Useful Resources for Pandemic Planning

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Pandemic Planning Videos

We have located a number of videos related to pandemic planning which you may find useful in understanding the reasons for the concern about pandemics, as well as the problems involved in planning for them.

Recent Blog Entries related to Pandemics

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Recent Pandemic Tweets

Emergency Preparedness: Plan for Disaster Before It Strikes http://t.co/zmw9dG7mkl #Binomial.com
Flu carries higher risk of paralytic disease than flu shot - The Globe and Mail http://t.co/xGIVyBZ3b3
MIT study looks at where the next ‘flu pandemic may come from http://t.co/mikLXOwcs9 #Binomial.com
Queensland (Australia) scientists develop test for new bird flu strain - http://t.co/GtIbhpvR20
Plans in Place in Case of Bird Flu Outbreak - http://t.co/h9D5XgHk9n #Binomial.com

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You may also find some of our older tweets on Pandemic Planning useful.

Articles and Essays

Risky Thinking
Original articles and resources on risk management and business continuity. There is also a free newsletter to which you can subscribe.
http://www.riskythinking.com/

Key Resources

The most well-known pandemic resources in the U.S. are:

Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm
Official U.S. Flu Pandemic information website
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/

Selected Pandemic Planning Resources

Here are some less well-known resources:

World Health Organization - Avian Influenza Alert State
Note that political as well as geographic considerations affect how governments set their national alert state.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html
Symptoms of H1N1 influenza
do_i_have_h1n1.php
The 10 Worst Epidemics
http://health.howstuffworks.com/10-worst-epidemics.htm
The 2009 Flu Pandemifc (Wikipedia)
Read carefully. Remember that everybody was prepared for this one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic
The SARS Epidemic (Wikipedia)
The SARS outbreak in 2002/2003 shows what a pandemic is like. It spread to 37 countries, infected 8000 people, and killed 10% of those infected. It could easily have been much worse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome
The 1968-69 Hong Kong Flu Epidemic (Wikipedia)
This flu epidemic only killed 1 million people. It was derived from the H3N2 strain of influenza.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu
The 1918 Flu Epidemic (Wikipedia)
This killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide. This is the type of pandemic governments really worry about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic
Some Common Misconceptions About Vaccinations
The sad fact is that many people think vaccinations are more risky than the disease. They are wrong.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/6mishome.htm
Pandemic Plannig Toolkit
Caution: this is promotional material for TamiFlu.
http://www.pandemictoolkit.com/
British Medical Journal article on TamiFlu
The conclusion is that it does not help healthy adults much. It might be useful for high-risk patients.
http://www.bmj.com/content/339/bmj.b5106.full.pdf
Pandemic Planning Toolkit: How can we test our pandemic plan?
Caution: More promotional material for TamiFlu.
http://www.pandemictoolkit.com/preparing-flupandemic/test-pandemic-plan.aspx
WHO Checklist for Pandemic Preparedness Planning
Dates from 2005.
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/influenza/WHO_CDS_CSR_GIP_2005_4/en/print.html
The Economic Impact of Pandemic Influenza in the US
How the US models and estimates the effects of an influenza pandemic.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/meltzer.htm
CIDRAP: Businesses urged to avoid pandemic planning pitfalls
http://id_center.apic.org/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/news/oct0908webinar.html

National Pandemic Plans

This is a sampling of country plans from around the world.

Most of these were written between the SARS epidemic and the 2009 flu pandemic.

Australia
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/ohp-pandemic-ahmppi.htm
Belgium
http://www.influenza.be/
Brazil
http://portal.saude.gov.br/portal/arquivos/pdf/plano_flu_english.pdf
Canada
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cpip-pclcpi/index.html
Chile
http://www.minsal.cl/ici/pandemiainfluenza/pandemiainfluenza.html
Czech Republic
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/czechplan.pdf
France
http://www.grippeaviaire.gouv.fr/article.php3?id_article=154
Greece
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/nationalgreece.pdf
Hong Kong (China)
http://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/flu_plan_framework_en_20050222.pdf
Hungary
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/Pandemic_preparedness_plan_Hungary.pdf
Italy
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/italianpandemicplan_english.pdf
Japan
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/influenza/index.html
Mexico
http://www.dgepi.salud.gob.mx/pandemia/FLU-aviar-PNPRAPI.htm
Netherlands
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/netherlands2.pdf
New Zealand
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/nz-influenza-pandemic-action-plan-2006
Norway
http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/hod/tema/Helseberedskap/The-Norwgian-National-Influenza-Pandemic-Preparedness-Plan.html?id=231308
Republic of Korea
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/ROK_National_Pandemic_Plan.pdf
Singapore
http://www.moh.gov.sg/corp/hottopics/influenza/detail.do
Slovak Republic
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/Pand_Plan_SR_AJ.pdf
South Africa
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/southafricaplan.pdf
Sweden (Stragegy)
http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/NR/rdonlyres/671A14B6-4A41-4BA7-BB10-9E4C3E31F030/6852/20071311.pdf
Sweden (Planning)
http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/NR/rdonlyres/A4E5890D-45B2-4C0D-919B-A9D192D4704C/6800/20061308.pdf
Switzerland
http://www.bag.admin.ch/influenza/01120/01134/03058/index.html?lang=fr
Thaliland
http://beid.ddc.moph.go.th/thai/images/stories/DataL3_164.pdf
United Kingdom
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PandemicFlu/PandemicContingencyPlan/fs/en
United States
http://www.hhs.gov/pandemicflu/plan/

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