| NIGER-NIGERIA: Border on high-alert for bird flu |
 DAKAR, 4 August 2008 (IRIN Africa) - Niger’s Ministry of Livestock is intensifying its bird surveillance along the 1,500-kilometre border with northern Nigeria after a recent resurgence of bird deaths.
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TIMOR-LESTE: Porous border increases avian flu risks |  DILI, 26 June 2008 (IRIN Asia) - With little capacity to prevent avian flu from crossing the border from the neighbouring Indonesian region of West Timor, health officials are concerned about possible outbreaks.
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NEPAL: Bird flu action plan on course |  KATHMANDU, 18 June 2008 (IRIN Asia) - Bird flu preparedness efforts are being strengthened in Nepal, after recent incidents of the H5N1 virus in nearby India raised alarm among local communities, particularly in the southeast.
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CAMBODIA: Taking bird flu lessons to the community |  PHNOM PENH, 17 June 2008 (IRIN Asia) - The government is taking the battle against avian influenza in fowl and humans to the villages, especially in rural areas bordering Thailand and Vietnam, where there have been cases recently. With the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, it is organising forums, roadshows and workshops to increase awareness among farmers of the potential risks.
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INDONESIA: Bali bird flu drill tests pandemic preparedness |  BALI, 2 May 2008 (IRIN Asia) - Indonesia, indeed the world, had never seen anything like it. In a sleepy Balinese village, panic flares as some 20 people are feared to have suddenly been infected with avian influenza. The village is quarantined as medical workers clad in full protective body gear swing into action. The military and police are drafted in to halt what could be the beginnings of a deadly and disastrous global human bird flu pandemic.
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BANGLADESH: Lull in bird flu no cause for complacency - experts | DHAKA, 15 April 2008 (IRIN Asia) - Despite fewer outbreaks of bird flu in the first half of April, health experts in Bangladesh warn the threat is far from over.
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INDONESIA: Firm action needed in confronting entrenched avian influenza flu |  JAKARTA, 27 March 2008 (IRIN Asia) - As the Indonesian government moves to stem the spread of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in its latest report stated that Indonesia’s bird-flu situation remains "critical”.
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BANGLADESH: Poultry industry losses mount as bird flu spreads |  DHAKA, 11 March 2008 (IRIN Asia) - Despite stepped up bio-security at farms and markets, as well as an awareness-raising campaign on TV, radio and in the newspapers, bird flu continues to spread in Bangladesh.
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EGYPT: New human bird flu case raises fears |  CAIRO, 10 March 2008 (IRIN Middle East) - An eight-year-old boy from Fayyum province was diagnosed with avian influenza on 8 March, bringing to four the number of human cases in the past two weeks and raising fresh fears of a pandemic.
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BANGLADESH: Poultry industry badly hit by bird flu |  DHAKA, 25 February 2008 (IRIN Asia) - Bangladesh’s poultry industry is reeling from the impact of bird flu, with losses now exceeding US$80 million, a preliminary report has revealed. Nearly 100,000 farms have been shut down due to recent outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 virus, leaving around 2.5 million people out of a job.
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