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Infectious Disease Education (Singapore)
http://www.crisis.gov.sg/flu/ Infectious Disease Education (Singapore) With the increasing worldwide incidence of avian or bird flu, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) conducts regular national campaigns on Infectious Disease Education for all residents in Singapore. The campaign aims to promote good personal hygiene and socially responsible behaviour so as to protect against infectious diseases, such as the flu and common cold. |
 
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Timeline ... History of AIDS Epidemic
http://xtimeline.com/technology/History-of-AIDS Timeline ... History of AIDS Epidemic Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by ... |
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Pandemic Flu: A Planning Guide for Educators
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/pandemic/planning-guide/index.html Pandemic Flu: A Planning Guide for Educators Pandemic Flu: A Planning Guide for Educators identifies issues to consider when planning for seasonal flu, a mild or moderate pandemic flu, or a severe pandemic. It tells what a "flu pandemic" is, how influenza spreads, and what can be done to limit the spread of the flu. The guide is accompanied by a letter from Secretary Spellings and "Basic Components of Pandemic Planning." |
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Pandemic Flu : School Planning
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/tab5.html/ Pandemic Flu : School Planning |
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Pandemic Flu (White House)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/pandemicflu/ Pandemic Flu (White House) |
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Pandemic Preparedness for Schools
http://www.ercm.org/index.cfm?event=PandemicPreparedns4Schools Pandemic Preparedness for Schools Scientists predict that the world is due for an influenza pandemic – a global outbreak from a new strain of influenza. The U.S. Department of Education is collaborating with health experts and agencies across the federal government to ensure that, in the case of pandemic flu, our operations and the services we provide will continue. State and local preparedness will be crucial in preventing the spread of disease. Because schools are centers of community life, we ask that educators and administrators work with local officials to make pandemic flu planning a priority. The tools here are designed to assist you in disseminating health information, planning for staff and student absences, and maintaining a learning environment. |
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Emergency Planning: Pandemic
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/pandemic/index.html Emergency Planning: Pandemic Scientists predict that the world is due for an influenza pandemic—a global outbreak from a new strain of influenza. The U.S. Department of Education is collaborating with the health experts and agencies across the federal government to ensure that, in the case of pandemic flu, our operations and the services we provide will continue. State and local prepared |
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Model pandemic flu plan for schools (UK)
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=10714 Model pandemic flu plan for schools Download as a Word document. |
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Human Flu Pandemic (UK Schools)
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/emergencies/planning/flupandemic/ Human Flu Pandemic Influenza pandemics are not new. Three flu pandemics caused public health emergencies during the last century and experts are predicting that another is inevitable and will almost certainly reach the UK. The UK Health Departments have published a framework for how the Government overall will respond. The Government recommends that organisations, including those in the public sector at local level, should be as prepared as possible now so that plans can be activated when a pandemic arrives. DfES has produced a range of guidance documents in consultation with other Government departments and various external bodies as part of the Government’s co-ordinated efforts to encourage prudent planning across all sectors, supporting the Department of Health, as lead department, in preparing and planning for a possible pandemic. |
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Pandemic Flu - Infection Control Guidance (UK)
http://tinyurl.com/32xmd2 Pandemic Flu - Infection Control Guidance (UK) In July 2006 the DfES (UK) published guidance on planning for a human flu pandemic, it was stated at the time that this would be followed by infection control guidance to help schools and others reduce the spread of infection in a pandemic. The Infection Control guidance – much of which would also be useful in dealing with more common viral infections – can now be found by following the link here .... |
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HealthMap
http://www.healthmap.org/ HEALTHmap brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. This freely available Web site integrates outbreak data of varying reliability, ranging from news sources (such as Google News) to curated personal accounts (such as ProMED) to validated official alerts (such as World Health Organization). Through an automated text processing system, the data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location for user-friendly access to the original alert. HEALTHmap provides a jumping-off point for real-time information on emerging infectious diseases and has particular interest for public health officials and international travelers. |
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TEDtalks: Help stop the next pandemic (video)
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/58 TEDtalks: Help stop the next pandemic (video) Accepting his 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was finally eradicated from the planet. In a conversational style that belies the deadly seriousness of his subject, he describes the dangers of pandemic disease, and offers a solution in his dramatic TED Prize wish, a plan to use the Internet to help prevent the next pandemic. (Contains strong images.) |
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Crisis Management Taskforce
http://www.lausanneschool.com/technology/MAISTaskFoceReport.doc Memphis Area Independent Schools : Crisis Management Taskforce September 2006 The Memphis Area Independent Schools (MAIS) Crisis Management Taskforce was formed in response to concerns expressed by the Heads of School about various crisis scenarios and member schools?preparedness. The Taskforce was charged to consider and report on three issues. 1. Review and make recommendations regarding weather related dismissals, specifically threatening weather, 2.Review and make recommendations regarding disaster data recover plans for events like a major earthquake, specifically focusing on the backup of critical data like student records, and 3.Review and make recommendations regarding plan for a possible avian flu pandemic. |
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Avian Flu Preparedness
http://www.nais.org/emergency/index.cfm?ItemNumber=148204 Avian Flu Preparedness : General Crisis Management Guidelines Published by NAIS National Association of Independent Schools (USA) |
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Pandemic Response Matrix
http://www.state.gov/m/a/os/c17204.htm Pandemic Response Matrix Compiled from rubrics of American School in Japan, American School of Bucharest, Taiwan American School, International School of Prague, International School of Estonia, and others .... |
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School Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/schoolchecklist.html School District (K-12) Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist Local educational agencies (LEAs) play an integral role in protecting the health and safety of their district's staff, students and their families. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed the following checklist to assist LEAs in developing and/or improving plans to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic. |
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Pandemic flu planning checklist
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/pandemicflu/prepare/checklist.htm Pandemic flu planning checklist for individuals and families This checklist will help you to take steps to lessen the impact of a severe influenza pandemic on you and your family. Many of these steps are good advice to help you and your family during any disaster, like an earthquake or flood. |
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Feds to schools: Prepare for bird flu
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=6267 Feds to schools: Prepare for bird flu Technology to play a key role in schools' contingency plans Federal health and education officials are advising local school leaders to begin preparing now for the possibility of an outbreak of bird flu or other pandemic. From keeping parents informed, to continuing students' education in the event that schools must be closed, technology is likely to play an important role in such plans, experts say. The (USA) government has created checklists on preparation and response steps, specialized for preschools, grade schools, high schools, and colleges. The dominant theme is the need for coordination among local, state, and federal officials. |
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Pandemic Flu Program for Schools
http://tinyurl.com/zxlo8 Pandemic Flu Program for Schools "The Facts on Pandemic Flu--Keys for Schools in Planning, Preparedness, and Procedures" is a 90 minute program that was aired "live" nationally on Education Solutions Global Network (ESGN) on June 14, 2006. Now available on DVD, the program provides useful and practical information to school personnel including school board members, superintendents, school health professionals, counselors, and others. In addition to the DVD, orders will include a companion CD containing PowerPoint slides used in the original June 14 ESGN broadcast. |
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Preparing Schools for a Pandemic
http://www.copsinschools.org/Downloads/PreparingSchoolsforaPandemic.pdf Preparing Schools for a Pandemic pdf file This curriculum update is another element of the training and technical assistance associated with the COPS in School initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice? Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. This document serves to: ?define the nature of a pandemic threat; ?highlight critical information; and ?suggest critical planning actions. |
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Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN)
http://tinyurl.com/mpoc9 Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN) GPHIN is a secure, Internet-based "early warning" system that gathers preliminary reports of public health significance in seven languages on a real-time, 24/7 basis. This unique, multilingual system gathers and disseminates relevant information on disease outbreaks and other public health events by monitoring global media sources such as news wires and web sites. The information is filtered for relevancy by an automated process, and then analyzed by Public Health Agency of Canada GPHIN officials. The output is categorized and made accessible to users. Notifications about public health events that may have serious public health consequences are immediately forwarded to users. GPHIN has a broad scope. It tracks topics such as disease outbreaks, infectious diseases, contaminated food and water, bio-terrorism and exposure to chemical and radio-nuclear agents, and natural disasters. It also monitors issues related to the safety of products, drugs and medical devices. |
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Avian Flu Under the Microscope
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01479/home.html Avian Flu Under the Microscope Thnkquest student project We felt that it was important for our readers to understand what exactly this "Avian Flu" virus is, what is it's potential danger to human, what is being done globally to combat this disease, where it has traveled, and more importantly what our readers can do to protect themselves. You can start by following the links to the individual sections of the web site, which each address a specific topic about the avian flu. These topics are: | virus | disease | transmission | vaccine | situation | As a team this was our goal, to raise awareness and educate others through this web site. By looking closely at the virus and its movement, providing information from around the world, we can give ordinary people a way they can combat this Flu. This is crucial, as the prevention and control of the avian flu in certain situations is determined by the actions of the people. We built our web site for young adults, age 15 and up, who are interested to learn, in more detail, about avian flu. |
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Avian Influenza : ThinkQuest Student Project
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01349/ Avian Influenza : ThinkQuest Student Project This is Avian Influenza, the one-stop site for all you'll need to know about the deadly avian flu virus. Included is information on the virus and its virology, history, global impact, and much much more. Want to know about how to protect yourself and your family against bird flu, to take a glimpse at the global situation, or just to increase your general knowledge on the topic? Then this site is for you! |
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Free bird flu map for download
http://www.goalfinder.com/ Free bird flu map for download |
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Virus animation
http://www.goalfinder.com/preview/SBMVIR9.swf Virus animation |
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Avian Influenza policy at ESF (Hong Kong)
http://www.esf.edu.hk/policies/E-health-safety.html Avian Influenza policy at The English Schools Foundation in Hong Kong. 18 pages | pdf file | 16 International Schools | |
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What is Pandemic Influenza?
http://www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile94a.stm What is Pandemic Influenza? British Columbia Ministry of Health (Canada) What is influenza? | How is pandemic flu different? | How will BC know that a flu pandemic is coming? | What will happen in BC? | What can you expect where you live? | How can you prepare? | |
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Pandemic Influenza
http://tinyurl.com/lfsc6 Pandemic Influenza: paper from Cedric E. Dumont MD, FACP Regional Medical Manager US Department of StateAmerican Embassy Brussels pdf file .. of a powerpoint presentation | 34 pages / slides | ECIS Conference 2006 | |
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SARS Area on Shambles
http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/sars/ SARS Area on Shambles |
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Main Medical Area on Shambles
http://www.shambles.net/nurse/ Main Medical Area on Shambles |
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ECIS Guidelines from Avian Flu Panel (pdf )
http://tinyurl.com/ra8bq Advice from Avian Flu Panel at ECIS Conference April 2006 School emergency planning and risk management: Talking points In the event of a pandemic, what are the operations, legal and financial risks for schools? What can we be doing now to prepare ourselves? Where can we get information that will help us to develop our plans? If there is a pandemic, people will need to be reassured. For many families the school is the primary source of information and guidance. Be ready to step up to the plate. |
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