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The World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Organisation of Animal Health (OAH) have decided to set up an early warning system in order to spread awareness of zoonoses , or the diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans.
Such a system has become imperative since bird flu, SARS and mad cow disease are spreading with alarming frequency. "The spread of avian flu reinforces the fact that the animal and human health sectors must work ...