Press Release: EUR 28.3 million for new research into avian and pandemic influenza

The European Commission has announced €28.3 million of new projects into avian and pandemic influenza. 17 projects were selected after a special call for proposals under the EU’s Sixth Research Framework Programme. The new projects cover human and animal health, and address research needs identified by organisations such as the World Health Organisation, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the UN. The €28.3 million allocated to these projects comes in addition to the €21 million already made available under the Fifth and Sixth Framework Programmes.

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/06/381 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/381&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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