Avian and pandemic human influenza and the workplace

By Suttida Chaikitsakol, National Project Coordinator, Subregional Ofice for East Asia. The continuing outbreaks of cases of avian influenza have prompted worldwide concerns of possible pandemic human influenza. As the number of cases of infection in humans increases, it becomes easier for the virus to mutate, so it could spread efficiently amongst people, something which could lead to a human pandemic. In response, a pilot project “Avian and Pandemic Human Influenza and the Workplace” was initiated by the ILO CRISIS Department in Geneva and the Subregional Office for East Asia, in Bangkok