Bird Flu

Status of the Grant 0041: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific Project

On 14 March 2006, ADB approved a $38 million grant project for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific. This project confirms ADB’s commitment to support international efforts to contain the effects of avian influenza.

The project has three main components, namely:

1. regional capacity development and collaboration (components 1 and 2)
2. avian influenza response facility (component 3), which is an emergency fund to help countries fill critical and urgent funding gaps.

Because the threat of avian influenza cannot be addressed separately by each country, through this project, ADB is supporting regional collaboration, with the medium term objective to strengthen the regional capacity to address emerging diseases.

In keeping with the project’s objective, significant grant resources from the project will be used to support ADB's developing member countries through regional activities implemented in collaboration with international agencies. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) are the two main international agencies in avian influenza prevention and control activities. They serve both as coordinating agencies, working with governments to ensure that information is shared and responses are consistent, and as technical resource centers, providing technical support to the implementation of avian influenza related activities. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat will also be supported by the project.

ADB entered into Grant Agreement with ASEAN Secretariat, FAO and WHO.

• Grant Agreement for ASEAN Sub-Project was signed on 12 April 2006 and the grant was declared effective on 24 April 2006
• Grant Agreement for FAO Sub-Project was signed on 28 April 2006 and the grant was declared effective on 28 April 2006
• Grant Agreement for WHO Sub-Project was signed on 28 April 2006 and the grant was declared effective on 28 April 2006

Read the detailed descriptions of the three Sub-Projects.

1. ASEAN Sub-Project Description [ PDF: 94kb | 7 pages ]
2. FAO Sub-Project Description [ PDF: 114kb | 14 pages ]
3. WHO Sub-project [ PDF: 203kb | 26 pages ]