THE 2009 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC: AN OVERVIEW

• Published in: Current politics and economics of the United States, Canada and Mexico Canada and Mexico, 2011-01, Vol.13 (1), p.79
• Main Authors: Lister, Sarah A, Redhead, C Stephen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US; Avian flu; Disease control; Federal employees; Federal regulation; Infections; National security; Pandemics; Planning; Public health; Quarantine; School closures; Swine flu
• ISSN: 1944-1274

According to DHS, U.S. border control agents are visually inspecting incoming travelers, and referring those who appear to be sick to CDC quarantine stations or local health officials. World Health Organization (WHO) Information · Information about the current H1N1 pandemic flu situation: http://www.who.int/csr/ disease/swineflu/en/index.html · Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response: A WHO Guidance Document, (April 2009): http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/ pipguidance2009/en/ index.html · Current phase of flu pandemic alert: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ avian_influenza/ phase/en/index.html · Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a regional office of the WHO, H1N1 flu page: http://new.paho.org/hq/ index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory& id=805&Itemid=569 · International Health Regulations (2005): http://www.who.int/topics/ international _health _regulations/en/ U.S. Federal Government Information · Government-wide information: http://www.flu.gov/ · DHS, -Department Response to H1N1 (Swine) Flu," with links to information in other federal departments and agencies: http://www.dhs.gov/xprepresp/programs/ swine-flu. shtm · CDC, H1N1 (swine flu) page: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/ · CDC Public Health Law Program, 2009 H1N1 Flu Legal Preparedness, http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/H1N1flu.asp · FDA, 2009 H1N1 (Swine) Flu Virus, http://www.fda.gov/ NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm150305 .htm · U.S. Department of Education, H1N1 Flu Information, http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/pandemic/inde x.html · Department of Defense Pandemic Influenza Watchboard: http://fhp.osd.mil/aiWatchboard/ · HHS Pandemic Planning Updates, addressing monitoring and surveillance, vaccines, antiviral medications, state and local preparedness, and communications, through January 2009: http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/federal/index.html#hhs (Note: much of this information is in the context of planning for the H5N1 avian flu threat.) Additional Information · Mexico, Ministry of Health (in Spanish): http://portal.salud.gob.mx/ · Canada: Public Health Agency of Canada: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/ swine_200904-eng.php; Canadian Food Inspection Agency: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml · Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza, August 2007, http://www.spp-psp.gc.ca/eic/site/spppsp.nsf/vwapj/pandemic-influenza.pdf/$FILE/pandemic-influenza.pdf · Center for Infectious Diseas