Call for countries tackling HIV epidemics to learn from one another on 25th anniversary
...anisation and UNAIDS, which generally examines the pandemic from a global perspective, by going a step further... adds: 'In the final analysis, countering the AIDS pandemic is a political matter. We have now reached a point in the global response where we can get ahead of ...Tunnell Consulting awarded contract to fight avian flu
... achieving five central objectives: Establishing pandemic vaccines and influenza antiviral drug stockpiles ...and enhancing the vaccine surge supply Developing pandemic vaccine candidates for clinical evaluation Tunnell has a long history of consulting in the life sc...Infants or adults? NIH ethicists argue for new bird flu priorities
An American flu pandemic would present difficult and tragic choices: As man...nt, it seems likely that we may have to confront a pandemic or something else that poses a similar dilemma."...Early human trial shows encouraging results for H5N1 influenza vaccine
... subtype represents a potential source of the next pandemic influenza. Melanie Saville (sanofi pasteur, Franc...arn that we still do not have a highly immunogenic pandemic influenza vaccine. We do not know if these vaccines are sufficient to protect individuals in the eve...Project highlights priorities for global disease control
...ory diseases in developing countries The HIV/AIDS pandemic The threat of a successor to the influenza pandemic of 1918 The high levels of mortality and disability from malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoea, and pneu...H5N1 threat puts human flu back in spotlight
...y more than the number killed in World War I. This pandemic arose from a bird flu virus that adapted to humans...species, including humans. The prospect of a human pandemic of H5N1 is alarming considering what can happen to people infected by this virus, according to the S...Pandemic challenges for Asia-Pacific region
...ance manuals that facilitate national responses to pandemic influenza. Plans prepared by China, Thailand and V...his report follows a previous analysis of European pandemic plans, 3 a summary of which was published in the Lancet.4 Dr Richard Coker, the report's lead auth...St. Jude test of bird flu vaccine proves successful
...ar that such an H5N1 variant would trigger a human pandemic (worldwide epidemic). Webby is scheduled to present the findings of this study at the U.S. Public Health Service Professional Conference in Denver, Colo., May 3 at 12:30 pm EDT. The investigators used two versions of Vical's multi-component, DNA-base...Launch of the Lancet Asia Medical Forum
...ning at the inaugural Lancet Asia Medical Forum on pandemic influenza in Singapore tomorrow. Close to 300 int...Forum will host talks from 23 experts in avian and pandemic influenza. Speakers include: Professor John Oxford, Professor of Virology at St Bartholomew's and t......u. This happened, for example, in 1918, when a flu pandemic killed between 20 million and 100 million people. Recently, there have been concerns about the new type of bird (avian) flu. At present the virus responsible does not pass easily from birds to humans, and it does not seem to pass from one human to an...How should countries best respond to a flu pandemic?
...an even more limited impact on slowing spread of a pandemic within that country. The modelling predicts that a pandemic in the UK will peak within two to three months of the first case, and be over within four months. "S...Study highlights gaps in Europe's preparedness plans for pandemic influenza
Europe's plans for dealing with pandemic influenza are broadly good but gaps remain and sub...ublished a checklist to help countries prepare for pandemic influenza. Most European countries have now published national preparedness plans. Richard Coker (T...Inconsistencies in pandemic flu preparedness between European countries
Considerable gaps exist among European national pandemic plans, according to a new report published in the... Medicine (LSHTM), reveals marked discrepancies in pandemic preparedness across Europe. The authors conclude that further planning and implementation is needed ...Healthcare staff not prepared for flu pandemic
...ived importance of their role in the response to a pandemic is the most important factor influencing willingne...ould be unlikely to go to work during an influenza pandemic and that 66 % of respondents felt that they would put themselves at risk if they came to work during...Representation from 41 countries confirmed for the Lancet Asia Medical Forum on Pandemic Influenza
...inaugural Lancet Asia Medical Forum--Preparing for pandemic influenza: the avian dimension and other emerging ...f the H5N1 virus Development of vaccines against pandemic influenza WHO pandemic preparedness planning Identifying the gaps in pandemic preparation Joh...Feds' infectious diseases strategy must be broader than biodefense, say ID physicians
...protect the nation against the pressing threats of pandemic influenza, antibiotic-resistant infections, and ot...lso, Dr. Blaser noted, "the impact of an influenza pandemic cannot be overstated." Even a mild pandemic would claim hundreds of thousands of lives and hundreds ...Landmark discovery of a Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus receptor
...b-Saharan Africa. But then at the dawn of the AIDS pandemic in the early 1980s, the small purplish Kaposi's sarcoma skin lesions began appearing on the bodies of young American men, many of whom went on to develop opportunistic infections. Dr. Berger became interested in KSHV because of his interest in how v...Pandemic influenza requires coordinated response, says ACP
... leadership to address the public health threat of pandemic influenza, including avian flu. The ACP position p...l role in the planning and strategy for addressing pandemic influenza or other public health crisis. ACP says that internists should receive hands-on clinical t...President's budget proposal cuts critical infectious diseases programs to the bone
At a time when threats from pandemic influenza, antibiotic-resistant infections, and HI...roposal for $2.3 billion in emergency spending for pandemic influenza preparedness, the Society is deeply concerned about longer-term cuts to other parts of the...The UK's contingency plans for pandemic flu don't go far enough, argues a director of public health in this week's BMJ. Plans for pandemic flu in the United Kingdom are said to be among the best in the developed world, but important lesson...