Voorbereiding op grieppandemie

Singapore pushes for pandemic preparedness
PRIVATE-sector firms need to be prepared for a potential pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng said on Monday.
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/01/sina...

(Amerika) Health officials discuss pandemic issue

Leaders from the San Luis Valley counties gathered on Tuesday to discuss and plan for pandemic during the San Luis Valley Medical Surge Tabletop, hosted by David Osborn, planner for emergency preparedness, and Beth Quinlan, trainer for emergency preparedness.

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UK: Pandemic flu inquiry hears from Health Minister
Ms Primarolo will be asked about the UK’s preparedness in the event of a large-scale pandemic flu outbreak.
Areas to be covered by the Committee will include how well the UK’s transport and medical infrastructure is prepared for such an outbreak and the plans that are in place to deal with the eventuality of significant numbers of key workers being taken ill or having to stay home to look after sick dependents.
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/03/uk-p...



British thinktank warns of ‘global pandemic of unrest’
A leading British thinktank Friday warned of the “grave threat” of social unrest in response to the global recession over the next two years.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in a paper published Friday, rated the risk of upheaval that could “disrupt economies and topple governments” as “high or very high” in 95 countries.

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A bird flu tsar will be appointed for Scotland for coordinating efforts when an epidemic breaks out. The senior health official who will be responsible for giving his expert advice will be paid ￡50,000 annually
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/UK-Pr...

Nieuw griepvaccin klaar voor markt in Australië
EMERFLU®, pandemic influenza vaccine for humans, approved in Australia
http://www.insciences.org/article.php?article_i...

Japan, U.S. would work together in flu pandemic
It’s a grim picture.
If a new human influenza virus developed and struck Japan, it could infect a quarter of the population, cause as many as 640,000 deaths and force 40 percent of the workforce to stay home, according to a Japanese government estimate.
The country’s plan for any future influenza pandemic calls for shutting down airports, closing schools and organizing mass cremations of the dead in hopes of keeping the virus off its shores or at least containing it.
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&...

Meeting the Challenge of Influenza Pandemic Preparedness in Developing Countries
Developing countries face unique difficulties preparing for an influenza pandemic. Our current top-down approach will not provide these countries with adequate supplies of vaccines and antiviral agents. Consequently, they will have to use a bottom-up approach based on inexpensive generic agents that either modify the host response to influenza virus or act as antiviral agents.
http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/3/365.htm

The Third International Conference on Influenza Vaccines for the World
27-30 April 2009, Palais des Festivals et des Congres, Cannes Cedex, France
IVW 2009 will address the following important topics:
• Surveillance Issues / Burden of Disease
• Immunological Issues
• Social / Political / Financial Issues Surrounding Influenza Vaccination
• Novel Developments
• Production / Formulation Issues / Manufacturing Issues
• Vaccine Usage / Targeting Strategies
• Influenza Vaccines / Adjuvants – Improvement Issues
• Pandemic Preparedness Issues / Licensing Issues
http://www.meetingsmanagement.com/ivw_2009/

"MONSTROUS BIOWEAPON" "INADVERTENTLY" SHIPPED COULD HAVE TRIGGERED A HUMAN PANDEMIC
Where is the media on the huge story? What would be the implications/ramifications had it not been caught in time? Where are the investigative journalists exposing WHO inadvertently supplied samples of this WMD to European labs?
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs...



Virus mix-up by lab could have resulten in pandemic
It's emerged that virulent H5N1 bird flu was sent out by accident from an Austrian lab last year and given to ferrets in the Czech Republic before anyone realised. As well as the risk of it escaping into the wild,...
http://article.wn.com/view/2009/03/06/Virus_mix...