نتایج جستجو برای: pandemic preparedness

تعداد نتایج: 117165  

2016
Tikki Pang

I n the wake of recent outbreaks of Zika, Ebola and the MERS-CoV viruses, and with trust in global institutions at an alltime low, many are asking: how prepared is the global public health community to deal with future emerging pandemics? A recent report by the Commission on the Global Health Risk Framework, convened by the US National Academy of Medicine, stated that “we are underinvested and ...

2015
Yenlik Zheteyeva Margaret Coleman JianRong Shi Hongjiang Gao Amra Uzicanin Jeanette J. Rainey

Introduction The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends implementing early targeted school closures as one of the front-line interventions to slow progression of a severe influenza pandemic before appropriate vaccine becomes available. However, prolonged school closures may impose unintended economic and social costs and consequences to students’ families. These costs and c...

Background Recognizing the importance of having a broad exploration of how cultural perspectives may shape thinking about ethical considerations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded four regional meetings in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Eastern Mediterranean to explore these perspectives relevant to pandemic influenza preparedness and response. The meetings were ...

Journal: :Health security 2015
Crystal Boddie Tara Kirk Sell Matthew Watson

This article assesses US government funding in 5 domains critical to strengthening health security: biodefense programs, radiological and nuclear programs, chemical programs, pandemic influenza and emerging infectious disease programs, and multiple-hazard and preparedness programs. This year's article also highlights the emergency funding appropriated in FY2015 to enable the international and d...

2006
Danuta M. Skowronski Martin Petric Patricia Daly Robert A. Parker Elizabeth Bryce Patrick W. Doyle Michael A. Noble Diane L. Roscoe Joan Tomblin Tung C. Yang Mel Krajden David M. Patrick Babak Pourbohloul Swee Han Goh William R. Bowie Tim F. Booth S. Aleina Tweed Thomas L. Perry Allison McGeer Robert C. Brunham

Two Canadian urban areas received travelers with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) before the World Health Organization issued its alert. By July 2003, Vancouver had identified 5 cases (4 imported); Toronto reported 247 cases (3 imported) and 43 deaths. Baseline preparedness for pandemic threats may account for the absence of sustained transmission and fewer cases of SARS in Vancouver.

Journal: :American journal of pharmaceutical education 2016
Adam Pate Jeffrey P Bratberg Courtney Robertson Gregory Smith

Objective. To describe the implementation and effect of an emergency preparedness laboratory activity on student knowledge, willingness to participate in emergency preparedness training, current level of preparedness, and the importance of a pharmacist's role in disaster response. Design. Second-year pharmacy students in the infectious disease module participated in a laboratory activity based ...

2007

n recent years, there has been a great deal of interest in emergency preparedness. This is especially true in light of concerns about a pandemic of the H5N1 virus, the “bird flu.”* Ethical concerns include ensuring access to basic resources such as health care, and the duties of professionals to perform their task in the face of such events.1† Like other states, Oregon set out to establish an e...

Journal: :The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 2020

2014
Ann Moen Pamela J Kennedy Po-Yung Cheng Goldie MacDonald

BACKGROUND Re-emergence in 2003 of human cases of avian H5N1 and the resultant spread of the disease highlighted the need to improve the capacity of countries to detect and contain novel viruses. To assess development in this capacity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produced a tool for assessing a country's capability in 12 critical areas related to pandemic preparedness, ...

Journal: :Current opinion in virology 2013
Florian Krammer Peter Palese

Antibodies against the conserved stalk domain of the hemagglutinin are currently being discussed as promising therapeutic tools against influenza virus infections. Because of the conservation of the stalk domain these antibodies are able to broadly neutralize a wide spectrum of influenza virus strains and subtypes. Broadly protective vaccine candidates based on the epitopes of these antibodies,...

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