US embassy cable - 05SINGAPORE1436

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AVIAN INFLUENZA: INVENTORY OF USG ACTIVITIES IN SINGAPORE

Identifier: 05SINGAPORE1436
Wikileaks: View 05SINGAPORE1436 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Singapore
Created: 2005-05-10 03:23:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: TBIO SN
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS SINGAPORE 001436 
 
SIPDIS 
 
OES/IHA FOR DANIEL SINGER 
HHS FOR AMAR BHAT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO, SN 
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: INVENTORY OF USG ACTIVITIES IN 
SINGAPORE 
 
REF: A. STATE 79781 
 
     B. SINGAPORE 01311 
 
This cable responds to request in Ref A.  The U.S.-Singapore 
Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Center is 
currently coordinating all USG-related avian influenza (AI) 
activities in Singapore.  REDI Center Acting-Director Dr. 
Richard Krause is working with the academic community in 
Singapore to encourage AI discussions with regional entities, 
including the University of Hong Kong.   During an April 
Biosafety/Biosecurity workshop sponsored by the REDI center, 
Dr. Amar Bhat, Health and Human Services (HHS) Director, 
Office of Asia and the Pacific, and Dr. Marie Haring Sweeney, 
Health Attache, Hanoi, Vietnam, met with senior Ministry of 
Health officials to discuss Singapore's AI preparedness and 
regional concerns (Ref B).   REDI Center will sponsor a 
training workshop on epidemiology surveillance at the end of 
this month which should include discussions on AI. 
 
LAVIN 

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