Conferences
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
7.
For detailed scientific reports, search for "influenza" or "pandemics" on the
Science Direct website at: www.sciencedirect.com
For detailed scientific reports, search for "influenza" or "pandemics" on the
Science Direct website at: www.sciencedirect.com
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 online 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 online 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 an outstanding, but disturbing, overview, see Mike Davis's The Monster at Our
Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu (London: The New Press, 2005).
For an outstanding, but disturbing, overview, see Mike Davis's 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
4.
The centre of the current outbreak of avian flu is in Southeast Asia, highlighting the
importance of a global public health perspective. Yet many improvements need to be
made in global public health. For a fascinating read, see Laurie Garrett's Betrayal of
Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health (New York: Hyperion, 2000). For book
reviews of Garrett's writings, enter "Laurie Garrett" into Google. The first entry offers
numerous book reviews.
The centre of the current outbreak of avian flu is in Southeast Asia, highlighting the
importance of a global public health perspective. Yet many improvements need to be
made in global public health. For a fascinating read, see Laurie Garrett's Betrayal of
Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health (New York: Hyperion, 2000). For book
reviews of Garrett's writings, enter "Laurie Garrett" into Google. The first entry offers
numerous book reviews.
5.
Ethne Barnes' Diseases and Human Evolution traces the development of infectious
diseases in a "crowded world" that is "out of order" (Albuquerque: University of
New Mexico Press, 2005). In a perceptive review in Nature, 19 January 2006,
Tony McMichael sets out "how the intertwined stories of culture and genetic
evolution are fundamental to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases." For a
list of subjects covered, click on: Table of Contents.
Ethne Barnes' Diseases and Human Evolution traces the development of infectious
diseases in a "crowded world" that is "out of order" (Albuquerque: University of
New Mexico Press, 2005). In a perceptive review in Nature, 19 January 2006,
Tony McMichael sets out "how the intertwined stories of culture and genetic
evolution are fundamental to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases." For a
list of subjects covered, click on: Table of Contents.
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
6.
For on-going cultural, medical, educational and business visits to China--
the site where the virulent form of H5N1 Avian Influenza began in 1997,
see: Global Reach Institute. Several trips are planned linked to nursing and
public health conferences in China.
For on-going cultural, medical, educational and business visits to China--
the site where the virulent form of H5N1 Avian Influenza began in 1997,
see: Global Reach Institute. Several trips are planned linked to nursing and
public health conferences in China.
The science is clear: There is going to be an influenza
pandemic. However, no one knows when such a
pandemic will begin or how lethal and contagious the
virus will be.
pandemic. However, no one knows when such a
pandemic will begin or how lethal and contagious the
virus will be.
8.
Several important articles appeared in the Blackwell-published (free) journal,
"Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses" in the January 2008 issue.
Several important articles appeared in the Blackwell-published (free) journal,
"Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses" in the January 2008 issue.
25-28 May 2008: Geneva Health Forum: Strengthening Health Systems and the Global
Health Workforce, Geneva, with the programme at: Tentative Programme Themes
Health Workforce, Geneva, with the programme at: Tentative Programme Themes
10-11 September 2008: Bird Flu 2008: Avian Influenza and Human Health, the 1st
annual Oxford avian influenza conference at St. Anne's College, Oxford, features Prof
Robert Webster and Prof Sir John Skehel as Keynote Speakers. Abstracts for oral
presentations and posters due by 10 April. Further details at: Bird Flu 2008
annual Oxford avian influenza conference at St. Anne's College, Oxford, features Prof
Robert Webster and Prof Sir John Skehel as Keynote Speakers. Abstracts for oral
presentations and posters due by 10 April. Further details at: Bird Flu 2008
See "Local Campaigns" page, this website.
12-15 May 2008: "Developing China's Global Role," is relevant because of the
prevalence of H5N1 in many parts of China. See 2008 Conference Calendar at the
Wilton Park website
prevalence of H5N1 in many parts of China. See 2008 Conference Calendar at the
Wilton Park website
This journal is sponsored by the International Society for Influenza and Other
Respiratory Diseases, whose website invites personal memberships.
Respiratory Diseases, whose website invites personal memberships.
9.
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