EGYPT: Migrants the weakest link in bird flu preparedness - report

CAIRO Thursday, October 23, 2008 (IRIN) - The Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have launched a report [http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/pbnAF/cache/offonce?entryId=19603] on primary health care among Sudanese refugee and migrant communities in Cairo, focusing on avian and pandemic influenza preparedness. About 50 cases of avian influenza (bird flu) have been identified in Egypt since 2003; 22 people have died. The aim of the research...