World Bank Creates $500 Million Loan Plan to Combat Bird Flu

mkpdavies · 08-11-2005, 06:50 PM

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GENEVA, Nov.7 - The World Bank announced today the creation of a $500 million loan program aimed at getting money swiftly to poor Southeast Asian countries that are struggling to combat an outbreak of avian flu among birds.

It also warned that a global human pandemic, should it occur, could cause $800 billion in global economic losses. The bank announced the loan program, which is subject to approval by its board next week, at a meeting in Geneva where experts are trying to forge a strategy to stop bird flu from developing INTO phpbb_a full-blown pandemic that could kill millions of people.

Ever heard the story Jack and the beanstalk? In it Jack seems to waste his money on some magic beans, but they turn out to be really magic, so all is O.K.

These beans aren't magic.

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