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Animal to human disease emergence warning { May 6 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9483658%255E1702,00.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9483658%255E1702,00.html Animal-to-human disease warning From correspondents in Geneva May 06, 2004 INTERNATIONAL experts warned today that the emergence of new diseases that are passed from animals to humans, such as avian flu, was accelerating and they were ill-equipped to counter the trend. Their conclusions came at the end of a three-day meeting of scientists dealing with animal and human health at the World Health Organisation, which examined the diseases that can jump the species barrier, known as zoonoses. "Their current upward trend is likely to continue," Francois-Xavier Meslin of the WHO told journalists. "The number of zoonotic diseases is very large and those that emerge as public health problems in both the developed and developing world is increasing continuously," Meslin, a specialist on zoonoses, said. The scientists warned that there was a lack of cooperation between animal and human health sectors that hampered efforts to prevent new diseases emerging in humans. "We are not yet able to tell you when and where the next emerging zoonosis agent will crop up," Meslin said. They also urged governments to take action to strengthen basic surveillance, research and treatment facilities throughout the world. WHO, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) were issuing a "joint message" to "raise political awareness and support" for underfunded veterinary and public health services, Meslin said. Asia was hit by widespread outbreaks of bird flu at the end of 2003 and earlier this year, which led to the deaths of at least 23 people in Vietnam and Thailand. Millions of chickens and ducks were also culled in a bid to halt the spread of the disease, which has only started to infect humans in a virulent form in recent years.

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