Community Health Resilience
The mission of the Community Health Resilience Collaboratory is to advance community health resilience.
AID POLICY: Resisting the Mantra of Resilience
Resilience has many meanings. A mother and child wait to be seen at the Outpatients Department, AMISOM base in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo: Kate Holt/IRIN
irinnews.org
Controversial Bird Flu Study Finally Published
A controversial bird flu study has been published. The Canadian Press/Hanout/CDC
(LINKS TO THE THREE STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST - CLICK ON "READ MORE" BELOW)
metronews.ca - by Helen Branswell - June 21, 2012
A controversial bird flu study, blocked from full publication for months because of biosecurity concerns, found that as few as five mutations might be enough to give H5N1 viruses the power to infect people and spread among them.
And new research, which played a role in reversing the initial ban on full publication of the study, says viruses with two of those changes are already cropping up regularly in nature. That means that if bird flu viruses were able to pick up three specific additional mutations, they might be able to infect human respiratory tracts and trigger a pandemic.
Firefly Technology Sheds New Light
The light-producing enzyme in the firefly is the key to rapid pathogen detection // Source: cri.cn
submitted by Luis Kun
Homeland Security News Wire - March 22, 2012
A new device, employing the same chemical which lights up fireflies, can easily detect food contamination; the researchers who developed the system hope it will soon be used to test for other diseases, including HIV-AIDS.
Food contamination can now be detected easily by a new device based on the chemical which lights up fireflies.
The Bioluminescent Assay in Real-Time (BART), jointly invented by Professor Jim Murray of the Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences and Dr. Laurence Tisi of Lumora, allows users to test rapidly and simply for food poisoning bacteria. Professor Murray and his partners at technology company Lumora Ltd. hope to develop the system to test for other diseases, including HIV-AIDS.
Antimicrobial Resistance in the European Union and the World
Dr Margaret Chan
Director-General of the World Health Organization
An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Climate Change and Human Health
Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society - March 15, 2012
Worldwide increases in the incidences of asthma, allergies, infectious and cardiovascular diseases will result from a variety of impacts of global climate change, including rising temperatures, worsening ozone levels in urban areas, the spread of desertification, and expansions of the ranges of communicable diseases as the planet heats up, the professional organization representing respiratory and airway physicians stated in a new position paper released today.
The paper is published online and in print in the Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/uoc--lde030912.php
An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Climate Change and Human Health
Connected Citizens - The Power, Peril and Potential of Networks
submitted by Albert Gomez
Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other. The way we engage in public dialogue, coordinate, solve problems—all of it is shifting. New networks are emerging everywhere. It’s exciting—and frightening. What is this new network-centric world? What does it mean for community change?
(READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE OR DOWNLOAD THE REPORT)Connected Citizens - The Power, Peril and Potential of Networks
https://knight.box.com/shared/ng70lqn9hb
Press Statement: National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) Review of H5N1 Research
H5N1 Transmissable Research: Key Documents at 1 Jan 2012
[Editor’s Note: We present three key statements involving the continuing debate around publication of recent H5N1 research on transmissible strains and related biosecurity concerns: The NSABB statement, a WHO statement of concern, and a Washington Post editorial]
Press Statement: National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) Review of H5N1 Research
The U.S. government remains concerned about the threat of influenza, for the risks it poses seasonally, as well as its potential to cause a pandemic. Our domestic and global influenza surveillance efforts have become increasingly capable, along with expanded vaccine manufacturing capacity and assistance to other countries in their efforts to detect and respond to a pandemic. To enhance the detection of and response to influenza outbreaks, the U.S. government supports a broad range of domestic and global preparedness and response efforts that include research on better diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics.
Building Sustainable Communities in Post Conflict and Post Disaster Environments
The Emerald Planet - December 12, 2010
Studio Guests:
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton, Chair (Ret.), International Space University. Author, "Future Cities and MegaCrunch 10 Survival Strategies for the 21st Century"
Jerome Glenn, Executive Director, The Milliennium Project
Dr. Michael D. McDonald, President, Global Health Initiatives.,
Director, National Sustainable Infrastructure Working Group.
Chief Architect, United States Resilience System
RAND - Focus on Community Resilience - Newsletter
Welcome to the first Focus on Community Resilience newsletter. At RAND, we have been intensively studying the many cross-cutting issues related to how communities can withstand and recover from disasters and other conditions that affect community well-being. We are launching this newsletter to share research findings, resources, and tools with people like you who are working to help communities prepare for natural and manmade emergencies. We hope this newsletter will stimulate an exchange of ideas among community leaders and a forum to share lessons about resilience-building strategies and activities.
Global Risks 2011 - Sixth Edition
World Economic Forum - weforum.org
We are living in a new world of risk. Globalization, shifting demographics, rapidly accelerating technological change, increased connectivity, economic uncertainty, a growing multiplicity of actors and shifting power structures combine to make operating in this world unprecedentedly complex and challenging for corporations, institutions and states alike.
Uniquely placed to catalyse a response to this new landscape, the World Economic Forum is launching a platform to better understand, prepare for and respond to complex, interdependent risk. To find out more about the Risk Response Network, click here.
Global Risks Report 2011
New Report Warns Current Global Governance Systems Lack Capacity to Deal with Global Risks
IT and Information Sharing Environments for Community Health Resilience
Information Technology (IT) and Information Sharing Environments (ISEs) are crucial to the evolution of community health resilience. Most people working to improve community health resilience do not understand the nuances of Information Sharing Environments, and how the rapid shifts in IT, mobile devices, social media, cloud computing, peer to peer parallel processing, smart grids, and the linking of millions of people, mobile devices, computers, and sensors are creating a societal mind, which is transforming community health resilience and the health and human security of Americans.
If you have thoughts on these topics, please comment within this collaboratory thread.
