Cambodia has received words of praise from the United Nations, after a visit by a top bird flu official confirmed the country’s sustained and effective effort to deal with the disease. The country has recorded 6 human deaths due to the bird flu virus so far, but David Nabarro, the UN senior coordinator on bird flu, says that Cambodia has to be praised to the swift way in which it reacted to prevent the spread of the disease. Nabarro spent a day in the country to oversee the efforts to educate school children and their teachers on this matter. Four avian influenza outbreaks have been spotted in Cambodia in the last two months, but the last human victim was recorded in April this year. This is little in comparison to the country’s neighbours, Thailand and Indonesia recording a high number of fatalities in recent months.
