With relation to the avian influenza alert worldwide, ECDC ensured field missions in Romania (Oct ’05), Turkey and Iraq (Jan ’06) and in the Northern part of Cyprus not under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus (Feb ’06), supporting the local health authorities and the World Health Organization in their response to this health threat.
ECDC je v zvezi s svetovnim opozorilom o aviarni influenci zagotovil terenske misije v Romuniji (oktober 2005), Turčiji in Iraku (januar 2006) ter severnem delu Cipra, ki ni pod dejanskim nadzorom vlade Republike Ciper (februar 2006), pri čemer je podprl lokalne zdravstvene organe in Svetovno zdravstveno organizacijo pri njihovem ukrepanju v zvezi s to nevarnostjo za zdravje.