1 Indonesia To Resume Sharing Bird Flu Samples Last Updated: Mar 27 2007 10:44AM Indonesia agreed on Tuesday to resume sharing bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization for tests aimed at fighting the disease.   Indonesia halts bird flu samples ahead of vaccine deal Last Updated: Feb 6 2007 4:56PM Indonesia has stopped sending human bird flu samples to laboratories overseas ahead of a vaccine agreement with a US-based manufacturer of medical products, health ministry officials said on Tuesday.   [Indonesia] Two More Indonesians Have Bird Flu - Ministry Last Updated: Feb 6 2007 5:08PM Two more people in hard hit Indonesia, a 15-year-old girl from an upscale Jakarta neighborhood and a 30-year-old man in West Java, have caught bird flu, a Health Ministry official said on Tuesday. The girl, who lives in the capital's Menteng district where many high ranking officials and foreign diplomats reside, had caught a wild bird which died two days later, Joko Suyono of the ministry's bird flu centre was quoted by Reuters as saying.   [Indonesia] FAO Recommends Indonesia Carry Out Blanket Vaccination To Contain Bird Flu Last Updated: Feb 1 2007 3:48PM The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is recommending that Indonesia carry out blanket vaccination in districts which have high incidence of the bird flu virus in poultry. (cont)   Indonesian woman dies of bird flu Last Updated: Jan 12 2007 10:25AM An Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, bringing the country's death toll from the disease to 59, a hospital official said Friday. The 37-year-old woman died Thursday evening, Muktar Iksan, a doctor at the Persahabatan hospital in Jakarta, told AFP. A government health official said she fell ill after cooking and eating a chicken she had bought live at a local market on December 30.   Bird flu making a return to SE Asia Indonesia Last Updated: Jan 12 2007 10:24AM A second person has died of the deadly H5N1 strain of birdflu in Indonesia, amid reports that the virus is making a return to south-east Asia. A 37-year-old woman from western Java died of birdflu earlier today at a Jakarta hospital, two days after the death of a 14-year-old boy.   Alarm at Indonesia bird flu ads Last Updated: Jan 12 2007 10:22AM Indonesian bird flu chiefs have hit back at a wave of adverts featuring air conditioners which manufacturers say can tackle the virus. Several world-renowned manufacturers claim their products can kill bird flu using new technologies including a substance derived from a Korean pickle.   One More Patient Dies From Bird Flu Virus Last Updated: Jan 11 2007 10:27AM One More Patient Dies From Bird Flu Virus One more patient in Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta died Thursday evening from bird flu virus, two days after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the fatal virus.   Campaign arms villagers with knowledge against bird flu Last Updated: Jan 11 2007 10:26AM Campaign Arms Villagers With Knowledge Against Bird Flu The people of Sedang, a small village on the northern outskirts of Denpasar, had just acquired new knowledge that would be critical in the island's fight against the threat of the avian influenza (AI) epidemic. Recently, a team of experts from the island's AI Regional Working Group (AI-RWG) spent a week in the village, conducting various activities to increase the villagers' awareness of and preparedness toward the disease.   Bird flu hits three Asian countries Last Updated: Jan 10 2007 3:09PM Bird flu has re-emerged in Asia with human infections and dead ducks reported in three countries, sparking concerns of a possible pandemic that could kill millions of people. Indonesia officials said a 14-year-old boy died from bird flu on Wednesday, four days after being warded. He is believed to have caught it from infected poultry. Another Indonesian - a 37-year-old woman - was infected, also likely to have been from sick birds.   No Extraordinary Measures Against Bird Flu This Year Last Updated: Jan 10 2007 1:22PM Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Aburizal Bakrie said Wednesday the government would not take any extraordinary measures against bird flu this year. Aburizal said the current measures were sufficient to contain the spreading of bird flu in the country.   Indonesia’s Total Bird Flu Victims Still Highest Last Updated: Dec 27 2006 4:48PM TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The number of deaths of bird flu patient in Indonesia is still the highest—after Vietnam—in the Southeast Asia region since 2005. Up until mid December, the number of bird flu patients who have died totaled 57. “The number is 70 percent of the total of 74 people who have suffered from the illness,” I Nyoman Kandun, Director General of Contagious Diseases Control and Environment Healthiness, told Tempo yesterday (13/12). According to Nyoman, this year the number of people suffering from bird flu increased compared to last year.   ASEAN Sub-Regional Ministerial Meeting on Transboundary Haze Pollution Last Updated: Jun 20 2008 1:54PM Download here (.doc)   1