Useful Resources for Pandemic Planning
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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
Recent Binomial Pandemic Blog Entries
- California Lettuce Recalled due to Listeria
- Flu vaccine will be readily available in the North this year
- Colorado Cantaloupes
- To Stop the Spread of the Flu:
- The Differences Between Cold and Flu Symptoms
- Is your company ready for a pandemic ?
- E. Coli in the E.U. (the saga continues)
- Bean Sprouts Cause German E. Coli Outbreak
Go to the Binomial Pandemic Blog
Recent Binomial Pandemic Tweets
- How Did Generation X Respond to the H1N1 'Swine' Flu Epidemic? - Cold and Flu Center - Everyday Health http://t.co/WwpvlL3S
- Is your succession plan in place? http://t.co/KtZaNydJ
- There may be a connection between La Nina occurrences and pandemics. http://t.co/BnF63zbJ
- 31 days of good preparedness tips from the CDC. http://t.co/Dk6jKXUG
- How Google Helps Fight the Flu. http://t.co/PsXPW3b0
See all or follow Binomial Pandemic Tweets
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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