Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 83
As of 10 January 2010, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 13554 deaths.
Source: WHO
Read more: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2010_01_15/en/index.html
Asian Partnership on Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (APEIR) The 5th APEIR Regional Meeting
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Dr Wiku Adisasmito, Indonesia: Policy analysis for pandemic influenza preparedness
The team set out to understand the generation of policy for stockpiling retroviral drugs for humans and vaccination for poultry. Across the region the first priority is for human health and all countries are stockpiling retroviral drugs as per WHO guidelines, but coverage is constrained by finances. Poultry vaccination policies differ between countries because of economic drivers for poultry industry. Different inter-sectoral strategic interests result in incoherent regional and possibly global health strategies. The team hopes their research will lead to strategies that take into consideration differences in national needs. [...]
Source: PR Web
Read more: http://www.prweb.com/releases/IDRC/H5N1/prweb3453404.htm
Research
Interim Results: Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccination Coverage --- United States, October--December 2009
In July 2009, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued recommendations for use of the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine (1). Recognizing that the vaccine supply would not be ample immediately but would grow over time, ACIP identified 1) initial target groups, consisting of approximately 160 million persons, and 2) a limited vaccine subset of the target groups, initially estimated at 42 million persons (and more recently estimated at 62 million persons), to receive first priority while the 2009 H1N1 vaccine supply was limited (1).
FIGURE. Weekly estimates of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccination coverage among U.S. residents aged ≥6 months --- National 2009 H1N1 Flu Survey, week ending October 10, 2009, through week ending January 2, 2010Source: CDC
Read more: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm59e0115a1.htm
Comment
H5N1 Forgotten (Almost), But Not Gone
While the world's flu fighters have concentrated on countering the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, avian influenza H5N1 has quietly continued to take its toll on both poultry and humans. Last year, 17 countries, stretching from Côte d'Ivoire and Germany to China and Japan, reported outbreaks of H5N1 in domestic poultry and wild birds; and the World Health Organization, which still says H5N1 poses a pandemic threat, recorded 72 human cases, 32 of them fatal.
Source: Sciencemag Blog
Read more: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/01/h5n1-forgotten.html
Risk Communication
National Influenza Vaccination Week: Radio PSAs: I never get the flu
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Sebelius Announces New Facebook Application Called “I’m a Flu Fighter”
National Influenza Vaccination Week continues with a focus on the importance of young adults getting vaccinated against the H1N1 flu. Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will visit Hunter College in New York City for a roundtable discussion with students and faculty about the H1N1 flu. Secretary Sebelius will also announce a new Facebook application called, “I’m a Flu Fighter” that allows users to tell their friends that they received the flu vaccination and urge others to do the same. Source: HHS
Read more: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/01/20100114a.html
Photo
Reuters Pictures
Boonya Klaer-orm, 25, who is 8 months pregnant, receives a H1N1 influenza vaccine shot from a medical staff at a hospital in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok January 11, 2010. Thailand started the H1N1 vaccination programme on Monday to combat the deadly virus which killed 192 people in the country. Some two million doses of the vaccine were imported from France to be handed out to high-risk groups during the programme, health officials said.
Source: Daylife
Read more: http://www.daylife.com/photo/07VD2NY6padUC?q=h1n1
Quote
"It's still not too late to get vaccinated, and even though we've seen a decrease in hospitalizations and deaths, there could be another wave of H1N1".
Source: Sacramento Bee
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/302/story/2463548.html#mi_rss=Sacramento%20County%20News
News Flash
Scientists discover avian influenza outbreak closely related to bird migration
Xinhua
A research jointly conducted by Chinese and Asian scientists has discovered that highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak was closely related to bird migration. Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12822523.htm
Swine flu looms with the return to school
The Australian
HEALTH experts are warning that Australians can expect a second wave of swine flu, possibly as early as the beginning of the school year just a fortnight away.
Read more: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/swine-flu-looms-with-the-return-to-school/story-e6frg8y6-1225820164651
SEAsia to crack down on poultry smuggling to fight H5N1
Reuters
Disease experts in Southeast Asia will map out key poultry smuggling routes, especially along Cambodia's long border with Thailand and Vietnam, in a move to prevent the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus in the region.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60E1KH20100115
CDC finds pandemic vaccination gaps in risk groups, health workers
CIDRAP
During a week federal officials set aside to push flu immunization, a new report today reveals that pandemic vaccine uptake is low in two of the top priority groups—those with chronic conditions and healthcare workers.
Read more: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/jan1510cdc.html
Disclaimer: Newsletter ini hanya merupakan kumpulan dari artikel/liputan/tulisan yang diambil dari berbagai sumber mengenai situasi terkini pandemi influenza di seluruh dunia termasuk Indonesia. Namun demikian isi/ilustrasi/foto tidak mewakili kepentingan atau kebijakan KOMNAS FBPI secara langsung
