Deadly disease bird flu has become a menace and a need for an effective vaccine is what the world needs, which can only be possible through adequate funding.
Additional funding is required to cope up with the worldwide menace of bird flu. Funding assured in the past have been fulfilled, but increased financial assistance is required from the international community, commented Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, addressing an international conference on bird flu in New Delhi, as reported by VOAnews.
Avian influenza is quite different from other strains and has been restricted mostly to birds. However, it will advance into a new strain that can affect humans more effectively, aggravating the problem when that happens. Its fatality rate is much higher. It is a cause for concern for populations worldwide if it starts spreading from one human to another.
As per health industry experts, countries around the world should be ready to institute non-pharmaceutical intrusions to lower the impact of a flu outbreak before a vaccine is made by using various forms of social distancing like for example closure of schools, isolation and quarantine.
As per a research report “Global Vaccine Market Outlook (2007-2010)” by RNCOS, the avian influenza pandemic and the lack of an effective vaccine to combat it has opened up huge opportunities for pharmaceutical manufactures to look into the market and design quality vaccines.
Identifying such category of animal diseases as a huge threat to global health and business, the heads of WHO (World Health Organization), OIE (World organization for animal health), FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), and donor organizations like World Bank have joined hands with 105 nations to discover ways to improve animal health sector.
Thanks to the joint efforts of governments around the world, the number of flu patients has come down. Around 48 people died of the infection in 2007, which is low as compared to 71 in 2006, as per the WHO. Experts are of the opinion that outbreaks were falling due to rapid and effective response. The Indian Government supports the concept of "One Health" based on a combined approach to human and animal health. Scientists in India have been continuing their work to find an appropriate vaccine for both humans and birds.
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