Australia financially helps Laos combat bird flu

The Australian government's overseas aid program has pledged to
provide 380,000 U.S. dollars to the Lao government, supporting its
efforts to fight bird flu in Vientiane capital and neighboring
Vientiane province. The fund, pledged on Thursday, will be used to
finance a project on raising public awareness about bird flu,
especially ways to protect people in the two localities and their
poultry from the disease, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported
Friday.

The project, scheduled to last until mid-2009, also aims at
improving disease surveillance, monitoring and response systems.

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