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"Rapid action was taken by community groups with the support of government and international organizations and this was a very excellent piece of work by all concerns," said David Nabarro, the UN's senior coordinator on avian influenza, on Thursday.
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The top bird flu official spent a day in Cambodia, where he reviewed efforts by the government and the United Nations children's agency to educate school children and teachers on detecting and preventing the deadly disease.
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Cambodia has been hit by four bird flu outbreaks in the last two months, and six people have died from the H5N1 strain of the virus since 2003. The last death was in April this year.
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This compares to 17 fatalities in neighbouring Thailand and 55 in Indonesia since the latest bird flu outbreak erupted in late 2003.
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"The threat posed by avian influenza remains serious for the world as a whole," said Nabarro, who will visit Thailand Friday as part of a tour to review the bird flu situation in the region.
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"Avian influenza remains a major threat to the world poultry, the virus is continuing to circulate in domestic poultry population in Asia, in Africa and in eastern Europe," he said.
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Bird flu has killed more than 100 people worldwide since 2003, mostly in Asia, according to the World Health Organization. — AFP 
