[Easttimorstudies] COMMUNICATING RISK ABOUT BIRD FLU TO REMOTE VILLAGERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN TIMOR LESTE

[Jennifer Drysdale]

The following paper from the recent "Community Development in a 
Global Risk Society conference" (held last week in Melbourne) can be 
found at http://cres.anu.edu.au/~jenster/IsmenioBirdFlu.doc

COMMUNICATING RISK ABOUT BIRD FLU TO REMOTE VILLAGERS AND OTHER 
PEOPLE IN TIMOR LESTE (EAST TIMOR)
Mr Andrew Funston and Mr Ismenio Martins Da Silva
Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

April 2006

Introduction
This paper looks at communicating risk of bird flu (HPAI) and, if 
required, communicating official outbreak strategies to people in 
Timor Leste; especially amongst poor and less educated people living 
in remote villages.