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Mon, 2009-04-27 09:51 — admin

Dear colleagues, Resilience Network principals, and FAC teams leads,

We are on the cusp of a Phase 6 pandemic alert by WHO. According to its own rules, the phase 6 alert should have already been announced. However, with the SO-H1N1 global outbreak being relatively mild so far, as it is spreading globally, there is a concern about over-reaction by the public and governments that would further hurt our already ailing global economy.

The days, weeks, and months ahead will be full of difficult decisions. One way to help with reducing the economic pain and consequences of errors of omission that might lead to greater infection and premature death is to fully engage the civil society and educate the general public.

Please let us know if you have comments or questions, by posting below. The mission of this working group space is to track the flow of the SO-H1N1/2009 ("Swine Flu) global outbreak, and to create the collective intelligence to optimally anticipate, prepare, and respond to whatever is coming in terms of the economic, social, health and human consequences.

Mike

Michael D. McDonald, Dr.P.H.
President
Global Health Initiatives, Inc.

Coordinator
Global Resilience System

Principal Investigator
Disaster Knowledge Management System
Resilience Networks

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PAHO Urges Equitable Access to Influenza Vaccines

Tue, 2009-05-05 16:24 — admin

Website; http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1300&Itemid=1

Washington, D.C., May 3, 2009 (PAHO/WHO) – Guaranteeing access for developing countries to vaccines, including a possible vaccine for the new A/H1N1 influenza virus, is a major concern of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the regional office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), a PAHO vaccine expert said during a media briefing today.

PAHO H1N1 Flu Briefing

Tue, 2009-05-05 16:21 — admin

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION -WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

News and Public Information * MEDIA ADVISORY

PAHO Briefing Monday May 4 on Influenza Epidemic 2 PM (Eastern time)

WHAT: Briefing on new A/H1N1 influenza outbreaks by Dr. Jon K. Andrus, Pan American Health Organization

WHEN: Monday, May 4, at 14:00 HS (Washington, DC Time)

WHERE: PAHO. 525 23rd St. NW, Washington, DC (Corner 23rd St. & Virginia Ave)

WHO: Dr. Jon K. Andrus, Pan American Health Organization, regional office for the Americas, World Health Organization

Capitalism Beyond the Crisis

Tue, 2009-05-05 16:19 — admin

Amartya Sen, is Lamont University Professor at Harvard. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998.
His most recent book is Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny. (March 2009)

The New York Review of Books - Volume 56, Number 5 · March 26, 2009

Available online at: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22490

Pandemic Influenza Planning in the United States from a Health Disparities Perspective

Tue, 2009-05-05 16:16 — admin

Philip Blumenshine,*1 Arthur Reingold,† Susan Egerter,‡ Robin Mockenhaupt,§ Paula Braveman,‡ and James Marks§

*Weill/Cornell Medical College, Ithaca, New York, USA; †University of California, Berkeley, California, USA; ‡University of California, San Francisco, California, USA; and §Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
EID Journal Home > Volume 14, Number 5–May 2008
CDC Journal Emerging Infectious Disease

Available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/5/709.htm

Did Mexico over-react on swine flu?

Mon, 2009-05-04 18:35 — admin

As tests suggest the swine flu virus in Mexico may be less virulent than first feared, the BBC's Stephen Gibbs in Mexico City looks at whether the response was an over-reaction.

Pedro Aparicio stocked up on food so his family would not need to go outside. Pedro Aparicio shows me his receipt from the supermarket.
"My wife thinks I spent too much," he says.
Just before the partial shutdown of this country, the primary school teacher stocked up on everything he thinks he, his wife, and their young daughter Naomi will need for the next five days.

'Walking well' flood hospitals with -- or without -- flu symptoms

Sat, 2009-05-02 18:35 — admin

By Madison Park
(CNN)

A runny nose. A cough. A sore throat. And even pork eaten a week ago.

Hospitals like Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, California, set up triage tents to handle overcrowding

After a week of headlines about the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, many emergency rooms and hospitals are crammed with people, many of whom don't need to be there.

The visits by the "worried well" have triggered concerns of overburdening the nation's hospitals and emergency departments, several health care professionals told CNN.

Eleventh Futures Forum on the ethical governance of pandemic influenza preparedness

Fri, 2009-05-01 13:11 — admin

2008, iv + 28 pages ISBN 978 92 890 7186 4
WHO Regional Office for Europe- Copenhagen, Denmark

Available online PDF [36p.] at: http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E91310.pdf

“…..The Eleventh Futures Forum reviewed some countries’ experience in applying ethical governance approaches to a major contemporary policy concern for WHO and its Member States: preparedness for an influenza pandemic. The topic provided a concrete policy-making example that participants could use to discuss broader and more generic ethical governance approaches in European health systems.

Why is Mexico's Death Toll So High for 2009 H1N1 ("Swine Flu")?

Fri, 2009-05-01 12:53 — admin

First Flu Death Provides Clues to Mexico Toll

Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

By MARC LACEY and ELISABETH MALKIN
Published: April 30, 2009

OAXACA, Mexico — Adela María Gutiérrez fell ill in the beginning of April with what she thought was a bad cold. She tried aspirin and antibiotics, bed rest and moist towels, but nothing brought down her soaring fever, reduced her aches and pains, or boosted her energy level.

Mexico begins shutting down as flu fears spread

Thu, 2009-04-30 19:32 — admin

By Catherine Bremer

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico began shutting down parts of its economy on Thursday to slow the spread of a new flu strain as officials urged increased worldwide precautions against an imminent pandemic.

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New confirmed flu cases were reported in the United States, Canada and Europe, although a case in Peru, which would have been the first confirmed case in Latin America outside of Mexico, was later discounted.

Mexico City restricts thousands of public places over swine flu

Tue, 2009-04-28 18:14 — admin

Many governments around the world have begun to impose restrictions in hopes of limiting the spread of Swine Flu. A CNN story gives an update of cases and focuses on Mexico's new enforcement of restaurant closures and contemplation of transportation restrictions.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/swine.flu/index.html

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- About 35,000 public venues in Mexico City were shut down or told to serve only takeout meals Tuesday as officials tried to contain a deadly swine flu outbreak.

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