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BRUSSELS, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The European Union promised Friday to pledge $100 million toward fighting the spread of bird flu.
"The costs of tackling bird flu are indeed substantial, but I am convinced that it is better to spend now on controlling avian influenza at the source ... than have to spend much more at a catastrophic events of a human pandemic," EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner told CNN.
The EU plans to make its pledge at a virus conference next week in Beijing. The union is one of the hosts of the meeting, along with China and the World Bank. Eighty countries and 20 organizations are scheduled to attend.
The funding will be used to support developing countries in the fight against bird flu and the risk of the virus, the commissioner said. Also, it will be used to assist countries who need help, particularly in Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, to strengthen military and health services and reform animal husbandry practices.
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