GENEVA — The death toll from the swine flu pandemic has risen to at least 14,711, up 569 from a week ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday.
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Study identifies key demographic and psychological factors that predict protective behaviour during pandemics
A study that looked at how people behave during pandemics has identified key demographic and psychological factors that may predict protective behaviours. The study is published online today, 30th January 2010, in the British Journal of Health Psychology.
Dr Alison Bish and Professor Susan Michie at the Health Psychology Unit, University College London, investigated the results of a number of studies into how people behave during pandemics, such as the recent swine flu outbreak, to better understand protective behaviour and to improve interventions and communication in the future. The review included the results of 26 published studies on associations between demographic factors, attitudes and behavioural measures during outbreaks including SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) between November 2002 and July 2003, Bird Flu (Avian influenza) in 1997, and Swine Flu (in 2009).Comment
Living With the Swine Flu
By: Chitra Ahanthem
First of all, testing positive for swine flu hasn’t made it any worse for my physical state. The bouts of fever that made me seek the H1N1 test have not made any appearance though in their wake, they have left me with severe weakness. I have kept pretty much to myself right after I had come back from Bangkok and this whole experience of being taken to the isolation ward of JN Hospital and finding the most pathetic state of medical care facilities have only given me some moments of laughter. I have been told that at no point was it important for me to stay at the isolation ward but that’s not my point at all. That does not change the fact that the isolation room at JN Hospital is in a pitiable condition. Period. Bathroom water seeped to the room, the walls were dirty, there was one faint bulb, a great many mosquitoes and some cob-webs, no water in the cistern in the bathroom and a European bath pot that had live vermin. It was confusing too: when I was told at one point that I was to stay there, I asked whether staying in isolation meant that I would be cared for by the staff round the clock. No, it still meant that my family members would take care of me, bring me food etc etc. This, when I thought being kept in an isolation room meant fancy stuff: not allowed to meet anyone etc. That is when I made my pitch that I wanted to stay at home. [...]
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South Jakarta ::: Official conducts operation of healthy chicken transport
Kebayoran Lama – Livestock and Fishery Sub-service of South Jakarta stopped about 17 from 26 units of truck to transport chicken meat from outside Jakarta. Those chicken meat trucks could not show animal health certificate. This action, Healthy Chicken Transport Operation (Operasi Transportasi Ayam Sehat/OTAS), was carried out at Jl. Raya Kebayoran Lama and Jl. Ciledug [...]
Source: Bird Flu Information Corner Blog - Poskota
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This report provides an update to the international situation as of January 29, 2010. The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to report updated 2009 H1N1 flu-associated laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths on its Web page.
As of 24 January 2010, worldwide more than 209 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 14711 deaths.
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