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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 05ABUJA1683 |
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ON AVIAN, PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] Embassy Abuja's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and an economic officer met on Sept. 9, 2005 with Ambassador Abdul Bin Rimdap, director general of the Nigerian Foreign Ministry's international organizations. 2. DCM presented ref talking points on the U.S. Government's intention to launch at t [...] |
2005-09-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO XX NI AVIANFLU |
| 05ABUJA2234 |
NIGERIA'S PLAN ON AVIAN FLU STILL IN INITIAL STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. In February 2004, Nigeria held a consultative forum on Avian Influenza (AI), and Nigerian President Obasanjo is "very aware" of the threat AI poses to Nigeria. The Ministry of Health (MOH), in late October 2005 issued the third draft of the government's AI Position Paper. On N [...] |
2005-11-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR AMED CASC EAID XX NI WHO FAO AVIANFLU |
| 05ATHENS2715 |
BIRD FLU IN GREECE; AUTHORITIES TESTING FOR H5N1 [...] (SBU) Minister of Agricultural Development Basiakos announced October 17 that the first case of avian influenza (H5) has occurred in Greece. Basiakos noted that the affected birds lived on the small island of Oinousses, near Chios, in the eastern Aegean. According to Angelos Hatzakis, Chair [...] |
2005-10-18 10:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC TBIO GR AVIANFLU |
| 05ATHENS2748 |
UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN GREECE; H5N1 NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the GoG announcement on 17 October of a positive test for Avian Influenza within its borders, recent serological testing for H5N1 has proven negative at both the Thessaloniki Virological Laboratory and EU Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, UK. Additional testing is ongo [...] |
2005-10-21 12:21:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC TBIO GR AVIANFLU |
| 05ATHENS2845 |
UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN GREECE; ALL TESTS FOR [...] (U) The GoG Ministry of Agriculture announced on 29 October that the virological test results for the previously reported case of Avian Influenza on the Island of Oiniousses were negative in the data supplied by both the EU laboratory in Weybridge U.K. and the Thessaloniki Virological Laborato [...] |
2005-11-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC TBIO GR AVIANFLU |
| 05ATHENS2985 |
GREEK PREPAREDNESS: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: [...] (C) Summary: The GoG is engaged in serious efforts to prepare for a potential outbreak of Avian Influenza. However, while the specific functional responsibilities of the Agriculture, Health, and Public Order Ministries appear to be in place, lack of confidence in senior leadership as well as m [...] |
2005-11-23 07:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL AVIANFLU |
| 05ATHENS3094 |
AVIAN FLU: GREEK POULTRY INDUSTRY UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-06 13:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR AVIANFLU |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 06ATHENS386 |
POTENTIAL H5N1 DETECTED IN GREECE, AWAITING [...] (U) This is a joint Thessaloniki-Athens telegram. 2. (U) Summary: Three migratory swans in the greater Thessaloniki area have tested positive for the H5 virus. Samples have been sent to the Community Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, UK to test for the presence of any H5N1 strain. Resul [...] |
2006-02-10 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON GR AVIANFLU |
| 06ATHENS406 |
H5N1 CONFIRMED IN GREEK BIRDS; UNCONFIRMED HUMAN [...] (U) This is a Joint Athens-Thessaloniki Cable 2. (U) SUMMARY: On 11 February, the European Commission's laboratory in Weybridge U.K. confirmed the presence of H5N1 Avian Influenza in Greece after the three samples sent from migratory swans on 9 February tested positive for the virus (reft [...] |
2006-02-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD GR ECON AVIANFLU |
| 06ATHENS422 |
GREECE AVIAN FLU UPDATE; ALL H5N1 HUMAN TESTING [...] (U) Testing on the two men admitted to Agios Nickolaus hospital in Thessaloniki over the weekend has proven negative in both cases, although both men will continue to be monitored after discharge. All other suspected cases have also tested negative. The GoG, provincial and local authorities [...] |
2006-02-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON GR AVIANFLU |
| 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 |