More than US$1 billion needed to combat avian flu
January 13, 2006 - A new World Bank report says developing and middle-income countries will need at least US$1.2 billion to $1.4 billion to combat avian flu in animals, and deal with the threat of a human flu pandemic. That's the Bank's official estimate now of the financing gap facing countries around the globe to combat avian flu. The report says the largest expected costs are in the East Asia and Pacific region, followed by Europe and Central Asia and then Africa. However the head of the Bank's Avian Flu Taskforce, Jim Adams, has cautioned that additional funds will be needed in the future for strategies to deal with avian flu at the regional and global level.
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