The recent emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus ( HPAI ) strains in poultry have raised concerns about the potential pandemic transmission of a few strains to humans as well of the lethal disease. This year too, Avian Influenza has affected around ten states.
India consumes nearly 30 crore eggs and 900 crore chickens per month and the poultry sector of the country is worth Rs 80,000 crore. The livelihood of crores involved in the industry is set to be impacted as the bird flu scare will discourage more and more people from consuming poultry and poultry products. The economic impact of a bird flu outbreak can be far-reaching.
CII’s Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE) is planning a Contributory Awareness and Capacity Building Initiative of 100 Sessions on Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and COVID 19 for addressing the myths and concerns related to Poultry products related to Bird Flu and COVID 19 while also controlling and preventing the spread.
We are pleased to share that we are featuring in the WFSD website of FAO/WHO site for our Program on 7th June.
The session is scheduled at 1000-1300 hrs on 7th June 2021.
The Link is appended below for your reference. Kindly join along with your colleagues
https://ciionline.webex.com/ciionline/onstage/g.php?MTID=e70c9bf453948494d8c140b575708a7f0
Program
The first webinar in the series was organised on 31 May 2021.
