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Strategies (and tactics) for dealing with a pandemic.
Investigators Employ Protege to Model Pandemic Scenarios
A Sweden-based research group developed an ontology-based representation of pandemic influenza outbreak scenarios. Their work entails the use of an open source ontology modeling tool, Protege.
Search PubMed Pandemic Flu Research Listings
The NIH maintains a list of related research publications relevant to public health planning for pandemic influenza.
Professional Associations: Role-Specific Strategies
Brief references to related work performed by professional associations and others.
Northwestern ESAM Worst Case Swine Flu Projections
The Brockmann Group at the Northwestern University Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics group is updating their computer simulations of the 2009 H1N1 outbreak regularly.
GLEaMviz.org : model viz
Predictions from the GLobal Epidemic and Mobility modeler are being presented online as the 2009 H1N1 outbreak unfolds.
Strategy Redux: Nothing New Since 1918?
An October 2006 workshop at NIH featured reports from medical historians about strategies employed during the 1918 pandemic. Upshot? Use the same strategies again.
"Disaster Resistance": Communiques from the Front
Thoughtful and locale-appropriate, the King County Emergency Services Office of Emergency Management includes Eric Holdeman's blog. It's one example of a government official tracking multiple and diverse threads in an effort to make a difference, or -- as the County puts it -- "promoting disaster resistant communities."
How Katrina Helped the CDC Prepare
The U.S. CDC has undergone a "lessons learned" analysis of its performance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. It believes some of these lessons will help it prepare for pandemic influenza.
Blue-Ribbon Commission Calls for More Simulation
An interim report by The Blue Ribbon Commission on Mega-Catastrophes of The Financial Services Roundtable calls for enhanced and continuing use of simulations for critical infrastructure.
Haddon Matrix for Strategy Evaluation
The Haddon matrix was developed for vehicular injury analysis decades ago, but could be used for studying pandemic strategies.
News
2009-09-10 U.S. Colleges Report Rise in 'Flu-like' Illness
U.S. colleges in the Midwest and Southeast are already reporting flu-like illnesses, though the school year has scarcely begun. Most have not tested for H1N1, but most reported cases are likely to be attributable to the 2009 "swine flu."
2009-06-12 Search PubMed Pandemic Flu Research Listings
The NIH maintains a list of related research publications relevant to public health planning for pandemic influenza.
2009-06-12 It's Official: Pandemic Phase 6 Reached
The UN's World Health Organization announced on 11 June 2009 that it had raised the H1N1 outbreak to pandemic phase 6.
2009-04-29 WHO Raises Alert Level to V
The WHO raised its pandemic flu alert to Phase V on April 29, 2009.
2009-04-27 Guardian Reviews UK's 2007 Pandemic Flu Plan
As part of its swine flu coverage, highlighted by the revelation on the same day that two UK citizens were confirmed to have contracted the disease, the Guardian reviewed the British government's pandemic flu contingency plan.
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