http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/31/pandemic-influenza-preparedness-are-we-ready/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:57:48 -0500 hourly 1 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/31/pandemic-influenza-preparedness-are-we-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-12537   New Biosensor Detects Avian Influenze Virus in Minutes, Not Days by Health Tips Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:48:15 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/31/pandemic-influenza-preparedness-are-we-ready/#comment-12537 [...] PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS: Are We Ready? [...] [...] PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS: Are We Ready? [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/31/pandemic-influenza-preparedness-are-we-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-11372 etseng Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:07:06 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/31/pandemic-influenza-preparedness-are-we-ready/#comment-11372 Nabarro talks about the crucial role that the UN must play in coordinating a global response to the next influenza pandemic. He also brought up the revised IHR which UN countries were supposed to have ratified by June 2007. One thing that fails to be mentioned whenever IHR is discussed is that the exclusive nature of the UN and WHO have rendered a global response to such a pandemic impossible. If non-member countries like Taiwan fail to be included in this global surveillance system, any and all efforts that the UN takes to ensure the health of all people in face of an influenza pandemic would be futile. Surely, past experiences with SARS and avian influenza have taught us that disease knows no borders. Do people seriously believe that Taiwan, a country isolated and barred from participating in the global health community, will miraculously be spared from the influenza pandemic? Nabarro talks about the crucial role that the UN must play in coordinating a global response to the next influenza pandemic. He also brought up the revised IHR which UN countries were supposed to have ratified by June 2007. One thing that fails to be mentioned whenever IHR is discussed is that the exclusive nature of the UN and WHO have rendered a global response to such a pandemic impossible. If non-member countries like Taiwan fail to be included in this global surveillance system, any and all efforts that the UN takes to ensure the health of all people in face of an influenza pandemic would be futile. Surely, past experiences with SARS and avian influenza have taught us that disease knows no borders. Do people seriously believe that Taiwan, a country isolated and barred from participating in the global health community, will miraculously be spared from the influenza pandemic?

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/31/pandemic-influenza-preparedness-are-we-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-10950 jgcarney Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:06:25 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/31/pandemic-influenza-preparedness-are-we-ready/#comment-10950 Shouldn't it be a bit disconcerting that in light of your comments about Ron Atlas' remarks in Aspen and Zeke Emanuel's admonitions, that the HHS Guidance document (that you also refer your readers to) assumes we'll be able to cover the first 23 million - and (I guess) the next 17 million responsible for vital services without any problem? It appears to me that we are no more ready for serious discussions about "trade offs" than we were before we spent $5B getting prepared. We continue to believe that we can have it all and that we can save everyone. Shouldn’t it be a bit disconcerting that in light of your comments about Ron Atlas’ remarks in Aspen and Zeke Emanuel’s admonitions, that the HHS Guidance document (that you also refer your readers to) assumes we’ll be able to cover the first 23 million – and (I guess) the next 17 million responsible for vital services without any problem? It appears to me that we are no more ready for serious discussions about “trade offs” than we were before we spent $5B getting prepared. We continue to believe that we can have it all and that we can save everyone.

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/31/pandemic-influenza-preparedness-are-we-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-10711 www.influenzaadvice.info » PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS: Are We Ready? Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:19:22 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/31/pandemic-influenza-preparedness-are-we-ready/#comment-10711 [...] Parmeeth M.S. Atwal placed an interesting blog post on PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS: Are We Ready?.Here’s a brief overview:… high-profile threats as seen in last year’s H5N1 avian influenza scare naturally prompt questions from policymakers and the public alike about how prepared we will be when a pathogen on the order of the devastating 1918 influenza … [...] [...] Parmeeth M.S. Atwal placed an interesting blog post on PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS: Are We Ready?.Here’s a brief overview:… high-profile threats as seen in last year’s H5N1 avian influenza scare naturally prompt questions from policymakers and the public alike about how prepared we will be when a pathogen on the order of the devastating 1918 influenza … [...]

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