Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 10, Issue 1, 06 January 2005

On 26 December 2004, a tsunami struck several Asian and east African countries, resulting in a devastating loss of life and serious damage to basic infrastructures such as housing, water and sewage treatment services, electricity, and health facilities

Recent alerts demonstrate that the transmission of avian influenza to humans, which re-emerged at the beginning of 2004, is far from over in South East Asia