4.
For a fascinating account of how a pandemic can start, as well as how to end it, see the
study about SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) which killed 884 people
from November 2002 to January 2004, as told by Karl Taro Greenfeld in China
Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic available from
www.amazon.com
For a fascinating account of how a pandemic can start, as well as how to end it, see the
study about SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) which killed 884 people
from November 2002 to January 2004, as told by Karl Taro Greenfeld in China
Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic available from
www.amazon.com
The Emergency Planning College and Leeds University Business School have formed a
partnership, supported by the Cabinet Office, to offer a number of relevant courses.
For further information, see: the Emergency Planning College website or e-mail:
epc.marketing@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk
partnership, supported by the Cabinet Office, to offer a number of relevant courses.
For further information, see: the Emergency Planning College website or e-mail:
epc.marketing@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk
Three earlier relevant Wilton Park conference reports on "Managing Risk" (reported 20
July 2007), "European Policy on Preparing for Pandemics" (reported 24 July 2006) and
"International Collaboration on Planning for Pandemics" (reported 4 April 2006) are
available in full listed by reporting dates under "Reports" at the Wilton Park website
July 2007), "European Policy on Preparing for Pandemics" (reported 24 July 2006) and
"International Collaboration on Planning for Pandemics" (reported 4 April 2006) are
available in full listed by reporting dates under "Reports" at the Wilton Park website
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1.
If you have time to read only a few relevant pages, see
pp. 271-318 (Section IV. Surviving the Pandemic) of
Michael Greger's Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching
(New York: Lantern Books, 2006). The entire text of the
book is available at: www.birdflubook.com
If you have time to read only a few relevant pages, see
pp. 271-318 (Section IV. Surviving the Pandemic) of
Michael Greger's Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching
(New York: Lantern Books, 2006). The entire text of the
book is available at: www.birdflubook.com
2.
For an historical perspective, as well as a good detective story, see John M. Barry's
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (New York:
Penguin, 2007). Here is the story of the 1918-1919 influenza virus that originated in
either Kansas (USA) or France and spread to some 500 million people world-wide,
killing more than 50 million. Barry shows clearly that local community awareness and
action does make a difference in terms of how many people become ill and how many
die. Further information about what can be done in your local community is readily
available at two helpful websites--one from the University of Michigan Medical
School Community Digital Document Archive on the historical evidence, and the other
on what we can do now from the Stanford University Social
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program
For an historical perspective, as well as a good detective story, see John M. Barry's
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (New York:
Penguin, 2007). Here is the story of the 1918-1919 influenza virus that originated in
either Kansas (USA) or France and spread to some 500 million people world-wide,
killing more than 50 million. Barry shows clearly that local community awareness and
action does make a difference in terms of how many people become ill and how many
die. Further information about what can be done in your local community is readily
available at two helpful websites--one from the University of Michigan Medical
School Community Digital Document Archive on the historical evidence, and the other
on what we can do now from the Stanford University Social
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program
3.
For a radical and disturbing overview, see Mike Davis' The Monster at Our Door:
The Global Threat of Avian Flu (London: The New Press, 2005).
For a radical and disturbing overview, see Mike Davis' The Monster at Our Door:
The Global Threat of Avian Flu (London: The New Press, 2005).
An extensive interview with Dr Davis (Prof of History, University of California,
Irvine) is in video, sound or text at the website of Democracy Now!:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/19/1332209
Irvine) is in video, sound or text at the website of Democracy Now!:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/19/1332209
5.
Perhaps the single most helpful reflection from a journalist on the current swine flu
pandemic is from David Brooks in The New York Times of April 28th, 2009,
"Globalism Goes Viral" at: www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/opinion/28brooks.html
Perhaps the single most helpful reflection from a journalist on the current swine flu
pandemic is from David Brooks in The New York Times of April 28th, 2009,
"Globalism Goes Viral" at: www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/opinion/28brooks.html
The Open University in Milton Keynes, UK offers a wide variety of undergraduate and
graduate courses on which all work can be done from home (from most places in the
world) on a personal computer including:
SK185: Molecules, Medicines and Drugs: A Chemical Story {1st year university level};
S320: Infectious Disease {3rd year university level}; and
T835: Integrated Safety, Health and Environmental Management {graduate level}.
For further information, go to http://open.ac.uk/courses
graduate courses on which all work can be done from home (from most places in the
world) on a personal computer including:
SK185: Molecules, Medicines and Drugs: A Chemical Story {1st year university level};
S320: Infectious Disease {3rd year university level}; and
T835: Integrated Safety, Health and Environmental Management {graduate level}.
For further information, go to http://open.ac.uk/courses
For further details, telephone the Open University at 0870-333 4370 or e-mail:
general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
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Books, Conferences & Courses
There is a great deal of information available on many
different forms of influenza. A few of the suggestions
below might be helpful:
different forms of influenza. A few of the suggestions
below might be helpful:
21-23 August 2009: The Lancet Infectious Diseases is sponsoring a major conference
in Qingdao, China, "Influenza in the Asia-Pacific: Preparing for Influenza--from Strategy
to Operation." For further information see the website
in Qingdao, China, "Influenza in the Asia-Pacific: Preparing for Influenza--from Strategy
to Operation." For further information see the website
See "Local Campaigns" page, this website.
9-10 September 2009: BirdFlu2009: Avian Influenza and Human Health, Oxford.
Abstract submission for oral presentation and early registration by 8 May, with poster
presentation by 30 June. See their website.
Abstract submission for oral presentation and early registration by 8 May, with poster
presentation by 30 June. See their website.
For Dr Davis' views on swine flu, see The Guardian of April 27th 2009 at:
www.theguardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/27/swine-flu-mexico-health
www.theguardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/27/swine-flu-mexico-health
He suggests that "The correct response to these dynamic, decentralized, emergent
problems [such as swine flu] is to create dynamic, decentralized, emergent
authorities: chains of local officials, state agencies, national governments and
international bodies that are as flexible as the problem itself."
problems [such as swine flu] is to create dynamic, decentralized, emergent
authorities: chains of local officials, state agencies, national governments and
international bodies that are as flexible as the problem itself."
Conferences
25-28 October 2009: 16th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada, with the theme of "Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility."
See their website.
Ontario, Canada, with the theme of "Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility."
See their website.
Courses
19-20 November 2009: Influenza Congress USA, Washington DC, sponsored by
terrapinn. See their website at: www.terrapinn.com/2009/usaflu
terrapinn. See their website at: www.terrapinn.com/2009/usaflu