2009 H1N1 Influenza A PandemicPublic Health and Medical Responses to the 1957-58 Influenza Pandemic Henderson DA, Courtney B, Inglesby TV, Toner E, Nuzzo JB. Public health and medical responses to the 1957-58 influenza pandemic. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism August 2009. Pandemic Flu Preparedness: Lessons from the Frontlines Levi J, Inglesby TV, Segal LM, Vinter S. June 2009. Creating Situational Awareness: A Systems Approach By Eric S. Toner, MD. This white paper was prepared for the June 10, 2009, workshop on medical surge capacity hosted by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events.
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The 2009 H1N1 Experience: Policy Implications for Future Infectious Disease Emergencies Washington, DC, March 5, 2010 Disease, Disaster, Democracy: The Public's Stake in Health Emergency Planning Washington, DC, May 23, 2006 Bulls, Bears, and Birds: Preparing the Financial Industry for a Pandemic New York, NY, September 23, 2005 International Conference on Biosafety and Biorisks Lyon, France, March 2–3, 2005 Multimedia
The Challenge of Bioterrorism, Present and Future: Keynote address delivered by Dr. Tara O’Toole in November 2008 at the Commissioned Training of Major Infectious Disease Emergencies and Bioterrorism Preparedness at Princess Margaret’s Hospital in Hong Kong. Watch the video | View the slides | View other lectures from this conference Video: Hospitals "Full-Up": The 1918 Influenza Pandemic Slide set: “Biosecurity Now and for the Long Run,” from the Thomas Glasser lecture delivered by Tom Inglesby, MD, on April 26, 2007, for the Overlook Hospital Foundation. Note: Statistics and facts included in the slides were current as of April 2007 and have not been updated. U.S. Government Documents U.S. government documents and reports related to avian/pandemic influenza U.S. government documents – all topic areas Biosecurity-related federal legislation See Also
Clinicians' Biosecurity Network Report Archive: Avian/Pandemic Flu Eric Toner, MD: Journal of Health Business and Policy, June 19, 2009. A Leading Physician Pandemic Planning and Risk Assessment Expert Makes Remarks on the "Swine Flu" (H1N1) Outbreak. Strategies for Effective Pandemic Planning, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Sustaining the State Workforce. Business Not As Usual: Preparing for Pandemic Flu: This is a 20-minute training video from Seattle & King County Public Health which they created to help local preparedness efforts, but it has broad applicability. Implications of pandemic influenza for bioterrorism response. Schoch-Spana M. Clinical Infectious Diseases. Dec 2000;31(6). Trust for America's Health (TFAH): Health advocacy organization; see also Pandemic Flu and You, which focuses on preparedness. World Health Organization (WHO) avian flu website: Offical WHO pandemic flu information www.Flu.gov: One-stop access to U.S. Government avian and pandemic flu information. Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services. Pandemic Flu, Take the Lead: Section of www.Flu.gov website that offers resources on community and individual pandemic flu planning. Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP): Authoritative news and scientific literature related to avian and pandemic flu from the University of Minnesota. Fluwiki: Up-to-the-second, unofficial avian flu information, forum, and blog. |