Saturday, December 3, 2011

Egypt: Economist: poultry industry lost between 20 to 25 billion pounds because of the #birdflu #H5N1

3-12-2011


Dr. Samir Al Alfi expert social marketing and health information at the University "John Hopkins" The poultry industry in Egypt has lost between 20 to 25 billion pounds because of Anfloanzataior, pointing out that the awareness campaigns conducted by various media and the press after this crisis has had a major role in raising awareness of the disease during this period .. It was one of the best campaigns in the fight against the disease.

This was announced in front of the Regional Conference on "the latest trends for Strategic and ethical in the field of health communication for journalists and media professionals," which began its work today in Sharm el-Sheikh with the participation of lecturers from the University of Al-Ahram Canadian and World Health Organization, including Dr. Laila Abdel-Majid, Dean of the Faculty of Media at the University of Al-Ahram Canadian, in addition to Jordan and the UAE, Bahrain, Tunisia, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Yemen .. And organized by the Regional Office of WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region and will last for four days.


The Millennium that health has become a very important area and said we should care for ways to prevent disease or the introduction of diseases into the country .. He pointed out that there are no adequate expertise in these areas .. However, the private sector donated about 40 million pounds to participate in awareness campaigns in the event of bird flu crisis.

The expert social marketing of health information that before the entry of swine flu to Egypt and when they occur in many countries of the world provided some quarters suggestions a communication plan to tackle the disease before entering, and his appearance in Egypt, the Ministry of Information at that time rejected the proposal, and attributed the refusal not to intimidate citizens .

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