Rich-poor divide hobbles Asia's bird flu plans (Reuters)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050913/hl_nm/birdflu_asia01_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20050913/2005_09_13t095327_450x300_us_birdflu_asia0_1.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=UqF1YwJc3mpo05bn4ojcKA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Vietnamese poultry seller displays ducks for sale at a wholesale poultry market in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 9, 2005. Asia, seen as the most likely epicenter of a human bird flu pandemic, had a wake-up call with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 that raised standards of government preparedness and border control. But a human outbreak of the more deadly bird flu would pose far bigger logistical and financial challenges in a region where millions live on a few dollars a day, health officials say. (Kham/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A few people in a poor farming village
come down with what they think is a bad case of winter flu and
try to sweat it out without calling for medical treatment that
they can barely afford.</p><br clear=all>