While the government is attempting to calm fear over the possibility that bird flu can reach Morocco, it has yet to be seen whether the existing surveillance system is efficient enough to prevent a potential pandemic. Several Moroccan analysts fear the current state of preparedness remains inadequate. Having observed how the carcasses of chickens are discarded in public waste fields in a report published by the press last November, they argue that waste management remains a critical problem, in particular when dealing with birds and poultry.
At least the usual way of selling chickens in the souqs, where you select the bird to be killed, means that you can see if the bird is healthy or not.
Meanwhile, he U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization will help North African governments monitor the potential outbreak of the avian flu. With the flu already spread in nearby Turkey, fear that an outbreak in North Africa is inevitable is causing a lot of worries about the population and authorities. The project will, over an 18-month time span, assist the recipient countries of the North Africa region to mount emergency preparedness for the eventuality of introduction of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.
Other links: Moroccan News Briefs - #15
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