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Preventing spread of infectious diseases is everyone's responsibility

Thu, 2009-06-18 04:17 — JRees

According to a report published 16 June, we must all share responsibility for preventing the spread of diseases such as swine flu, SARS, avian influenza, diarrhoeal and skin diseases, and even the common cold. The swine flu scare has prompted some to say that we are over-reacting but it is important to look at the bigger picture - because the next new pathogens are always just around the corner. The regular emergence of new pathogenic strains, and their unpredictable behaviour, means that sustained investment in effective strategies of mitigation and containment make absolute sense.

Weapon against epidemics: Cell phones

Wed, 2009-06-17 09:21 — admin

Disease-control software in cell phones is touted as boon to global public health

More than half of world's cell phones are in developing countries

Health workers in Kenya stopped spread of polio in '07 using EpiSurveyor

Kenyan health care worker: Relaying information at appropriate time is life-saving

updated 7:38 a.m. EDT, Tue June 16, 2009
Next Article in Technology »

By Azadeh Ansari
CNN

New Strain of H1N1 in Brazil

Wed, 2009-06-17 08:48 — admin

Brazilian scientists have identified a new strain of the H1N1 virus after examining samples from a patient in Sao Paulo, their institute said Tuesday. The variant has been called A/Sao Paulo/1454/H1N1 by the Adolfo Lutz Bacteriological Institute, which compared it with samples of the A(H1N1) swine flu from California. The genetic sequence of the new sub-type of the H1N1 virus was isolated by a virology team lead by one of its researchers, Terezinha Maria de Paiva, the institute said in a statement.

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Pandemic Preparedness at the Community Level

Fri, 2009-06-12 16:47 — admin

For local guidance, poiicies, planning tools, training modules, capacity maps, communication, and advocacy, see:

http://pandemicpreparedness.org/

The U.S. Commitment to Global Health: Recommendations for the Public and Private Sectors

Mon, 2009-06-01 22:50 — admin

The U.S. Commitment to Global Health: Recommendations for the Public and Private Sectors

Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health; Institute of Medicine – May 20, 2009
ISBN: 0-309-13822-1, 280 pages, 6 x 9, (2009)

Free PDF [263p.] to download from: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12642.html

Thomas Frieden Chosen as Next CDC Director

Fri, 2009-05-15 08:23 — admin

President Obama will announce on Friday that he has chosen Dr. Thomas R.
Frieden, the New York City health commissioner, as the next director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administration officials said
Thursday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/health/policy/15cdc.html

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/commish/combio.shtml

WHO: Two Billion Might Become Infected with H1N1/2009 "Swine Flu"

Sat, 2009-05-09 08:48 — admin

Updated: 2009-05-08 10:02
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2009-05/08/content_7757010.htm

GENEVA – Up to 2 billion people could be infected by swine flu if the current outbreak turns into a pandemic lasting two years, the World Health Organization said Thursday. WHO flu chief Keiji Fukuda said the historical record of flu pandemics indicates one-third of the world's population gets infected in such outbreaks. Independent experts agreed that the estimate was possible but pointed out that many would not show any symptoms.

A guide to Quantitative Methods in Health Impact Assessment

Fri, 2009-05-08 10:17 — admin

Håkan Brodin, Stephen Hodge
Swedish National Institute of Public Health, (SNIPH) 2008

Available online at: http://www.fhi.se/PageFiles/4375/R200841_Health_Impact_200812.pdf?epslanguage=en

This report is a guidance for quantitative (or numerical) analysis of health impact assessments (HIAs), when such analysis is needed. It is intended to be a complement to other guidance, published by the Swedish National Institute of Public Health (SNIPH), and is based on accepted methods from health technology assessment (HTA).

The Millennium Development Goals Fail Poor Children: The Case for Equity-Adjusted Measures

Fri, 2009-05-08 09:50 — admin

Daniel D. Reidpath1*, Chantal M. Morel2, Jeffrey W. Mecaskey3, Pascale Allotey1
1 Centre for Public Health Research, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom,
2 LSE Health, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom,
3 Save the Children UK, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 6(4): e1000062. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000062 - April 28, 2009

Available online at: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000062

Pandemic influenza preparedness in Latin America: analysis of national strategic plans

Tue, 2009-05-05 17:31 — admin

Ana Mensua, Sandra Mounier-Jack and Richard Coker
Communicable Disease Policy Research Group, Health Policy Unit, Department of Public health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Health Policy and Planning Advance Access published May 1, 2009
Published by Oxford University Press in association with The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Health Policy and Planning 2009;1–8 doi:10.1093/heapol/czp019

Full text at: http://bit.ly/AsZJI

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