Malawi belongs to the SADC community and has not experienced
H5N1 outbreak. The country holds around 25,000,000 chickens, 50%
are broilers production with 92% of the domestic chickens
produced in commercial or semi-commercial industries. Malawi has
an extensive wetlands network with of course lake Malawi but
also some others areas along the rift valley which can host
numerous wild birds species. Wild birds migrations are important
between December and March. No active survey has been put in
place for H5N1. However an emergency plan has been draft and a
passive surveillance network has been set up and a media
campaign has been launched. A AI National Task Force has been
constituted. Projects and Activities: Two epidemiological survey
of the influenza virus in wild birds has been conducted in
Malawi, in February 2006 and April 2007, in the framework of the
Technical Cooperation Programmes (TCP) of FAO ( Surveillance and
prevention of HPAI, FAO TCP ). Objectives were to evaluate the
Avian Influenza prevalence, i