| In Brief: New plan to fight bird flu in Egypt |
 CAIRO, 8 March 2010 (IRIN Global) - Egypt is moving to curb the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) after a recent upsurge in infections, the Egyptian Health Ministry says.
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EGYPT: H1N1 flu down but not out |  CAIRO, 18 February 2010 (IRIN Middle East) - The number of H1N1 influenza patients has fallen sharply in Egypt since the start of 2010, but health officials say they are bracing for a second wave of infections. The Health Ministry said it is recording 500 infections a week, as against 2,500 a week in December.
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EGYPT: Pig-cull induced street rubbish a “national scandal” |  CAIRO, 26 January 2010 (IRIN Middle East) - The Egyptian government’s decision to cull all of the country’s 300,000 pigs in May 2009 is increasingly being viewed by experts and officials as a gross mistake as piles of organic waste the pigs once ate accumulate in Cairo’s streets, posing serious health hazards.
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INDONESIA: Bird flu cases down but risk remains high |  JAKARTA, 18 January 2010 (IRIN Asia) - Indonesia reported fewer deaths from bird flu in 2009, but health specialists warn that the risk to humans remains high.
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MALI: Lab confirms H1N1 |  BAMAKO, 13 January 2010 (IRIN Africa) - International laboratories have confirmed six H1N1 infections in Mali’s capital, Bamako, according to the Ministry of Health.
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AFGHANISTAN: H1N1 vaccines to arrive just as caseload falls |  KABUL, 11 January 2010 (IRIN Asia) - Afghanistan is set to receive 600,000 doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine this week just as the number of those contracting the disease appears to be falling.
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EGYPT: Half of all schoolchildren to be offered H1N1 inoculations |  CAIRO, 6 January 2010 (IRIN Middle East) - Egypt launched a programme on 3 January to inoculate half the country’s schoolchildren against H1N1 influenza in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus.
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PAKISTAN: Nine swine flu deaths prompt fear |  ISLAMABAD, 24 December 2009 (IRIN Asia) - The death of at least nine people from H1N1 influenza since May 2009 has led to rising public fear and concern, and experts are calling on the government to introduce more preventative measures.
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In Brief: First swine flu cases confirmed in Gaza | TEL AVIV, 7 December 2009 (IRIN Global) - Nearly seven months after the first H1N1 influenza cases were registered in Israel and the West Bank, five cases of the disease were confirmed in the Gaza Strip on 6 December, according to the Palestinian health authority.
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AFGHANISTAN: Fighting H1N1 with one lab and no vaccine |  KABUL, 24 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - One day after samples of eight suspected cases of influenza H1N1 2009 were brought to the Central Laboratory (CL) in Kabul from Afghanistan’s central-west province of Ghor, a rapid test showed two were swine flu and the rest seasonal flu. The second step will be to verify the diagnosis through a Polymerize Chain Reaction (PCR) test.
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