currently will be responsible for inputting tripwire dat [...]	2006-01-23 11:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC AMED KFLO CONS TBIO PE
06LIMA2481	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DINT/FWS EMPLOYEES. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robert R. Gabel, Patricia de Angelis, Michael D. Kreger, Mark Albert and Anne St. John for the period of July 1 through July 13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Sixth Meeting of the Plants Committee of the Conve [...]	2006-06-21 15:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SENV OTRA KSCA TBIO AMGT PE
06LIMA2493	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID KEEFER. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of USGS David Keefer for the period of July 28 through August 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct fieldwork in areas of Peru that have experienced earthquake-induced landsliding. Per Reftel no Embassy assistance has [...]	2006-06-22 13:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC TPHY OTRA KSAC TBIO PE
06LIMA2559	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA SHERWOOD HALL. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/FDA Sherwood Hall for the period of July 16 through July 22, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to train and provide a course on Marine Biotoxins to the officials of the Official Sanitary Authority of the Peruvian Government [...]	2006-06-27 17:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA US PE
06LIMA2569	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 14:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LIMA2629	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MARTHA BALDWIN AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/FDA Martha Baldwin and Karen Bryerton for the period of June 30 through July 8, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct Regulatory Inspection Opening meeting with government officials and to conduct food inspections of [...]	2006-07-05 15:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA US PE
06LIMA2641	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 14:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LIMA2642	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 14:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LIMA2643	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 14:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LIMA2768	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 14:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LIMA3137	BIOS FOR AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, TRANSPORT & HOUSING [...] (U) Biographic information for President Alan Garcia's Ministers of Agriculture, Energy and Mining, Transportation, and Housing follows below. These ministers took office on July 28, 2006. See Ref A for the bios of the Prime Minister and Foreign, Defense, and Interior Ministers, and Ref B fo [...]	2006-08-10 16:20:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV TBIO PREL PE
06LIMA3292	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. LIPSKY AND TUAN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NIH/FIC Dr. Peter Lipsky and Dr. Rocky Tuan for the period of August 18 through August 24, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to participate as speakers in the XIV Pan American Congress of Rheumatology (PANLAR Congress 2006). [...]	2006-08-21 15:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE
06LIMA3396	BIO FOR GOP SPECIAL TRADE ENVOY HERNANDO DE SOTO... [...] (U) Following is biographic information for Hernando de Soto, whom President Garcia on August 17 named as his "personal representative" to obtain the U.S. Congress' ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),as per REF A. De Soto is also charged with developing the necess [...]	2006-08-28 13:03:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ETRD ECON PGOV PE
06LIMA3418	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS COTTER TEAM [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of USGS Gladys Cotter, Thomas Hermann, Mark Fornwall, Thomas Lahr and Michael Ruggiero for the period of September 28 through October 08, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the Governing Board Meeting of [...]	2006-08-29 17:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC TPHY OTRA KSAC TBIO PE
06LIMA3618	ORTHODOX ECONOMIST NAMED TO CHAIR PERU'S CENTRAL BANK BOARD [...] Summary: President Alan Garcia named another well-known orthodox economist, Julio Velarde, to chair the Central Bank's Board of Governors, and three other governors as well. The other nominees are the asparagus exporter and former Agriculture Minister (in the first Fujimori Administration) Jo [...]	2006-09-12 13:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TBIO PE
06LIMA3956	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JUAN AMARAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Juan Amaral from October 10-15, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to serve as a lecturer at the 10th Peruvian Congress of Endocrinology. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic o [...]	2006-10-05 16:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA ASEC TBIO PE
06LIMA4374	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NIDA GROUP [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the following: Dr. Ahmed Elkashef from November 28-December 3, 2006 Dr. Jag Khalsa, November 28-December 3, 2006 Dr. Ivan Montoya, November 28-December 3, 2006 Dr. Francis Vocci, November 29-December 7, 2006 The purpose of th [...]	2006-11-15 19:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA ASEC TBIO PE
06LIMA4744	PERU'S SECOND CITY LEANS LEFT BUT OPEN TO GLOBAL [...] (C) Despite their affiliation with radical nationalist groups, the recently-elected regional president and the mayor of Arequipa, Peru's second largest city, come across as having clear and sensible plans for economic progress in their region, including orderly decentralization. In recent me [...]	2006-12-20 23:48:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL ETRD EMIN EAID TBIO PE
06LIMA4795	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RESEARCH ZOOLOGIST TERRY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Terry Chesser from January 15 - February 24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct ornithological field research on the west slope of the Andes in central-southern Peru, collecting specimens for the National Museum of Natu [...]	2006-12-28 19:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
06LIMA787	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 14:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
06LISBON2162	PORTUGAL: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE [...] At the September 21 Bilateral Commission Science and Technology (S&T) Subcommittee Meeting, Embassy officials reviewed the Embassy Science Fellow program, NASA/C3P activities, forest fire cooperation, and fuel conversion at the nuclear research reactor. The Portuguese delegation focused on t [...]	2006-09-28 16:12:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL TBIO TSPA PO
06LJUBLJANA58	SLOVENIA: 2006 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: Slovenia is at a critical policy making juncture on agricultural biotechnology. An EU member state since May 2004, Slovenia appears to be taking a more pragmatic approach to the adoption of biotechnology than some of its neighbors. Post sees a window of opportunity to influence poli [...]	2006-01-26 07:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO SI
06LONDON5533	UK: POCS FOR NNSAB INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION [...] Post has identified POCs within HMG and in the research community who are interested in engaging with the NSABB on the potential for the misuse of life sciences research and conveyed the points in reftel to the HMG. Within the HMG the Home Office is responsible for monitoring the possible mis [...]	2006-07-28 08:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UK
06LONDON6113	UK: "NOT NOW" FOR G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE EXERCISE [...] According to Post's contacts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HMG's Food Standards Agency (FSA) feels it is too early for HMG to effectively participate in the G8 BTEX exercise outlined in Reftel. The FSA currently plans on holding its own exercise this autumn and will not be able to c [...]	2006-08-21 09:08:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN UK
06LONDON8162	HMG TO PLEDGE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AT BAMAKO [...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Jo Newstead, the lead officer on pandemic flu at HMG's Department of Health. Newstead told ESTOff on November 30 that HMG will make an additional pledge of GBP 10 million at the December 6-8 avian and pandemic influenza conference in Bamako, Mali. Br [...]	2006-11-30 17:14:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA UK
06LUXEMBOURG558	THE GMO DEBATE IN LUXEMBOURG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three members of the Luxembourg government were featured participants at a recent Greenpeace-sponsored anti-genetically modified organisms (GMO) event. GOL officials stated their intent to do only the absolute minimum in order to comply with EU directives concerning GMOs, and i [...]	2006-10-19 09:46:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO PREL PGOV LU
06MADRID2085	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SOPKO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. George Sopko, Health Service Administrator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, September 1-7, to attend the Steering and Executive Meetings for STICH (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure). Post [...]	2006-08-22 10:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2114	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MASCETTE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Alice Mascette, Program Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 2 to September 4, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend a meeting of the Occluded Artery Trial. 2. Post understands [...]	2006-08-24 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2115	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. VICTOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Victor Marquez, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Madrid from September 8 to September 17, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to give a presentation at the University of Barcelona and the Ministry of Education and Science in Madrid [...]	2006-08-24 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA SP
06MADRID2116	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ANDREW ARAI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Andrew Arai, Senior Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 3 to September 4, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present a lecture at the World Congress on Cardiology. 2. Post unde [...]	2006-08-24 07:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2147	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC ALLEN MINTON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Research Chemist, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 21 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present a lecture at the Sixth Ibero-American Congress of Biophysics in Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assist [...]	2006-08-29 08:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2148	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC VINCENT HEARING [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Vincent Hearing, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 16 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present a lecture at the 13th meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research. [...]	2006-08-29 08:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2149	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC ANDREW ARAI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Andrew Arai, Senior Investigator, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 3 to September 4, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present a lecture at the World Congress on Cardiology. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3 [...]	2006-08-29 08:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2237	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. GASIOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Maciej Gasior, Staff Scientist, and Dr. James Stables, Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Sitges, Spain from September 9 to September 16, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and speak at [...]	2006-09-07 09:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2291	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HEINZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Heinz Arnheiter, Chief, Mammalian Development Section, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, Spain from September 23 to September 30, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the European Society for Pigment Cell Research Conference i [...]	2006-09-14 08:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2292	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOSEPH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Joseph Shiloach, Senior Investigator, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 20 to September 25, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present and chair a workshop at the Fourth Recombinant Protein Production meeting. 2. Post understands th [...]	2006-09-14 08:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2293	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. VALENCIA, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Julio Valencia, Visiting Fellow, Dr. William Pavan, Senior Investigator, and Dr. Marian Huizing, Staff Scientist, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 22 to October 2 (Valencia),September 22 - 29 (Pavan),and September 23-27 (Huizing). The [...]	2006-09-14 08:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2294	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. GEORGE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. George Thoma, Staff Scinetist, National Library of Medicine, NIH to travel to Alicante, Spain from September 17 to September 23, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the 10th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology f [...]	2006-09-14 08:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2295	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JENNIFER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jenniver Lippincott-Schwartz, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Develpment, NIH, to travel to Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain from September 24 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and speak at the s [...]	2006-09-14 08:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2296	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORDI CAMPS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jordi Camps, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 16 to September 25, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to meet with a collaborator and pick up DNA material. 2. Post understands that no a [...]	2006-09-14 08:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2297	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. EDWARD EDDY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Edward Eddy, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 16 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to speak and meet with collaborators at the 10th International Sym [...]	2006-09-14 08:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2298	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Rogawski, Chief, Epilepsy Research Section, NIH to travel to Sitges, Spain from September 10 to September 15, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the 8th Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs. 2. Post understands [...]	2006-09-14 08:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2328	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN MILNER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. John Milner, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 27 to October 1, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate at the First World Congress of Public Health Nutrition. 2. Post understands that no [...]	2006-09-15 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2329	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. GERHARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Gerhard Hummer, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 30 to October 3, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the University of Barcelo [...]	2006-09-15 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2410	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NIKOLAOS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nikolaos Tountas, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 3 to October 8, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate in the Drosophila as Model for Human Diseases meeting. 2. Po [...]	2006-09-25 07:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2411	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. CELLI AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jean Celli, Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIH, to travel to St. Feliu de Guixols, Spain from September 23 to October 1, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend a Scientific Conference. 2. Post understands th [...]	2006-09-25 07:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2466	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LUTZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Lutz Birnbaumer, Scientific Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 6 to October 9, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present a seminar at the University Alcala de Henares. 2. Po [...]	2006-09-29 13:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2467	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SNORRI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Snorri Thorgeirsson, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute NIH, to travel to S'Agaro, Spain from October 3 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the Esteve Foundation Symposium XII. 2. Post understands th [...]	2006-09-29 13:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2468	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN MILNER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. John Milner, Laboratory Chief, National Cancer Institute NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 5 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate in a meeting of the Working Group of Foods with Health Benefits. 2. [...]	2006-09-29 13:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2577	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC DONALD BOONE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Donald Boone, Associate Director for Science, NCHM, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 21 to October 30, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to chair and attend the European Platform for Patients Organizations, Science and Industry Conference. [...]	2006-10-13 12:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2578	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC FAYE WONG [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Faye Wong, Health Scientist, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 18 to October 22, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate in the Public Health Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3 [...]	2006-10-13 12:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2581	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. WILSON, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Wyndham Wilson, Chief, Lymphoma Therapeutics Section, Dr. John Janik, Investigator, and Dr. Adrian Wiestner, Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 12 to October 16, 2006. The purpose of [...]	2006-10-13 12:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2602	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JUN SHEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jun Shen, Section Chief, Mational Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 19 to October 24, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to give a seminar at the Laboratory for Imaging and Spectroscopy by Magnetic Resonance, Instit [...]	2006-10-16 09:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2603	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALEXANDER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Alexander Gorbach, Staff Scientist, Office of Research Services, NIH, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 17 to October 22, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present a lecture at the Second Biosim Conference. 2. Post understands [...]	2006-10-16 09:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2605	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA SUZIE KENT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Suzie Kent, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs,FDA, HHS to travel to Roto, Spain from October 24 to October 26, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to perform FDA regulatory inspections. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. V [...]	2006-10-16 09:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2606	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JAMES DUNNIE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Dunnie, Consumer Safety Officer Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Tarragona, Spain from October 26 to November 1, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to perform FDA regulatory inspections. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visi [...]	2006-10-16 09:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2607	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA KAREN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Karen Takahashi, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Kim Thomas-Cruse, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from October 14 to October 20, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to perform FDA regulatory inspections. 2. [...]	2006-10-16 09:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2819	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LICHTEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Lichten, Biologist, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Baeza, Spain on November 5 to November 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Mechanisms and Biological Consequences of Reocmbinational DNA Repair-Midiate Genome Instability. [...]	2006-11-03 16:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2821	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC, MILDRED [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mildred Pearson, Medical Epidemiologist, HHS/CDC to travel to Barcelona, Spain on November 01 to November 5. The purpose of this visit is to assist in the planning and organization of the scientific program for the 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrob [...]	2006-11-03 16:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2823	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA, JEFFREY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jeffrey Hangarnter, and Cynthia Lee, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Gava, Spain on November 04 to November 9. The purpose of this visit is to perform a regulatory/inspection and audit data. 2. Post understands that [...]	2006-11-03 16:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2825	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC, JOHN WARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Ward, Director, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 22 to November 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 29th Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors [...]	2006-11-03 16:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2861	SPAIN TO MAKE FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 09:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAID PREL ECON SP
06MADRID2877	PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE [...] In response to reftel request (para 10),Post has issued a management notice informing all employees and their families of the need to prepare for a potential influenza pandemic. This management notice advised employees to stockpile supplies of food, infant formula and water, and other impor [...]	2006-11-14 11:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC AMED KFLU KSAF KSEO TBIO SP
06MADRID2881	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/OS EDWIN WALKER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Edwin Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs Administration on Aging to travel to Segovia, Spain on November 10 to November 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the UNECE meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is req [...]	2006-11-14 12:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2948	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: FOJO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Tito Fojo, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 26 to December 2. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center. 2. Post understands that no assist [...]	2006-11-27 09:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2978	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] Agriculture: Wheat product import and export 2. KIPR: pursuit of possible patent law change 3. Biotech site visit 4. Basrah Childrens Hospital funds 5. Spain Grants A&T Status to CSI Agents Agriculture: Â [...]	2006-11-30 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EAGR EAID TBIO SP EAIR EINV
06MADRID3037	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] EWWT: Prestige wreck leaking fuel 2. ECON: Spain's economic situation 3. EUR/ERA Deputy Director for Econ visit to Madrid 4. EAGR: Spanish coexistence decree update 5. EAGR: Water levels/drought conditions in Spain Prestige May Be Leaking Fuel Again: Â [...]	2006-12-13 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT
06MADRID3086	SPAIN: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Spanish Deputy Health Minister Fernando Puig told the DCM December 7 that he believed that the threat of Avian Influenza had been exaggerated and that the health systems in place in the developed world, including in Spain, should be able to contain and limit the impact of any future out [...]	2006-12-22 10:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU PREL SP
06MADRID3093	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] ECON: Spanish economic growth 2. EAGR: Ethanol production 3. EAID: Spain sends aid to Phillippines 4. ECON: Spain to stop subsidizing energy prices 5. EAIR: New direct flight to Gibraltar 6. EAID: 700 million USD to UNDP 7. KIPR: Anti-pirating campaign Spanish Economic Growth in 2006 [...]	2006-12-27 14:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT PREL
06MADRID3102	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JENSEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NIH Senior Investigator Dr. Samuel Scheiner from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on January 9 to January 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend a planning session of Advances in Ne [...]	2006-12-28 12:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MANAGUA2499	NICARAGUA: NGO ATTEMPTS TO ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the Nicaraguan-based environmental NGO, Centro Humboldt, has stepped up its campaign against the distribution of "biotech food" by the World Food Program (WFP) and Project Concern International (PCI). While the campaign failed to elicit public support, it was l [...]	2006-11-13 18:34:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR NU
06MANAGUA547	NICARAGUA WILL TRY TO ATTEND CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 19:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO
06MANAMA39	BAHRAIN: AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] (U) Post has taken a number of measures in anticipation of the potential threat posed by Avian Influenza (AI). Post MED has held Mission briefings to help Embassy staff better understand AI and AI personal risk mitigation strategies. Post has contracted an LES to continually disinfect commonly [...]	2006-01-08 12:04:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO BA ECTRD
06MANAMA901	BAHRAIN: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] The Ambassador May 17 shared reftel demarche concerning the World Health Assembly (WHA) draft resolution on smallpox eradication with Health Minister Nada Haffadh. Minister Haffadh expressed interest in the subject and said she would convey the information to Health Ministry Director of Public [...]	2006-05-24 05:01:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO BA BILAT CTR
06MANILA1567	CRITICAL LACK OF RESOURCES FOR AI PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) The Philippines continues to maintain its official status as free of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). However the country is regarded as being at "high risk" considering the epidemic in the region and migratory birds, which transit the Philippines to and from affected countries. Post is con [...]	2006-04-07 03:59:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA1862	GRP ADOPTS CONFLICTED BIOSAFETY FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) Summary. President Arroyo issued an executive order (EO) adopting the National Biosafety Framework (NBF) as a compliance mechanism under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The NBF, a compromise between pro- and anti-biotech policy makers, promulgates conflicting principles in [...]	2006-04-28 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON SENV TBIO TSPL RP
06MANILA2009	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 8, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Rosalita Prospero, Health Division Director, Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Pros [...]	2006-05-10 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO WHO RP
06MANILA2207	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA [...] World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office in Manila outlined to Econoffs recent developments in North Sumatra, Indonesia involving a large cluster of avian influenza deaths. WHO confirmed that a group of seven family members contracted the disease; six have died. WHO was unable to det [...]	2006-05-26 10:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA2319	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Agriculture Secretary Panganiban on May 31 to discuss the status of the PL 480 agreement, continuing USG support for agricultural development in Mindanao, and the GRP's response plan for avian influenza. Panganiban confirmed the GRP had approved the PL 480 agree [...]	2006-06-02 11:46:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA2465	UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA - PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Post's Avian Influenza Task Force met on June 7 to review current initiatives and plans to prepare for a potential outbreak of Avian Influenza in the Philippines. The Task Force is chaired by USAID and includes representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Medical Unit, Ma [...]	2006-06-13 09:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP AMGT AMED
06MANILA3803	PHILIPPINES AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] There continues to be no evidence of AI in the Philippines. Post continues to monitor the situation within the country and the region, coordinates with other donors, and provides technical assistance to the GRP in four key areas: a) pandemic preparedness planning, b) mass communication and edu [...]	2006-09-11 01:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MAPUTO1582	MOZAMBIQUE: GOVERNMENT WARNS ITS CITIZENS ON WORLD [...] Senior government officials continued their candid dialogue in commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1. President Armando Guebuza, although out of the country on official travel, issued a written statement focusing particularly on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the fight against poverty, its [...]	2006-12-08 04:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO EAID MZ
06MAPUTO237	MOZAMBIQUE: "CHANGE BEGINS WITH US" - PRESIDENT [...] Summary: President Guebuza launched an historic Presidential Initiative to Combat HIV/AIDS with a succession of town hall meetings February 16-19 involving civil society and the private commercial sector. Displaying exceptional openness and engagement, he chaired each meeting personally and e [...]	2006-02-24 07:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TSPL OSCI TBIO KSCA EAID KPAO OIIP MZ
06MAPUTO903	MOZAMBIQUE: Assessment of NIH Proposed Research [...] This is Embassy Maputo's assessment in response to reftel. 2. Post has reviewed and clears on the NIH's proposed research project award - Observational Antiretroviral Studies in Southern Africa (OASIS) Collaboration - to the Pediatric Day Hospital in Maputo, Mozambique. 3. Post does not [...]	2006-07-26 13:12:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA USAID MZ
06MASERU228	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 10:12:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO LT
06MASERU236	SMALLPOX ERADICATION AND RESEARCH [...] (SBU) Ambassador reviewed smallpox points again with Minister of Health Phooko on May 16. Regarding "closed door" discussions by the Africa Group in Geneva, the Minister said it was agreed that no one African country would take a position; there would be an African Union (AU) stance (not yet [...]	2006-05-17 11:07:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC TBIO WHO PREL PGOV LT
06MASERU7	WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD: LESOTHO'S POSITION ON SMALLPOX AGENDA [...] (U) Lesotho's Minister of Health Phooko concurred with USG position regarding WHO Smallpox Agenda Item during January 9 discussion with Ambassador. Following review of talking points (reftel),Dr. Phooko stated that the concern of WHO Regional Committee for Africa was a desire for transparenc [...]	2006-01-10 11:04:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO LT
06MASERU8	WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD: LESOTHO'S POSITION ON SMALLPOX AGENDA [...] (U) Lesotho's Minister of Health Phooko concurred with USG position regarding WHO Smallpox Agenda Item during January 9 discussion with Ambassador. Following review of talking points (reftel),Dr. Phooko stated that the concern of WHO Regional Committee for Africa was a desire for transparenc [...]	2006-01-10 11:05:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO LT
06MINSK152	Belarus Getting Sicker [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Lukashenko's "Third Way Economic Miracle," the Belarusian population is now sicker, dies earlier and has fewer children than during the late Soviet period. Doctors at the CitiHope NGO recently passed to Econoff a report they drafted chronicling the systematic worsening o [...]	2006-02-14 08:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON TBIO ENRG MNUC SENV BO
06MINSK486	Pandemic Influenza Talking Points Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 12:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV BO
06MINSK720	POST REVIEW OF GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, [...] On June 27, 2006 USAID Country Representative, USAID Activity Manager and an Embassy Poloff met with UNDP HIV/AIDS Program Manager, the UNDP Resident Representative and the Belarus Global Fund Project Manager to discuss the results of Phase I of the project (which ends November 30, 2006) and p [...]	2006-07-12 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO BO
06MINSK893	GOB - "AVIAN INFLUENZA NOT BEHIND 100,000 POULTRY [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 100,000 chickens have died in two separate accidents at Belarusian poultry farms since July 14. The GOB stressed that human error was at fault and maintained that AI was not detected. Health officials reiterated that the deaths were unfortunate accidents, but ass [...]	2006-08-17 07:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO PGOV PHUM BO
06MONTEVIDEO980	BIOTECH CONFERENCE HITS THE MARK [...] (U) Summary: Post thanks EB and IIP for their assistance (ref A),which allowed Post to present a timely and well-targeted biotechnology seminar in Uruguay. A broad cross-section of key biotech decision makers attended the seminar October 12, and the conference achieved positive results. Sp [...]	2006-10-16 19:11:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO UY
06MUSCAT1064	CURRENT STATE OF HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS IN OMAN [...] A UNICEF report outlining its next five-year plan for Oman, done in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, provided updated statistics on the AIDS picture. While HIV rates remain low and numerically static, incidence of other sexually transmitted diseases is rising. The Ministry of Health [...]	2006-07-05 12:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV SOCI MU
06MUSCAT148	OMAN CALLS FOR IMPROVED INTERNATIONAL POLIO [...] According to local media, four cases of polio were reported in Oman in 2004 and 2005. Two Yemeni brothers, aged 9 and 10, were treated for symptoms of poliomyelitis, while visiting the Sultanate during the summer of 2005. The Omani Ministry Of Health also reported two cases of polio were "i [...]	2006-02-06 11:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL SA MU ESTH
06MUSCAT509	OMAN ROLLS OUT AVIAN FLU PLAN [...] Oman rolled out in February its much anticipated National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan with a view toward promoting public awareness, and will conduct a series of simulations in the Dhofar region to test its effectiveness. As of April 1, Oman remains avian influenza-free, notwithstandi [...]	2006-04-03 10:10:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL MU ESTH
06NAIROBI1174	KENYA REPLY ON SHARING OF GENETIC RESOURCES [...] Econoff delivered reftel points on March 9 to Elijah Manyara, Director, Department of External Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry. Manyara noted that the trade in genetic resources is an important issue for Kenya, which feels that its biological diversity has been exploited by "foreign en [...]	2006-03-15 10:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD TBIO KE
06NAIROBI1283	ADDITIONAL KENYA REPLY ON SHARING OF GENETIC [...] SUMMARY: Following the delivery of Ref A talking points last week, Econoff met with Kenyan trade officials and heard additional details of Kenya's strong support for a binding, negotiated protocol on access and benefit sharing of genetic resources (ABS). Kenya believes that a new protocol i [...]	2006-03-21 13:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD TBIO KE
06NAIROBI950	KENYA AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS UPDATE [...] Summary: To date, Kenya has no confirmed cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza, but suspect samples from flamingos, as well as poultry samples from Uganda, are being analyzed by CDC-Kenya. Kenya does have a valuable interagency AI Task Force, and a cadre of well-trained technical officials who shou [...]	2006-03-03 01:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE
06NASSAU363	BIRD FLU FEARS LIKELY UNFOUNDED [...] Twenty-one wild birds, mostly flamingos, were found dead February 28 on the island of Great Inagua in the Southern Bahamas, and testing is underway to determine if the H5N1 virus, avian influenza, is to blame. Bahamian authorities are working closely with the Pan American Health Organization [...]	2006-03-02 16:09:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BF

06NASSAU368	FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS SUGGEST NO BIRD FLU [...] The Bahamian Ministries of Agriculture and Health sent a surveillance team to the southern island of Great Inagua on March 2 to investigate whether a group of wild birds found dead several days ago could have been the Western Hemisphere's first cases of avian influenza or bird flu. The team [...]	2006-03-03 15:09:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL BF
06NASSAU616	MINISTRY OF TOURISM SUPPRESSES BIRD FLU RESPONSE [...] Environmental officials informed the Embassy April 4 that the Bahamian Government has ceased its investigation of multiple suspicious bird deaths on Great Inagua Island. In late February, the discovery sparked fears of the first bird flu cases in the Western Hemisphere (reftels b and c). Lab [...]	2006-04-06 21:20:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BF
06NASSAU863	2006 AMBASSADOR'S SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM FOR HIV/AIDS [...] SUMMARY: The Bahamas is making continued progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS because of the cooperative efforts of government and non-governmental organizations. However, persons living with HIV/AIDS face stigma and discrimination as a result of their infection. To address this concern, [...]	2006-06-01 20:14:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO KHIV BF
06NASSAU940	MALARIA OUTBREAK IN THE BAHAMAS [...] SUMMARY: As of June 14, 2005, The Bahamas Ministry of Health and the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed 16 cases of malaria on Great Exuma Island, approximately 120 miles from Nassau. An American tourist who visited Exuma has now contracted Malaria. All confirmed cases appear to hav [...]	2006-06-16 16:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC PREL BF
06NDJAMENA339	CHAD: PREPARING FOR THE AI INEVITABLE [...] Summary. With Avian Influenza (AI) confirmed in neighboring Nigeria and Niger, we believe that it is only a matter of time before AI is found in Chad. We are fortunate that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in N'djamana is able and engaged. However Chad lacks the [...]	2006-03-01 16:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAID AMED EAGR CD
06NEWDELHI1396	POSITIVE BURNS-SHARMA FEBRUARY 24 MEETING FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary: The February 24 meeting between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Indian Minister of SIPDIS State for External Affairs Anand Sharma reflected important GOI political endorsement of the positive direction of our bilateral relationship. Sharma, well-versed in the w [...]	2006-02-24 14:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP OVIP CVIS EINV ENLT KFLU TBIO
06NEWDELHI2587	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 19 US-INDIA CT JOINT WORKING [...] (C) Summary: The US-India counterterrorism dialogue reflects our shared values and encompasses the range of CT issues in South Asia. New Delhi focuses on combating jihadi terrorism launched from Pakistan, which complicates USG efforts to engage Delhi in a more vibrant intelligence dialogue without [...]	2006-04-18 07:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS MASS KJUS KTIA TBIO
06NEWDELHI3611	EMBASSY AND MEA HOLD PRODUCTIVE, FOCUSED CTJWG [...] (U) This is an Action Request for SCA and S/CT. Please see Para 17. 2. (C) Summary: The DCM and key Embassy interlocutors on counterterrorism issues (see Paras 21-22) on May 19 reviewed with MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh action items that emerged from the April 19 [...]	2006-05-24 10:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER EFIN TBIO PREL PINS SCUL KCIP ASEC EAIR
06NEWDELHI3997	INDIA BEHIND ON BIOTERROR PREPARATIONS BUT TAKING [...] (C) Summary: The GOI regards a bioterrorism attack as an event of such low probability that the potential impact does not register high on New Delhi's agenda. We have no reason to believe terrorist organizations operating in India have access to pathogens at this time; also, bioterrorism is inconsi [...]	2006-06-08 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TBIO PINS KSCA PINR EAIR SENV
06NIAMEY390	NIGER: APRIL 21 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Niger has reported no new cases of avian influenza (AI) in many weeks. Culling in the region of Magaria is complete according to the Government of Niger (GON). Samples of bird tissue taken during this culling provided no new positive indications of bird flu outbreaks in Nige [...]	2006-04-21 13:52:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT
06NIAMEY531	NIGER: MAY 26 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. A recent bird die off in the area of Magaroufa, south of the Nigerien city of Maradi, shows the menace of bird flu remains in Niger. Although the source of these bird deaths has yet to be confirmed as the H5N1 strain, the presence of H5 was detected locally and samples have be [...]	2006-05-26 15:57:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT
06NICOSIA116	CYPRUS: H5N1 CONFIRMED IN A CHICKEN AND A TURKEY [...] (SBU) On January 29, the EU reference laboratory at Weybridge in the UK confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in two samples of chicken and turkey found in the Turkish Cypriot administered area of Cyprus (ref A). Two European Commission veterinary experts arrived late January 29 for a thre [...]	2006-01-30 15:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED
06NICOSIA150	CYPRUS AI UPDATE: VISITING EU EXPERT REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a private briefing February 1, a visiting EU veterinary expert called the Turkish Cypriot response to positive H5N1 tests for a cock and hen in north Cyprus on January 29 (ref b) "adequate," and said the outbreak appears isolated and under control. Since no other AI cases h [...]	2006-02-03 14:44:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED CASC
06NICOSIA195	CYPRUS AI UPDATE: ISOLATED OUTRBEAK UNDER [...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 on January 29 (refs a-c). The draft trip report (faxed to EUR/SE) of the EU Veterinary experts who visited Cyprus January 29- February 1 (ref [...]	2006-02-10 14:43:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NICOSIA242	CYPRUS AI UPDATE: NO NEW CASES; MOST SPECIAL [...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 in January (refs b-d). Three more EU veterinary experts and a health expert visited the island February 13-16. They reconfirmed the previous [...]	2006-02-17 14:48:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NICOSIA74	CYPRUS: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] (U) Summary: Because Cyprus is only 45 miles from the Turkish shore and on the flight path for thousands of migratory birds, Cypriot officials continue to believe that it is only a matter of time before Avian Influenza is found on the island. The outbreak in Turkey has redoubled efforts (and [...]	2006-01-23 14:11:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED PREL CY
06NICOSIA76	CYPRUS: SUSPECTED CASE OF AI IN POULTRY IN NORTH [...] (SBU) The Turkish Cypriot "Chief Veterinary Officer" Ersan Korudag confirmed to us that two birds (a chicken and a turkey) had tested positive for an A type influenza late January 23. Turkish Cypriot laboratories lack the ability to test for subtypes of AI, thus Turkish Cypriot authorities ha [...]	2006-01-24 11:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED
06OSLO1406	NORWAY CONSIDERS CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 11:35:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID PREL ECON NO
06OSLO237	NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE [...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...]	2006-03-01 17:39:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR TBIO KFLU NO
06OSLO238	NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE [...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...]	2006-03-02 06:15:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV EAGR ECON NO
06OSLO582	POINTS DELIVERED: NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR PANDEMIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 12:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KFLU NO
06OSLO584	NORWAY SUPPORTS MAINTAINING SMALLPOX STOCKS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 12:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TBIO WHO NO
06OSLO660	POINTS DELIVERED: POLIO ERADICATION AND THE WHA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 12:50:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA WHO NO
06OTTAWA11	PROTECTING THE WATER SUPPLY; POINTS OF CONTACT [...] With respect to information requested reftel: The Canadian federal government contact is Paul Pagotto at Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC). He has agreed to be the Canadian government point of contact for this effort. In addition, you will also find the contact details o [...]	2006-01-04 14:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TBIO PINS EAGR CA
06OTTAWA1323	U/S DOBRIANSKY AND CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON [...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Connaughton visited Ottawa April 24/25 at the direction of the President and at the request of the Canadian Government to discuss a number of significant environmen [...]	2006-05-03 17:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TBIO CA
06OTTAWA2021	POTENTIAL FOR IPR PROGRESS: CANADA'S PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC has proposed a two-regulation package (significantly different from its 2004 proposal) consisting of data protection for the innovative pharmaceutical industries and "Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance)" for the generic drug industries, a combination designed to [...]	2006-06-29 19:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON TBIO CA
06OTTAWA2254	CANADA ON PROPOSED G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE TABLETOP EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 16:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN CA
06OTTAWA3491	Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic flu: Canadian Plans [...] (U) The Government of Canada (GoC) will send a delegation to attend the fourth international conference on avian and pandemic influenza (API) in Bamako, Mali, December 6 through 8. Canada's Ambassador to Mali, Isabelle Roy, will lead the delegation; her deputy will be Dr. Arlene King, Director [...]	2006-11-28 20:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CA
06OTTAWA3591	CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS HIV/AIDS [...] Canada's International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced on December 1, World AIDS Day, C$120 million to fight HIV/AIDS overseas. This is over and above what Canada has previously pledged to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The new funding will support glob [...]	2006-12-13 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO EAID CA XA
06OTTAWA40	WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON SMALLPOX [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 17:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO CA WHO
06PANAMA1223	PANAMA COORDINATES RESPONSE TO AVIAN FLU THREAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 31, 2006, a broad range of GOP ministries and NGOs met to coordinate efforts on Panama's Avian Influenza (AI) National Prevention and Response Plan. Participants included officials from the Ministry of Health (MINSA),Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA),the Panama [...]	2006-06-22 15:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV PM
06PANAMA1231	HHS VISIT BOOSTS REGIONAL FOCUS ON AVIAN FLU [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt's June 7-10 visit to Panama boosted the efforts of Central American health ministers to prepare for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) or another type of pandemic. Through a series of official meetings and publ [...]	2006-06-22 19:49:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV PM
06PANAMA1580	GOP PITCHES REGIONAL HEALTH SCHOOL AS WAY TO BOOST [...] (C) The GOP hopes for strong U.S. support to establish a "School of Health for the Americas" in Panama. With students and faculty drawn from throughout the hemisphere, the school is aimed at improving healthcare delivery, particularly to poor communities. In so doing, the GOP believes it could a [...]	2006-08-11 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO EAID PGOV PM
06PANAMA2272	HEALTH MINISTER UNDER FIRE, BUT NOT (YET) OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The deaths of some 44 Panamanians from poisoned medications produced and distributed by the GOP's Social Security Fund (CSS) have prompted growing calls for the ouster of Minister of Health Camilo Alleyne and CSS Director Rene Luciani. Although several CSS employees and execut [...]	2006-11-24 15:57:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV KSCA CDC PM
06PANAMA913	HEALTH MINISTER ON REGIONAL FORUM, AVIAN FLU, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Health Minister Camilo Alleyne anticipates HHS Secretary Leavitt's participation at a regional forum of health ministers the GOP plans to host in early June, with a focus on pandemic flu issues. He is willing to attend the June 6-7 IPAPI meeting in Vienna. Alleyne believes that [...]	2006-05-11 22:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV PM
06PARAMARIBO305	UPDATE: PATAMACCA PALM OIL PROJECT [...] (SBU) A late breaking solution to difficulties securing financial guarantees has breathed new life into the Chinese Patamacca palm oil project, but this event has renewed controversy over the sound business sense behind the deal. Those opposed describe it as nothing more than a thinly veiled t [...]	2006-05-24 11:13:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EAGR EINV SMIG TBIO CH NS
06PARAMARIBO770	SURINAME'S RESPONSE TO USG'S SUPPORRT FOR BAMAKO [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to the Government of Suriname (GOS). Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department Head Terence Craig acknowledged receipt of information and said that he seriously doubted that the GOS would send a representative to the conference. 2. (U) Post will inform [...]	2006-12-04 15:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA NS
06PARIS1103	FRANCE REPORTS FIRST CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN [...] Summary: French authorities confirmed on February 18 the first case of avian flu in a wild duck on French territory. The government has extended the confinement of poultry to all departments of continental France. Vaccination of fowl is imminent in areas where confinement is difficult to en [...]	2006-02-22 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1144	FIRST APPARENT CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN FRENCH [...] (U) Summary: Early on February 24, France's Agriculture Minister confirmed that a flock of domestic turkeys contained highly pathogenic H5 virus. Laboratory results, expected shortly, have yet to confirm definitively the H5N1 strain. However, the flock of turkeys - since culled - was locat [...]	2006-02-24 12:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1184	CHIKUNGUNYA EPIDEMIC ON REUNION ISLAND - [...] (U) Summary: A chikungunya (`chik') mosquito-borne viral epidemic in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has become a serious political problem in Paris. Health Minister Bertrand in particular has been roundly criticized for "under-estimating" the epidemic. In an attempt to rein in th [...]	2006-02-24 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC FR
06PARIS1220	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION [...] On February 22, Senior OES Public Affairs Advisor Susan Povenmire met with Maria Zampaglione, Director of Communications of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),to discuss how the USG and the OIE might collaborate on avian flu public outreach efforts. US Mission for UNESCO Science [...]	2006-02-27 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS1523	French Response to Discovery of AI in a [...] Summary : Following the discovery of the H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) virus in late February on a commercial poultry farm in the Ain district, 47 countries have placed partial or complete bans on French poultry imports, domestic poultry consumption has dropped more than 30 percent, poultry price [...]	2006-03-10 06:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU KFLU TBIO FR
06PARIS1620	AVIAN FLU: U/S DOBRIANSKY REVIEWS EFFORTS TO [...] Summary and Introduction: International Efforts to Counter Avian Flu were the focus of U/S for Global Affairs Paula Dobrianksy's February 28 meeting with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Director General Bernard Vallat. Stressing White House leadership on this issue, U/S Dobriansk [...]	2006-03-14 14:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA KFLU UNESCO
06PARIS1734	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - [...] As of 3/17, French authorities report no new cases of the H5N1 in domestic poultry since the sole case confirmed on 2/25 in a farm at Versailleux in Ain `departement'. 11,000 turkeys were culled (refs A and B). Since initial detection in a wild duck on 2/18, H5N1 has been found [...]	2006-03-17 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1920	DONOR RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN [...] On March 21, ESTH Counselor and Science Affairs Specialist delivered reftel demarche to the French MFA Burma/Thailand desk officer Franck Vermeulen and Ambassador for Avian Influenza Preparedness Jean Garbe. Vermeulen stated that France has no bilateral assistance programs with Burma and it [...]	2006-03-24 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR EAID FR MBM
06PARIS198	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (OIE) [...] Dr. Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organization for Animal health (OIE) is pleased to accept the invitation, conveyed reftel, to the January 19 side meeting at the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza. 2. Dr. Vallat and other OIE deleg [...]	2006-01-11 17:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS217	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL [...] Summary: In Advance of the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, The Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is pleased with the level of cooperation among the various international organizations leading this effort (World bank [...]	2006-01-12 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO SOCI SENV TSPL KSCA EAGR OIE
06PARIS2317	USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety [...] On April 7, 2006, USDA Under-Secretary for Food Safety Richard Raymond met with recently-appointed Executive Director of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) Catherine Geslain-Laneelle in Paris. Ms. Geslain-Laneelle is currently Regional Director of Agriculture and Forestry for the French I [...]	2006-04-07 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU KFLU TBIO FR
06PARIS2424	POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER EAGR FR PARM CI PREL BCW CBW
06PARIS2491	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE 4/14/06 [...] The twice-postponed French AI national exercise has been rescheduled for April 24- 25. This exercise is designed to test the GOF Avian Influenza National Plan. Along with the French Health, Foreign Affairs, and Interior Ministries, the WHO, FAO, the World Organization for Animal Health, and [...]	2006-04-14 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS2837	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 4/28/06 [...] On April 24, Minister of Health Bertrand announced France's new public awareness campaign to minimize the impact of a potential avian influenza pandemic. The campaign called, "Adoptons les gestes qui nous protegent," translated as, "Taking the steps that will protect us," will debut in May. [...]	2006-04-28 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS319	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (OIE) [...] As reported ref B, Dr. Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organization for Animal health (OIE) has accepted the invitation to the January 19 side meeting at the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza. 2. Ref A also requested comments on the [...]	2006-01-18 10:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS3283	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO FR WHO
06PARIS3497	UPDATE ON UNESCO ETHICS DIVISION [...] Summary and comment-U.S. Mission Health Attache met May 19 with Henk Ten Have, director of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, which is located in UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences sector. Along with Ten Have were two of his staff, Sabina Colombo (bioethics) and Simone Scholze [...]	2006-05-24 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO
06PARIS3782	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 06/06/06 [...] French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Pasteur recently announced the preliminary, but encouraging, results of its Phase 1 trials for a pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccine. The clinical study, involving 300 people, tested two formulations of the vaccine, one with and one without an adjuvant. The tests reve [...]	2006-06-06 12:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS5028	UNESCO ETHICS PROGRAMS, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT [...] Summary and comment. The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) held an "extraordinary" session in Paris on June 27-28, 2006. This meeting was held to brief members on current activities and to obtain recommendations on next steps in three areas of "et [...]	2006-07-25 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TBIO
06PARIS520	UPDATED FRENCH AVIAN FLU PLAN [...] Summary. In its updated strategic plan to combat avian flu, the French government recognizes the six alert phases defined by WHO and details the roles and responsibilities of government agencies that would be involved in the event of a pandemic. The plan also underscores the importance of [...]	2006-01-26 11:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC AMGT FR KFLU
06PARIS706	SCENESETTER FOR PARIS VISIT HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome you to Paris to meet with Health Minister Bertrand and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of Institut Pasteur, Professor Alice Dautry. The Embassy works closely with the Ministry of Health on a range of matters, including avian flu, AIDS and the Global [...]	2006-02-02 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL ECON SOCI FR
06PARIS7318	INTERNATIONAL UNION'S LUNG CONFERENCE - PUNCHING ABOVE ITS [...] SUMMARY: The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease convened the 37th Union World Conference on Lung Health from October 31 to November 4, 2006 in Paris, France. The Union's annual conference is the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts dedicate [...]	2006-11-09 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV KFLU FR
06PARIS7806	USUNESCO: 13th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS [...] Summary: The 13th session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) examined the preliminary reports of its working groups on social responsibility and health and on consent. During the debate on social responsibility and health, IBC members reiterated their independence from UNESCO itsel [...]	2006-12-15 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TBIO US KSCI FR
06PARIS851	France and ISTA Executive Committee [...] Per REFTEL, FAS/Paris sent the talking points to Joel Lechappe, French Delegate to the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA),and discussed the points with him in a follow-up conversation. 2. Joel Lechappe said that he will be the French Delegate at the ISTA Executive Committee m [...]	2006-02-09 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV TBIO FR WTRO EUN
06PRETORIA1052	SOUTH AFRICAN HIV/AIDS SPENDING IN 2006 BUDGET [...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel presented South Africa's 2006 Budget, highlighting the South African government's planned expenditures and revenues over the following three years. Expenditures on social development constitute over half of total expenditures. Spending on health and [...]	2006-03-14 11:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1195	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 24 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-03-24 11:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1324	SOUTH AFRICA: AFRICA'S BIOTECH POWERHOUSE [...] (U) Summary. South Africa leads the African continent in the adoption, acceptance and advancement of biotech knowledge. It has a vibrant and productive biotech community that produces far more scientific articles and patents than any other Africa country. Funding for biotech grew 360% betwe [...]	2006-04-03 12:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL SF
06PRETORIA1415	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 7 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-04-07 12:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA142	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 13 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-01-13 12:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1657	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 21 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-04-21 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1821	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH May 4 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-05-05 10:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA2065	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH May 19 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-05-19 07:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA2249	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH June 2 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-06-01 14:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA320	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 27 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-01-27 12:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA603	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH FEBRUARY 10 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-02-10 13:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA790	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH FEBRUARY 24 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-02-24 11:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA990	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 10 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-03-10 07:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06RABAT1429	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAVID BULL [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to David Bull to travel to Rabat, Morocco, August 1-5, 2006 for the purpose of providing guidance to Morocco Ministry of Health officials in pandemic influenza planning. 2. Post understands that the traveler is staying at the Sofitel and r [...]	2006-07-28 09:56:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA
06RABAT159	NIH SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT WITH MOROCCO [...] SUMMARY: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias Zerhouni visited Morocco January 23-24 to meet GOM health authorities and explore opportunities for U.S.-Morocco cooperation in the field of public health and biomedical research. During his Jan. 23 meeting with the Minister of Heal [...]	2006-01-30 16:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TBIO MO
06RABAT1640	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH/FIC DR. HARFORD [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Dr. Joe Harford, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH to travel to Casablanca, Morocco, September 14-17, 2006 to participate in a Conference on Cervical Cancer. 2. Point of contact for the vis [...]	2006-09-05 16:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KSCA TBIO MO
06RABAT2196	USG SUPPORT FOR BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON AVIAN AND [...] (U) Per reftel, talking points were delivered to Dr. Abderraham Benmamoun, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health, on November 30. Benmamoun was well briefed on the Bamako Avian Flu conference and said he would lead the Moroccan delegation, which would also include Dr. Abderrahman L [...]	2006-11-30 14:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR TBIO PREL EAID
06RABAT2206	MISSION MOROCCO PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Mission Avian Influenza Working Group met on November 6 to review guidance in reftel and has worked since that date to prepare the guidance it recommended and disseminate it to Mission personnel. An administrative notice was issued to publicize the most recent M/MED information on avian [...]	2006-12-01 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC FKLU SKSAF KSEO MO
06RABAT367	AVIAN FLU: NO TIME TO PANIC [...] (U) Summary: Although no cases of Avian Influenza have been detected in Morocco, the malady has many Moroccans quaking in their boots. The issue regularly dominates front page news, rumors of outbreaks circulate at lightening speed, and consumption of chicken has plummeted, putting the $1.4 [...]	2006-03-01 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR KFLU CASC MO
06RABAT808	Misuse of Life Sciences Research - Morocco [...] On April 25, post delivered reftel demarche and questions regarding misuse of life sciences to Dr. Khalid Temsamani, National Coordinator of Materials Science at the Department of Scientific Research at the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education. Temsamani provided responses and point of cont [...]	2006-04-28 12:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER KTIA MO
06RANGOON124	TECHNOCRATS WILLING TO ENGAGE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (C) Summary: The first visit of USAID's Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor based in Bangkok, prompted a rare level of access and engagement by GOB counterparts. Eager for information as well as support, experts at the Ministries of Health and, especially, Livestock and Fisheries discussed [...]	2006-01-31 01:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1249	BURMA: AI UPDATE - AUGUST 30, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma has reported no new cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since a February/March 2006 poultry outbreak, which was contained in April. Donors, including USAID, support targeted WHO and FAO activities to improve local capacity to address AI. Although the GOB continues to cooperate [...]	2006-08-31 08:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1503	AI RESPONSE IN BURMA REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),together with the Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH) and Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) hosted donor and training workshops in Rangoon on September 28-29. U reps used the donor me [...]	2006-10-11 01:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV CASC TBIO KLFU BM
06RANGOON1679	BURMA: AI UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: GOB authorities have not reported any new cases of Avian Influenza in Burma since the outbreak in poultry in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions was contained in April 2006. On October 30, the government imposed a ban on the import and use of AI vaccine, as well as on animal bones and [...]	2006-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1769	BURMA AI UPDATE - DECEMBER 5 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-05 05:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1776	BURMA AI UPDATE - DECEMBER 5 [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma has not reported any new cases of AI since it contained the March - April 2006 poultry outbreak through extensive culling. The GOB continues to work with donors to improve its surveillance, reporting, and response capabilities. David Castellan, a short-term advisor to FAO [...]	2006-12-07 02:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON259	BURMA: CONVERGING ON AI ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID's Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor, on a second visit to Rangoon, encouraged WHO and FAO to identify needs and strengthen their capacity to investigate and respond to AI outbreaks in Burma. The GOB updated its national response plan, but some responsible ministries st [...]	2006-02-26 23:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON345	SUSPECTED AI OUTBREAK AMONG BIRDS IN BURMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 12, GOB officials informed FAO and WHO officials of a suspected outbreak on March 8 of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry farm in Mandalay Division. Specimens collected by a joint-ministerial investigation team from Rangoon tested positive f [...]	2006-03-14 23:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO CASC KFLU BM
06RANGOON355	BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 15 UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. In response to a suspected AI outbreak on March 8 in Pyi-gyi-dagun Township, Mandalay authorities have banned all sales of chickens, ducks, and eggs. A Bangkok-based USAID expert on AI and an Embassy Rangoon FSN agricultural specialist will join a FAO and WHO assessment team tra [...]	2006-03-15 11:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON359	BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 16 UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 15, NIAH Bangkok confirmed that chicken specimens from Burma tested positive for the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus (AI). The Bangkok laboratory faxed the information to the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries the same day, and at 9:00 p.m. on March 15, the GOB made its fir [...]	2006-03-16 23:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON364	BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 17 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The FAO/WHO assessment team is on the ground in Mandalay to investigate confirmed cases of AI at poultry farms in the district. Supplementary supplies of PPE and disinfectant arrived in Rangoon on March 16 and some have already reached the field investigation teams in Mandalay. [...]	2006-03-17 08:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON372	BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 20 [...] (U) SUMMARY. No human cases of AI have been reported in Burma to date. A joint FAO/WHO assessment team, accompanied by USAID Bangkok Infectious Diseases Advisor and Embassy's FSN agricultural specialist, visited hospitals and poultry farms in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions on March 17-18 to [...]	2006-03-20 10:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON399	BURMA AI UPDATE - MARCH 23 [...] (U) SUMMARY. FAO Bangkok reported a possible new AI outbreak among poultry in Shan State, but local contacts have not yet been able to confirm. Foreign donors have yet to respond to the GOB's request for additional assistance, although Australian animal testing equipment en route before the [...]	2006-03-23 23:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON437	BURMA AI OUTBREAK SITE ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint FAO/WHO team, accompanied by a USAID Regional Infectious Diseases advisor and a FSN from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),assessed an AI outbreak in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, Burma, on March 17-18. Government of Burma (GOB) officials reported cases to the OI [...]	2006-03-30 09:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON459	BURMA AI UPDATE - APRIL 4 [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 31, WHO/FAO Burma briefed UN agencies and diplomatic missions on the country's AI situation. A Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MLF) director gave a chronology of the AI outbreaks in central Burma, which began on March 3, and the GOB's efforts to control the disease [...]	2006-04-04 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON604	OFFICIALS UPDATE VISITING FAS REPS ON AI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory visit, APHIS Area Director Ned Cardenas and FAS Agricultural Attache Russ Nicely received an open, thorough update from Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) officials about current GOB efforts to contain the recent Avian Influenza outbreak. [...]	2006-05-05 00:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON623	BURMA UNPREPARED TO FIGHT AI IN HUMANS [...] (SBU) Summary: WHO Country Director Dr. Adik Wibowo reported that Australia will donate A$1,000,000 (approximately $770,000) and the Asia Development Bank plans to donate US$1,000,000 to combat AI in Burma, but stressed that more work is needed to handle an AI epidemic effectively. On a recen [...]	2006-05-09 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06REYKJAVIK167	ICELAND TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON MOP-3 FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 08:20:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO IC
06RIYADH2542	Avian Flu: Saudi Arabia Closing Small Poultry [...] (U) Summary: Meetings with the WHO representative, Ministry of Agriculture (MOA),and Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed that the SAG has established necessary preparations for avian flu, including action plans, an emergency "hotline" number, monitoring and testing sites for migratory birds, a [...]	2006-04-09 13:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR SA

06RIYADH2544	Cultural Norms and Non-Transparency Hamstring [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings with public health officials during the visit of regional ESTH officer to Saudi Arabia provided a snapshot of Saudi health issues: a population increasingly afflicted with costly illnesses of the wealthy - obesity, diabetes, and heart disease - and a health system tha [...]	2006-04-10 04:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KHIV SA
06RIYADH2560	Saudi Science Research - Gathering Strength [...] Summary: Academic and scientific researchers in Saudi Arabia are hungry for more contact with American counterparts and believe that the Saudi research system is increasingly operating up to international standards. Improved education and upcoming research opportunities fQ women, including the [...]	2006-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TBIO SENV KHIV CVIS SA
06RIYADH9204	AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE INVITATION RESPONSE [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided a response to the reftel on 11 December 2006 thanking us for notifying them of the Avian Flu conference in Bamako, but regretting the SAG could not participate. The MFA also informed us the SAG has donated $1 million USD to the U.N. Food and Agricultur [...]	2006-12-27 09:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID SA
06ROME1006	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: On March 28, USMISSION UN ROME met with FAO Animal Production and Health (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation (TCE) Divisions staff to discuss Azerbaijan; global Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) expert needs; personal protective equipment (PPE) needs in the West [...]	2006-04-04 07:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO
06ROME1024	ITALY RESPONSE TO WHA SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] On March 31, per instructions in reftel, Rome delivered talking points to Dr. Vittorio Silano, Head of the Ministry of Health's Department of Innovation. On April 4, we received a reply from Dr. Maria Grazia Pompa, Head of Office V (Infectious Diseases and International Prevention) of the MO [...]	2006-04-04 17:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TBIO PREL IT WHO
06ROME1090	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] USMISSION UN ROME staff covered the USDA/Washington April 3-6 meetings with FAO on providing U.S. experts for FAO's global efforts to combat Avian Influenza. A separate reporting cable will be issued. During some free periods this week, USMISSION UN ROME held brief discussions with FAO Anim [...]	2006-04-11 07:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1149	AVIAN INFLUENZA: U.S. ASSISTANCE TO THE FAO/OIE [...] Summary: A USDA administrative team from FAS and APHIS visited FAO HQ in Rome April 3-6 to survey FAO resource needs and determine how best to provide personnel resources to assist with HPAI emergency response efforts. FAO is moving forward with plans to establish a Crisis Management Center [...]	2006-04-14 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1475	ITALY PARTICIPATION AT WHA PREPAREDNESS MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, on May 15, Science Specialist delivered Secretary Leavitt's invitation to Italy's Minister of Health, plus up to two staff members, to attend the May 22 Ministerial meeting on influenza preparedness issues at the World Health Assembly (WHA). 2. (U) Italy' [...]	2006-05-16 04:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU IT WHO
06ROME163	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON TURKEY AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JANUARY 13, USMISSION UN ROME STAFF MET WITH JOSEPH DOMENECH, FAO CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER, AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION IN TURKEY AND NEEDS THERE. ALSO DISCUSSED WAS THE OUTLOOK FOR ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA. FOR TURKEY, DOMENECH STATE [...]	2006-01-18 11:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME3213	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE ON TURKEY AI [...] SUMMARY: FAO SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICIAL JUAN LUBROTH GAVE A PRESS BRIEFING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16, ON HIS MISSION TO TURKEY TO ASSESS THE AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION. THE FAO ASSESSMENT IS MORE OPTIMISTIC THIS WEEK COMPARED TO LAST WEEK WHEN FAO WARNED AI COULD BECOME ENDEMIC TO TURKEY. THE MA [...]	2006-01-17 15:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME428	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA [...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment arrives [...]	2006-02-13 12:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME430	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA [...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment team ar [...]	2006-02-13 12:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME435	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ITALY, IRAQ, [...] Based on communications today between USMISSION UN Rome staff and Dr. Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, FAO will conduct a press conference on February 14 at 10:30 a.m. The message that will be relayed will include the following: 2. On the Government of Italy's efforts: -- FAO [...]	2006-02-13 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME464	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE PROVIDES [...] On February 14, FAO held a press conference to provide a global update on Avian Influenza. Areas highlighted were Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Europe in general (with a primary focus on Italy),and future preparations for Latin America/Caribbean. Samuel Jutzi, Director of FAO's Animal Product [...]	2006-02-15 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME510	AVIAN INFLUENZA - MIGRATORY SWANS TEST POSITIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tri-Mission Avian Influenza (AI) Emergency Action Committee (AI-EAC) met on January 20 to review post contingency planning and on February 13 to discuss confirmation by the Ministry of Health February 11-12 that six migratory swans in three southern regions (Puglia, Calabria and [...]	2006-02-21 08:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU ASEC AMED CASC SENV FAO WHO IT
06ROME626	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT [...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...]	2006-03-01 16:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME678	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: In an effort to keep all USG agencies in Washington and in the field informed on FAO activities to combat and control Avian Influenza (AI),USMISSION UN ROME has instituted this new weekly reporting cable. FAO Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) and Animal Produc [...]	2006-03-03 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME762	ITALIAN AVIAN/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PLAN ADOPTED [...] SUMMARY: Ref C reported on a draft version of Italy's avian/pandemic influenza preparedness plan. The final version of the plan was adopted by the Council of the State and Regions on February 9, 2006. The National Plan for Preparedness and Response to Pandemic Influenza is now available in [...]	2006-03-10 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR KFLU SENV ECON PREL KSCA IT AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME766	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: During three days of high-level and technical level discussions with FAO on March 7-9, a consensus was reached that a more robust global response was needed, with FAO, in coordination with OIE, as the global coordinator. FAO hosted the series of meetings relating to improving emerge [...]	2006-03-10 17:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME860	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 16, USMISSION UN ROME staff met with various members of FAO's Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) for an update on Avian Influenza (AI) operations worldwide as well specific country programs. Much of t [...]	2006-03-17 16:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME87	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ANIMAL SITUATION IN [...] Summary. Responding to alarming media reports on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Turkey, on January 9, USMISSION UN Rome asked Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer (SVO),to share with us FAO's assessment of the situation in Turkey and ongoing work to control [...]	2006-01-10 16:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME925	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: Three FAO documents were shared with USMISSIN UN ROME this week: -- Following meetings earlier this month with several donors, FAO and OIE (the World Organization for Animal Health) released on March 17 the jointly prepared proposal to strengthen response to Highly Pathogenic Avia [...]	2006-03-24 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME999	ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN EPA'S WORKSHOP ON [...] Per reftel, we delivered talking points and shared information about the Environmental Protection Agency-sponsored "Workshop on Decontamination, Cleanup, and Associated Issues for Sites Contaminated with Biological, Chemical or Radiological Materials" with appropriate GOI offices. The offici [...]	2006-04-03 11:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TBIO PINS EAGR IT
06SANJOSE1436	HIV GLOBAL FUND NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 21:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO
06SANJOSE2690	COSTA RICA: AVIAN INFLUENZA MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 16:49:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO CS
06SANJOSE486	BIOTECHNOLOGY EXPERT WILLIAM PARROTT VISIT [...] Summary. On November 7th and 8th, 2005 Dr. William Parrott, University of Georgia Professor and biotechnology expert, visited Costa Rica to meet with GOCR officials from the Ministries of Health and Economy as well as with Legislative Assembly staff. Dr. Parrott was also interviewed by the [...]	2006-03-03 20:32:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON TBIO ETRD KPAO CS BEXP SENV
06SANSALVADOR1275	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE (EL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 19:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO ES
06SANSALVADOR940	EL SALVADOR'S PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLIANCE WITH THE [...] Summary. The GOES is slowly moving to comply with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and improve the environment for the use of biotechnology. A new law governing the safe management of genetically modified organisms has been under review for four months by the Technical Secretary of the [...]	2006-04-10 18:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAGR TBIO ES CAFTA
06SANTIAGO289	Mitigating threat to APEC food supply-Chilean response [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 10:24:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER CH AS CA CI VM EAGR APEC AGR
06SANTIAGO386	CHILE: WILD BIRD IMPORT BAN ANNOUNCED [...] On February 22, the Government of Chile's Animal and Livestock Service (SAG - Servicio Agricola y Ganadero) announced a ban on the import of any type of wild bird, including pet birds, as a safety measure to prevent the introduction of avian influenza (AI) into Chile. Birds used for poultry [...]	2006-02-22 22:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EAGR SENV TBIO KFLU CI AVIAN FLU
06SANTIAGO428	CHILE: BACHELET ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET [...] (C) On March 1, President-elect Michele Bachelet announced the names of the undersecretaries in her new cabinet -- essentially the second tier of the executive branch of the government. Her choices follow the same pattern set by the appointment of cabinet members, combining new faces with exp [...]	2006-03-02 10:42:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TBIO PREL SOCI CI
06SANTODOMINGO1579	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY SMALLPOX [...] Doctor Tirsi Quezada Assistant Health Secretary for Public Health told USAID officer on May 10 that the Secretariat has not made a decision on who will attend the SIPDIS WHA. However, Doctor Cristina Nogueira, Pan-American Health Organization representative to the Dominican Republic, told [...]	2006-05-12 21:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PREL AORC TBIO WHO
06SANTODOMINGO3031	THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT--YOUNG AND TOOTHLESS [...] Summary. Many believed that President Fernandez would replace the Minister of Environment, Max Puig, at the mid-term point. After many cabinet shifts, however, Fernandez decided to keep Puig, which is a good indicator of where Environment falls on Fernandez's list of priorities....near the [...]	2006-09-22 20:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAGR EAID ECON SENV SOCI TBIO
06SANTODOMINGO3141	DENGUE FEVER: SLOW DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Health authorities in the Dominican Republic continue trying to deal with the widespread outbreak of dengue fever that started in June, asserting at the same time that that there is no epidemic. On September 24 the Public Health Ministry announced that 3,933 cases of dengue [...]	2006-10-03 20:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID AMED EAGR PREL PGOV SENV TBIO DR
06SANTODOMINGO3617	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL ATTEND BAMAKO CONFERENCE [...] The Dominican Republic will be represented at the Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza by Dr. Elizabeth Gomez, Chief of the General Directorate of Epidemiology Ministry of Health. Dr. Gomez noted that she received an explicit invitation to attend, addressed directly to her and ex [...]	2006-12-01 10:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL TBIO KFLU MA DR
06SAOPAULO387	"TUCANO" TALKS CAMPAIGN, CHICKENS, CHINA [...] (U) Poloffs met April 3 with Christian Lohbauer, until recently a municipal official in the administration of Sao Paulo Mayor Serra and now a lobbyist for Brazil's poultry association. Lohbauer ventured some predictions about the upcoming presidential campaign, described some of the challenges [...]	2006-04-10 11:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO PGOV PREL PINR ETRD BR CH
06SARAJEVO1022	BOSNIA: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On May 5 and 9, Post delivered points in reftel to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Head of the Department of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to Dr. Zlatko Puvacic, Head of the Department of Epidemiology at the Federation Institute of Public Health. The demarche [...]	2006-05-09 14:50:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO WHO BK
06SEOUL3794	SOUTH KOREA: PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS PLAN [...] (U) In preparation for a possible influenza pandemic, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has unveiled its National Preparedness and Response Plan for Pandemic Influenza. Officials at KCDC said the plan, drawn up by medical experts at Korea University Medical School, c [...]	2006-11-03 04:53:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ECON EAGR AMED KFLU KS
06SINGAPORE350	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF HEALTH KHAW BOON [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health KHAW Boon Wan told the Ambassador during her February 2 courtesy call that our bilateral Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Center first needed to "get off the ground" -- hiring a permanent Director and additional staff -- before broadening its f [...]	2006-02-07 05:25:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED EAGR TBIO ECON EINV APECO SN
06SINGAPORE539	SINGAPORE'S RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA IN KUALA [...] As noted reftel A, Singapore on February 20 banned poultry and egg imports from the Malaysian state of Selangor (that surrounds Kuala Lumpur) in response to the detection there of H5N1 avian influenza (AI). Singapore Agri- Veterinary Authority (AVA) officials told us that the ban was in acco [...]	2006-02-23 05:28:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR TBIO ETRD ECON AMED CASC SN
06SINGAPORE928	Singapore To Begin Rejecting U.S. Beef Shipments [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (SBU) Singapore's Agri-Veterinary Authority (AVA) informed the Embassy and USDA/FSIS on March 22 that it would begin rejecting U.S. beef shipments that contain bone fragments for what AVA regards as non-compliance with our agreement fo [...]	2006-03-22 10:25:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON SENV TBIO SN
06SINGAPORE998	AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES BEEF CONCERNS WITH AVA CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador assured Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) Chairman KOH Poh Tiong and CEO Dr. Chua Sin Bin that U.S. beef was safe in a March 24 meeting. She said that Singapore's issues with quality control stemmed from differing definitions of what constituted boneless [...]	2006-03-28 08:28:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR KFLU TBIO SENV ETRD ECON SN
06SOFIA1042	AVIAN FLU DISCOVERED IN BULGARIAN DOMESTIC FLOCKS, [...] SUMMARY: Avian Influenza (AI) has been identified in poultry in Slanchogled (a predominantly ethnic-Turkish village in the southern Kardzhali region),where at least 107 chickens died between July 11 and 19. This is the first suspected case of AI in domestic stock. Until now, all other rep [...]	2006-07-26 03:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO BU
06SOFIA1173	BULGARIA: TOUGH GMO LAW HAMSTRINGS BIOTECH INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria currently has some of the most restrictive legislation on biotechnology in Europe, surpassing even the European Union's stringent standards. In addition to prohibiting the commercialization and release into the environment of modified products banned by EU member countr [...]	2006-08-17 09:00:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON EAGR ETRD PREL BU
06SOFIA233	BULGARIA CONFIRMS FIRST CASE OF AVIAN FLU [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bulgarian officials on February 12 confirmed the country's first case of avian flu. Authorities over the weekend were informed by a British reference lab that a wild swan found in the Danube near the Northwestern town of Vidin had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus. Two ot [...]	2006-02-13 16:08:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL SOCI WHO BG
06SOFIA59	BULGARIA'S LATEST RESPONSE TO AVIAN FLU [...] (U) The Embassy's avian flu working group met January 12 to discuss the GOB's latest response to the threat of AI following the recent deaths of three people in neighboring Turkey from the virus. It also reviewed Post's AI tripwires and agreed none had been reached. According to Embassy cont [...]	2006-01-13 15:22:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI BG KSTH WHO
06STATE201180	Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza reviews [...] Summary: Meeting in Bamako Dec. 6-8, international donors pledged approximately $475.9 million in new assistance for the global fight against avian and pandemic influenza (API),including $100 million from the USG (the largest single pledge, followed by Canada and the European Commission). The [...]	2006-12-20 17:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU EAID ECON PREL ML
06TAIPEI1246	WHO DEMARCHE TO TAIWAN: SYMBOLISM VS PRACTICE [...] (C) Summary. Vice Foreign Minister Michael Kau told AIT Deputy Director that Taiwan intends to continue pushing WHO observership but pledged to give high priority to increasing Taiwan's "meaningful participation" in WHO activities. Kau specifically requested a U.S. statement of support for T [...]	2006-04-07 10:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL WHO TW
06TAIPEI1415	TAIWAN ON WHO: IHRS, TWO-BY-TWO, AND OBSTACLES TO [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan is considering making a unilateral pledge adhering to the WHO International Health Regulations (IHRs),though it has some questions about timing. No decision has been made yet on whether Taiwan will concur with a limited two-by-two debate in WHA Plenary Session and Gener [...]	2006-04-24 09:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL PGOV WHO TW
06TAIPEI1432	Visit to Taiwan by Senior Advisor for Agricultural [...] Summary: Madelyn Spirnak, the State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology, visited Taipei from March 29 - April 1, 2006. She discussed U.S. agricultural biotechnology policy with a wide range of officials. It became clear that Taiwan authorities do not have a long term stra [...]	2006-04-25 07:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON SENV OTRA ETRD TW KPAO OIIP TBIO
06TAIPEI1536	DEMARCHE TO MOFA ON TAIWAN AND WHO: TAIWAN RAISES [...] (SBU) Summary. AIT presented Ref A demarche on Taiwan participation in WHO to Vice Foreign Minister Michael Kau, highlighting U.S. requests for Taiwan to unilaterally adhere to the IHR's and to agree to the "two-by-two" debate proposal. Kau responded that Taiwan is nearly ready to go forwar [...]	2006-05-04 01:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PGOV PREL WHO CN TW
06TAIPEI1608	TAIWAN AGREES ON IHR ADHERENCE AND REQUESTS LETTER [...] (C) Summary. This is an action cable see para 7. DDIR presented demarche to VFM Michael Kau and TCDC Director Steve Kuo 5/10 at MOFA. DDIR stressed two issues: our strong support for Taiwan's unilateral adherence to the IHR and the importance of Taiwan's acceptance of the 2x2 debate on the [...]	2006-05-10 13:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED SENV TBIO PREL TW
06TAIPEI1790	TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIZBALLAH, IRAN, AND WHO [...] (S) Summary. Taiwan Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director that Taiwan will respect U.S. sensitivities regarding both Hizballah and Iran. His unannounced visit to Lebanon in April was intended to establish friendly relations and explore commercial opportunities. The meeting with a [...]	2006-05-25 08:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECCT PARM MTCR WHO TBIO IR TW
06TAIPEI193	TAIWAN: AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. Taiwan continues to be H5N1 free and to prepare to counter a potential Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak. It has staged large-scale drills and distributed information in multiple languages to increase the flow of information to the public. Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA [...]	2006-01-19 21:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO WHO TW
06TAIPEI2249	SARS BREAKTHROUGH--LUNG STEM CELLS KEY TO FINDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Taiwan medical researchers have demonstrated the existence of lung stem cells and identified them as a critical target for infection by the SARS virus. This research may result in a vaccine being developed to counter SARS. END SUMMARY 2. (U) John Yu is a US citizen resarcher [...]	2006-06-30 01:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED TBIO TW
06TAIPEI2421	TAIWAN PARTICIPANTS IN APEC SEMINAR ON PANDEMIC [...] Dr. Chan-Hsien Chiu Director of Surveillance Taiwan Center for Disease Control e-mail: zschou@cdc.gov.tw tel: 886-2-23434901 fax 886-2-23210110 2. Ms. Lili Lee Deputy Director, Pandemic and Biosafety Preparedness E-mail: lililee@cdc.gov.tw tel: 886-2-23917675 fax: 886-2-23570944 The [...]	2006-07-17 22:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON TBIO KFLU APECO TW
06TALLINN1077	ESTONIA: REACTION TO RUSSIA RESTRICTS ON FISH [...] (U) As reported reftel, on November 24 the Russian Ministry of Agriculture issued an order limiting the number of border check points through which fish and fish products can enter Russia, excluding both of Estonia?s land border points. 100% of Estonia?s USD 40 million in fish exports to Russ [...]	2006-12-05 13:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIS ETRD TBIO EN
06TEGUCIGALPA1921	HONDURAS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: LEION "LEO" [...] (S) Biographical Note: Leion Starkman Milla (DPOB 17 May 1968, San Pedro Sula, Honduras) served until recently as Minister without portfolio for Investment Promotion and later simultaneously as Director General of the parastatal electric company ENEE. Starkman has been criticized for failin [...]	2006-10-11 21:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR TBIO ENRG PGOV HO
06TELAVIV1105	H5N1 CONFIRMED IN ISRAEL POULTRY DEATHS; ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, the Kimron Veterinary Institute Laboratory at Bet Dagan confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in turkey flocks from the kibbutzim at Ein Hashelosha and Holit, and at Sede Moshe and Nahshom. The outbreak has not spread beyond these areas (ide [...]	2006-03-20 13:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT AMED CASC KSCA KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1135	BIRD FLU SPREADS IN ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli agriculture officials confirmed H5N1 avian influenza at two chicken farms not far from turkey farms just outside Gaza where the outbreak of bird flu started last week. H5N1 will likely be confirmed at a third new location in the Negev. Birds from Moshav Kinneret in n [...]	2006-03-21 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT AMED CASC KSCA KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1876	AGAINST THE ODDS, MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East Cancer Consortium is extending its reach and adding attendees from additional countries to its activities. Independent Palestinian health professionals remain eager to participate in MECC conferences and courses while PA officials are off-limits. Member countri [...]	2006-05-12 18:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL KPAL KWBG IS XF XD ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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06THEHAGUE1247	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR Dr. Thomas [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Langenickle, Visiting Fellow, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands on June 6-10, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the XIVth International Vascular Biology Meeting in Noordwijkerhout. 2. As [...]	2006-06-06 09:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA GM NL
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06THEHAGUE1253	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. CRYSTAL MACKALL [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Dr. Crystal Mackall from National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 16-18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and participate in the 11th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA). 2. As per reftel [...]	2006-06-06 13:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1255	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. STAUDT AND [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Dr. Louis Staudt and Dr. Wyndham Wilson National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 15-19, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and participate in the 11th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA). 2. [...]	2006-06-06 13:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1257	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. AD BAX [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Ad Bax, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Dseases for June 10-15, 2006 to travel to the Netherlands. The purpose of the travel is to present a alk at a scientific symposium at Utrecht Universty honoring Dr. R [...]	2006-06-06 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA DA NL
06THEHAGUE1281	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HABTESION AND ZOU [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Yakob Habtesion and Dr. Lanling Zou to travel to the Netherlands on June 17- 24, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and participate in the 2006 vaccine forum. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since J [...]	2006-06-08 13:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1282	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. LINDA LAMBERT [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Linda Lambert to travel to the Netherlands on June 18-22, 2006. The purpose is to attend and participate in the 2006 vaccine forum and to present an update of the NISID's influenza vaccine research program. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is requi [...]	2006-06-08 13:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1332	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CYNTHIA HARRIS [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Cynthia Harris to travel to the Netherlands on June 24-July 1, 2006. The purpose of the travel is the pre approve medical device audit inspection of Dr. J. van der Zee, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Clinical Investigator at the research site of Daniel den Hoed C [...]	2006-06-14 13:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO PREL OTRA US SW NL
06THEHAGUE1333	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRS. GAHL AND KLETA [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. William Gahl, Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),NIH and Dr. Robert Kleta, Staff Scientist, NHGRI, NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 29-July 2, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and give talks at the [...]	2006-06-14 13:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO PREL OTRA NL
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06THEHAGUE1400	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 21-25, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of National Institute of Arthritis and Musculosekeletal and Skin Diseases staff Drs. Ivona Aksentijevich, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, and Daniel Kastner, to attend and present at the Annual European Congress of Rheum [...]	2006-06-22 13:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1401	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 27-29, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Lucy Anderson, Research Biologist, Section Chief, Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH to serve as a Program Committee member of the Dutch Nati [...]	2006-06-22 13:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1426	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Mirjana Nesin, Medical Officer, and Dr. Malla Rao, Program Officer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, to transit the Netherlands from July 14-15, 2006 to site visit three projects in Tanzania. 2. Emb [...]	2006-06-27 10:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1472	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Drs. Ivona Aksentijevich, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, and Daniel Kastner, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, to travel to the Netherlands from June 21-25, 2006 to attend and resent at the Annual European Congress of Rheumaolog [...]	2006-06-30 14:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1473	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Drs. Ivona Aksentijevich, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, and Daniel Kastner, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, to travel to the Netherlands from June 21-25, 2006 to attend and resent at the Annual European Congress of Rheumaolog [...]	2006-06-30 14:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1514	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Wei Zheng, Group Leader, Cell Signaling Assay Technology, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from July 12-15, 2006 to attend and present at a conference "Hit to Lead Discovery with QHTS Screening 2006. 2. Emba [...]	2006-07-07 13:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE166	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for February 10-12, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Dr. Ad Bax, to participate in the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research SPINOZSA selection committee meeting [...]	2006-01-26 12:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1684	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Emmeline Edwards, Deputy Director, Extramural Research Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to the Netherlands from August 23-27, 2006 to attend the 37th International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology Annual Me [...]	2006-08-02 12:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1685	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Jennifer Anderson, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to The Netherlands to give a talk on Exploring the transcriptome of the midgut of the tick Dermacentor variabilis at the 12th International Congress of Acarology in Am [...]	2006-08-02 12:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1797	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. MARY WARD [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Dr. Mary Ward, staff scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands on September 7-9, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with collaborators at the Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology, University of Maastricht [...]	2006-08-16 11:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA TPHY OTRA FR NL
06THEHAGUE1915	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 10-16, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Paul Costa, Laboratory Chief and Dr. Antonio Terracciano, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to attend a workshop sentitled "Workshop on Methodology for Behavior Genetics and Genetic Ep [...]	2006-08-31 07:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1927	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 12-14, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Mark Cookson, Investigator, National Institute on Aging, NIH,to travel to Amsterdam to attend and give a presentation," Pathways to Parkinsonism" at the Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research siminar. [...]	2006-09-01 08:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1936	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 7-12, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Johan Jansma, visiting fellow, National Institue of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH,to travel to Utrecht to present a talk, Cognitive Network at the Brain Days Seminar at the Rudolf Magnus Institu [...]	2006-09-05 07:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1945	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 13-17, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Alisa Glodstein, Dr. Maria Landi, Dr. Alison Martin, Dr. Suresh Mohla, Dr. Margaret Tucker, and Dr. Ashani Weeraratna, NIH staff from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and National Cancer Institute [...]	2006-09-06 08:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1996	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Philip Murphy, Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from September 21-28, 2006 to conduct a mini-symposium on Chemokine Receptors and to attend a PhD Defense after [...]	2006-09-13 06:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2038	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [...] Country clearance is granted for September 19-22, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Diane Maloney, Associate Director for Policy, Office of the Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to attend a meeting on the 13th Pharmaceutical Inspection Coorporation Scheme - PIC/S [...]	2006-09-19 13:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2135	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. David Newman, Chemist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from October 10-14, 2006 for a layover on the way to Tromso, Norway to give an invited talk on natutal product repositories at a conference on bioprospecting and drug disco [...]	2006-09-29 10:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2146	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Joseph Frank, Chief, Experimental Neuroimaging Section, Clinical Center, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from October 8-11, 2006 to give a talk at the Fifth Europe Tissue Engineering Society meeting in Rotterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no furthe [...]	2006-10-02 08:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2167	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS INVESTIGATOR, [...] Country clearance is granted for Perry Gambrell, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to the Netherlands from October 20-27, 2006 for an inspection of the Philips Medical System. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance from post is necessary. POST ACCE [...]	2006-10-04 06:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA OVIP KSCA NL

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