Indonesia had its 19th human death of bird flu this year

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However, Indonesia since March has refused to share human bird flu samples with the World Health Organisation (WHO) after an Australian company developed a vaccine for commercial sale using an Indonesian sample without Jakarta's knowledge.

The government says foreign drug manufacturers are developing commercial bird flu vaccines using samples from poor countries such as Indonesia that ultimately may be unable to afford or even access them.

Indonesia has called for changes in WHO rules that would prevent samples from being used to develop vaccines unless all countries can access the scientific information without fear of patents or copyrights - and will continue its ban on sharing samples until that happens.

The issue is expected to be high on the agenda of the WHO's annual World Health Assembly, which begins Monday in Geneva.