| EAST AFRICA/HORN: Preparedness gaps evident as first flu cases diagnosed |
 NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA/KAMPALA, 2 July 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Although some countries within East Africa and the Horn region have scaled up their influenza A(H1N1) contingency plans, overall pandemic preparedness remains "relatively inactive", a UN agency has said, as the first cases were reported in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
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BANGLADESH: Country well prepared for swine flu, says government |  DHAKA, 30 June 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Nine people have been confirmed with A(H1N1) influenza - commonly known as swine flu - since the first case was spotted on 18 June, but the government says it is well prepared to combat the disease.
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MIDDLE EAST: Swine flu cases on the rise |  DUBAI, 25 June 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - The number of cases of the A(H1N1) virus, otherwise known as swine flu, is growing in the Middle East, with many new suspected and confirmed cases in the past few days, but so far no one has died of the disease.
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SOUTH AFRICA: First 'swine flu' case confirmed |  JOHANNESBURG, 18 June 2009 (IRIN Africa) - South Africa's health department confirmed on 18 June the first case of the H1N1 virus in southern Africa.
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EGYPT: Migrant community leaders trained in pandemic preparedness |  DUBAI, 17 June 2009 (IRIN Global) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been training 50 migrant community leaders and NGO staff in Egypt on how to respond to the threat of pandemic influenza viruses, such as A(H1N1) influenza, also known as swine flu.
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GLOBAL: Swine flu declared a pandemic | DUBAI, 11 June 2009 (IRIN Global) - In the space of three months, the world has watched what seemed to be a localized flu outbreak in Mexico spread to 74 countries, infect some 27,737 people and be declared pandemic on 11 June by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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ISRAEL: Sharp rise in swine flu cases |  TEL AVIV, 2 June 2009 (IRIN Global) - There has been a sharp rise in the number of confirmed cases of A(H1N1) influenza, commonly known as swine flu, in Israel. As of 2 June, 34 cases of the virus had been confirmed; 24 patients have been diagnosed with the disease in the last six days, according to the Health Ministry.
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MIDDLE EAST: Swine flu cases appear in Egypt, Kuwait, UAE |  DUBAI, 25 May 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Confirmed cases of A(H1N1) influenza, commonly known as swine flu, have been reported in new countries in the Middle East. Hitherto only Israel had reported cases of the new influenza virus.
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AFGHANISTAN: Swine flu “getting closer” |  KABUL, 20 May 2009 (IRIN Asia) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has given 300,000 Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) capsules to Afghanistan to help it respond to a possible outbreak of influenza A(H1N1), commonly known as swine flu.
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EGYPT: Anti-bird, swine flu measures affecting livelihoods | CAIRO, 20 May 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - The death of a four-year-old girl on 18 May after she contracted the H5N1 avian flu virus brings the total number of bird flu deaths in Egypt to 27 at a time when the government is also grappling with the threat of the A(H1N1) virus, commonly known as swine flu.
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