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While wild birds do not generally get sick from avian influenza, it is often fatal in domesticated poultry and in humans. As of February 2007, WHO had documented more than 270 human cases of avian influenza in 11 countries.

Lessons learned from addressing other infectious diseases and epidemics can play a role in guiding the response to avian influenza. Task Order 1 of the USAID | Health Policy Initiative is working in countries such as Ukraine, which has documented cases of the virus in birds, to strengthen avian influenza preparedness planning and to promote preventive behavior change.

  • USAID-Infectious Diseases
  • USAID-Avian Influenza Response
  • President's Malaria Initiative

Other Infectious Diseases

AI Best Practices Guide (Ukranian)The focus of the USAID | Health Policy Initiative is to improve the enabling environment for health, especially family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV, and maternal health. USAID recognizes that lessons learned from these fields can inform policymaking and programs in other health areas, including for infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, avian influenza, and malaria. Moreover, health conditions can overlap-as in the case of malaria in pregnancy or HIV and tuberculosis co-infection. An effective response, therefore, requires that FP/RH, HIV, and maternal health initiatives are linked to efforts to address other infectious diseases. As such, the Health Policy Initiative is designed to assist countries with policy and advocacy issues relating to infectious diseases.

Photo: Cover of the "AI Best Practices Guide" produced in Ukraine. This document is available in Ukranian, in hard-copy only, from our resource collection.