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WHO recommended strategic actions
This document lays out the WHO strategy (in close coordination
with FAO and OIE) for national and international response, by pandemic
phase. (available in multiple languages)
WHO checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning
An outline of the essential minimum elements of preparedness, as well
as elements of preparedness that are considered desirable. Designed for
responsible authorities and institutes in countries responsible fro all
or some component of the AI response.
FAO/OIE Global Strategy for the Progressive Control of Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Responding to Avian Flu: A Community Perspective
This advocacy document from CARE USA explains the importance of an
international approach to combating avian and human influenza and how
CARE views its role.
November 2005 Global Planning Meeting
Materials
from the j oint WHO/OIE/FAO/World Bank “Conference to Mobilise
Resources for Control of Avian Influenza in Animals and for Prevention
of Pandemic Influenza in Humans” held in Geneva, 7-9 November 2005.
Inclues all the presentations made by various officials.
Ethics in a Pandemic
T he Influenza Pandemic Working Group at the University of Toronto
Joint Centre for Bioethics has recommended a 15-point ethical guide for
pandemic planning, based in part on experiences and study of the Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) crisis of 2003. It suggests the need
to balance four key issues: 1) Health workers' duty to provide care during
a communicable disease outbreak; 2) Restricting liberty in the interest
of public health by measures such as quarantine; 3) Priority setting,
including the allocation of scarce resources such as medicines; 4) Global
governance implications, such as travel advisories.
World Bank Avian Flu response
This
web site outlines the World Bank’s response to avian influenza,
including very important research on current and potential economic impacts
and the Bank’s announced plan for a bird flu global financing facility
to provide financial and technical assistance to individual countries.
Economic Impacts
Emergency
Regional Support for Post-Avian Influenza Rehabilitation: Cambodia,
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam
Results of an FAO project started in 2004 whose objective was to assist
the countries to prepare for a post-avian influenza rehabilitation programme;
and now to prepare for poultry production that with Avian Influenza.
Includes general descriptions of the production systems, culling and
stamping out, compensation, and the impact.
World
Bank – Economic Impact of Avian Flu
This World Bank has done initial research on current and potential
economic impacts of avian influenza, including on the poultry and egg
production sectors in East Asia, and differential impact on vulnerable
sectors.
Don't
Fear Fear or Panic Panic: An economist's view of
pandemic flu
A report by Dr. Sherry Cooper of BMO Nesbitt Burns that describes in
unabashed terms the potential scope and impact of pandemic influenza,
and then talks about the impact on the US and global economy, and reflects
on the state of preparation.
The Potential Economic Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic
on Asia
A report from the Asian Development Bank estimating AI economic impacts, which
it estimates could be as severe as a total slowdown in Asian growth and a 14%
reduction in global trade.
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