# Regional Approach Required to Manage Avian Influenza in Southern Africa | 263Chat

> A guest blog calls for coordinated regional action on the first confirmed HPAI outbreaks in southern Africa, in the DRC, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The author warns of losses and trade disruption across the sub-region. The piece is opinion, not a new event.

- Date: 2017-07-31 · published 2017-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Southern Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69832-regional-approach-required-to-manage-avian-influenza-in-southern-africa-263chat
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Heightened regional disease risk could reshape poultry production and trade policy over time, but the commentary itself does not move feed prices.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2025-01-28 | [Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globally - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16030-enhancing-the-response-to-avian-influenza-in-the-us-and-globally-the-lancet.md) | +2.0% | +6.6% |
| HOGS | 2020-10-09 | [African Swine Fever and Avian Influenza : the next viral threats? - Alcimed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50525-african-swine-fever-and-avian-influenza-the-next-viral-threats-alcimed.md) | -4.3% | -10.2% |
| HOGS | 2020-08-06 | [Avian influenza outbreak highlights need for better approaches for managing biosecurity - CSU News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51496-avian-influenza-outbreak-highlights-need-for-better-approaches-for-managing.md) | +2.7% | +9.2% |
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| HOGS | 2024-05-16 | [Influenza: Avian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16095-influenza-avian.md) | -0.7% | -3.0% |
| SBM | 2023-09-26 | [Over 50 avian influenza cases confirmed in South Africa \| SAnews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16154-over-50-avian-influenza-cases-confirmed-in-south-africa-sanews.md) | -5.7% | +7.3% |
| SBM | 2025-01-28 | [Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globally - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16030-enhancing-the-response-to-avian-influenza-in-the-us-and-globally-the-lancet.md) | +0.6% | -3.0% |
| SBM | 2020-08-06 | [Avian influenza outbreak highlights need for better approaches for managing biosecurity - CSU News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51496-avian-influenza-outbreak-highlights-need-for-better-approaches-for-managing.md) | -0.0% | +7.1% |

## Sources

- 263chat.com: https://www.263chat.com/regional-approach-required-manage-avian-influenza-southern-africa/

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