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Provides valuable insight for those preparing for the possibility of another pandemic sometime in our future.
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•Date: 26th August 2008• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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‘Making a case for investing in pandemic preparedness.’
Read article•Date: 19th June 2008• Region: NA/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Government advice is insufficient to ensure that the private sector is equipped to deal with a pandemic.
Read article•Date: 12th June 2008• Region: UK/Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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New guidance from the UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat.
Read article•Date: 22nd May 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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The Association of Banks in Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Home Affairs will coordinate a two-week industry-wide exercise to test the Singapore financial sector’s pandemic response plans. The exercise will take place between 28th August and 11th September 2008.
Read article•Date: 16th May 2008• Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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WHO will release revised guidance later this year.
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•Date: 16th May 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Version three now available.
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MIT researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic outbreak that killed at least 50 million people.
Read article•Date: 20th February 2008• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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The fifth International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza is taking place in New Delhi, India.
Read article•Date: 5th Dec 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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A new guide, ‘The Microbiological Threat to the National Power Grid: Advanced Pandemic Planning for Utilities Executives’ has been published.
Read article•Date: 6th Nov 2007• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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FBIIC/FSSCC reports on pandemic ‘flu exercise; Human-to-human transmission of avian influenza detected; Projected supply of pandemic influenza vaccine sharply increases.
Read article•Date: 26th October 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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A comment article by Continuity Central’s editor, David Honour.
Read article•Date: 27th Sept 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Marsh and The Albright Group study says that the impact of a pandemic is likely to exceed what most corporate and governmental leaders have imagined, or are prepared for.
Read article•Date: 27th Sept 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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WHO responding rapidly to investigate; an important aspect of pandemic planning is to monitor outbreaks of all new communicable diseases.
Read article•Date: 6th Sept 2007• Region: Africa/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Also announces pandemic planning webinar, to take place on September 12.
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•Date: 6th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Pandemic influenza remains the main global infectious disease threat, but other pathogens such as Ebola haemorrhagic fever and Marburg fever could also create major pandemics.
Read article•Date: 24th August 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Non-pharmaceutical interventions can play a critical role in mitigating the consequences of future severe influenza pandemics.
Read article•Date: 9th August 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Will help to make the world more secure from threats to global health, such as pandemic ‘flu.
Read article•Date: 15th June 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Findings available from last year’s Australian national pandemic influenza exercise.
Read article•Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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GlaxoSmithKline has said that it will contribute to the H5N1 global vaccine stockpile and Omninvest of Hungary, Baxter and sanofi pasteur have also indicated their willingness to make some of their H5N1 vaccine available.
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•Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Why predicting the next Influenza pandemic is difficult and how scientists can best prepare; US preparedness to respond to Avian Influenza A (H5N1) strengthened by CDC/CSTE partnership;‘Beyond checklists: developing and implementing business plans for pandemic Influenza’.
Read article•Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic resources
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A white paper from 3n which examines the role of message mapping in pandemic crisis communications.
Read article•Date: 11th May 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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BDC has introduced a free online guide to help Canadian small businesses plan for a ‘flu pandemic. The user-friendly guide, available at www.bdc.ca/pandemic, provides information and templates to put together a continuity plan.
BOMA Canada publishes advice and toolkit.
Read article•Date: 3rd May 2007 • Region: Canada •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Recent news in the area of pandemic planning.
Read article•Date: 20th April 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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A new paper, ‘Respirator donning in post-hurricane New Orleans’, by Cummings KJ, Cox-Ganser J, Riggs MA, et al, has found that three quarters of people do not know how to correctly wear N-95 facial respirators. The findings are significant in terms of pandemic planning; intimating that regular pre-outbreak training and exercising may be required in this area. Read the paper.•Date: 12th April 2007 • Region: US/World •Type: Briefing •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Cities where public health officials imposed multiple social containment measures within a few days after the first local cases were recorded cut peak weekly death rates by up to half compared with cities that waited just a few weeks to respond.
Read article•Date: 4th April 2007 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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A new white paper by Future Health Solutions provides a general overview of the topic of business continuity planning for the impacts of a pandemic.
Download the article as a PDF •Date: 23rd March 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic plannning
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Pandemic planning has more general benefits, says Leslie Whittet.
Read article•Date: 16th March 2007• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic plan.
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New GSK vaccine may help prepare, or 'prime', the human immune system to rapidly respond against variants of the H5N1 strain.
Read article•Date: 7th March 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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'Business Continuity Planning - Responding to an Influenza Pandemic’ published by the Irish government.
Read article•Date: 6th March 2007 • Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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The model can be leveraged to allow corporate risk managers to understand the operational impact and estimated economic loss associated with a full range of influenza pandemic scenarios at the company-specific level.
Read article•Date: 27th Feb 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Continuity Central explores the facts behind the headline.
Read article •Date: 16th Feb 2007 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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The US company, Freeman, has developed a comprehensive plan for maintaining business continuity during an avian influenza pandemic, and the company has made it available on the Internet to help business continuity planners in other companies. Download a copy of the plan (Word document).•Date: 9th Feb 2007 • Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Business continuity planning advice aimed at the pharmaceutical and health care industry.
Read article •Date: 25th January 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Scientists assess risk of potential ‘flu pandemic spread via global airlines; UN agency urges vigilance as new outbreaks of bird ‘flu are reported.
Read article •Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Bird ‘flu again spreads across Asia; Pandemic ‘flu unlikely to spread through water systems; Ramifications of widespread use of Tamiflu.
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•Date: 17th January 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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There are key differences between a pandemic and any other disruptive event – Dan Dorman explains what these are and how business continuity plans need to be adapted to address them.
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•Date: 5th Jan 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Rand has published a new pandemic planning resource which provides a fully customizable template for a tabletop exercise for pandemic influenza preparedness that can be used by state and local health agencies and their healthcare and governmental partners as an exercise in training, in building relationships, and in evaluation. More information.•Date: 12th Dec 2006• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: US pandemic planning
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A sense of complacency seems to be creeping in…
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•Date: 8th Dec 2006• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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“One weak link can lead to a domino effect.”
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•Date: 7th Dec 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Over 80 percent of surveyed companies have no budget for pandemic planning.
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•Date: 1st Dec 2006• Region: Hong Kong •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Warning contained in special supplement on ‘Preparing for an influenza pandemic’.
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•Date: 29th Nov 2006• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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National Governors Association Center for Best Practices releases pandemic primer
‘Preparing for a Pandemic Influenza: A Primer for Governors and Senior State Officials’
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0607PANDEMICPRIMER.PDF
Statins deserve study for treatment and prophylaxis during ‘flu pandemic
A new paper suggests that cholesterol-lowering agents may help lessen the symptoms of influenza and could be a viable treatment option in the event of a pandemic influenza.
http://www.infectiousdiseasenews.com
Scientists develop SARS vaccine with common poultry virus
Using the virus of a common poultry disease, Newcastle Disease, University of Maryland, College Park researchers have developed a vaccine that, in early NIH trials, successfully immunized monkeys against SARS and human parainfluenza viruses. They are now working on a vaccine for H5N1 avian influenza.
Webinar: ‘Ten Ways Executives Can Prepare for Avian Flu’
MessageOne, July 26th, 2 pm (Eastern)/ 11am (Pacific)
Individuals interested in participating may register at www.messageone.com/birdflu
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