Mexico

• Plan Nacional de Preparación y Respuesta a una Pandemia de Influenza
• Secretaria de Salud
  Mexico’s Health Ministry web site
• Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
  Information page on Avian Flu (Spanish)

Dr Irma Lopez Martinez
INDRE (Instituto de diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiologicos)
Departamento de Virología
1st floor, Carpio 470, Col. Sto. Tomas
C.P. 11340
Del. Miguel Hidalgo.
Mexico D.F., Mexico
T: +52 (5) 341 1432
F: +52 (5341) 0404
e-mail: ilopez@salud.gob.mx

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Mexican President Vicente Fox announced yesterday that he was requesting $60 million (US) for bird flu response, including especially support to produce a vaccine when the time comes. The Minister of Health stated that Mexico would be among the first countries to produce such a vaccine. He also reported that Mexico’s contingency plan for a bird flu pandemic was given to the President a few days ago. The Plan has not yet been made public. (Source: La Jornada (Mexico City daily) November 1, 2005).

Guatemala closed its border with Mexico to all avian products after a low-pathogenicity strain of avian flu, identified as H5N2, was detected in communities in Chiapas border region. Three hundred sick chickens were detected in two communities of Siltepec township at the end of December. Culling and quarantine programs have been established in Bella Vista, Siltepec, Frontera Comalapa and Mazapa de Madero, border townships. Mexican authorities a first pointed to Guatemala as the source of the disease. There is considerable unregistered movement of people and merchandise between the two countries in the isolated border areas inhabitated mainly by Maya Mam Indians. However, today it was revealed that the source of the sick chickens was actually the Mexican agriculture ministry (SAGARPA) itself, who had distributed diseased birds to communities in a government program. The ultimate source of the infected birds was not indicated. (Source: La Jornada, January 8 2006)

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