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Panama to Host Avian Flu Meeting
Representatives
of international bodies and 21
Central American ministers of
Agriculture, Health and
Environment will gather in
Panama City June 6-8 to discuss
regional preparations against
avian flu.
President of the Republic Martin
Torrijos will attend the opening
of the meeting on strategies to
prevent and face a potential
outbreak of the virus.
Participants, including SICA
(Central American Integration
System) Secretary General Anibal
E. Quinonez and ministers from
Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua,
Belize and the host country, are
to exchange ideas on steps taken
so far in their countries to
face the disease.
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