Niger enlists Muslim preachers in bird flu fight
27 Feb 2006 17:10:46 GMT, By Abdoulaye Massalatchi
NIAMEY, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Niger is enlisting the help of teachers and Muslim preachers to tell its impoverished people how to fight an outbreak of deadly bird flu.
The H5N1 strain of avian flu, which has killed more than 90 people in Asia and the Middle East since 2003, was confirmed on Monday to have reached Niger after being found in neighbouring Nigeria earlier this month as the disease spread to Africa.
"I wish to ask teachers to begin their lessons with bird flu, and how each person must act in this worrying situation," Public Health Minister Ary Ibrahim said on state television on Monday.
27 Feb 2006 17:10:46 GMT, By Abdoulaye Massalatchi
NIAMEY, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Niger is enlisting the help of teachers and Muslim preachers to tell its impoverished people how to fight an outbreak of deadly bird flu.
The H5N1 strain of avian flu, which has killed more than 90 people in Asia and the Middle East since 2003, was confirmed on Monday to have reached Niger after being found in neighbouring Nigeria earlier this month as the disease spread to Africa.
"I wish to ask teachers to begin their lessons with bird flu, and how each person must act in this worrying situation," Public Health Minister Ary Ibrahim said on state television on Monday.
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