Infectious Diseases/ Pandemics Policy Lab
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Lab Architecture
Spirited panel discussions at the 2005 Pacific Health Summit launched the creation
of the Infectious Diseases/Pandemics Policy Lab. The goal of this Lab is to
contribute
research and support to saving lives and minimizing the economic impact of infectious
diseases. Toward this end, the lab highlights best practices through targeted workshops, case studies, and briefings.
The lab is
organized into two modules designed to tackle the distinct challenges posed
by emerging infectious diseases such as avian flu and MDR-TB, as well as the
continuing threats of TB, cholera, and other diseases. It
acknowledges their
common infrastructure, which can be employed toward creating an effective health
systems response.
Key Meetings
Publications
Pandemic Flu Preparedness: How Far Have We Come in the Last Five Years?
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How will recent developments in pandemic flu preparedness better equip high-risk countries,
such as those in Southeast Asia, for future outbreaks? Dr. Peter Clevestig and Rachel Irwin of SIPRI address this and more, including
the WHO’s new Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework and the interplay between human and animal health. |
2009 Pacific Health Summit – Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis: Overcoming Global Resistance
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At the fifth annual Summit in June
2009, top leaders tackled how science, industry, and policy can
accelerate the uptake of innovation to address the emerging
global health threat of multidrug-resistant TB. |
2007 Pacific Health Summit - Pandemics: Working Together for an Effective and Equitable Response
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Participants discussed the challenges presented by avian flu and other emerging communicable and
non-communicable pandemics. At the top of the agenda were issues such as the building of vaccine
manufacturing capacity and the establishment of financial mechanisms
to increase developing countries' access to pandemic and pre-pandemic influenza vaccines.
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2007 Summit Challenge
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This Summit Challenge presents the conceptual foundation for the 2007 Pacific Health Summit
on pandemics. It
features brief essays by Michael Birt, Tadataka Yamada, Joe Hogan, and Lee Hartwell. Case Studies
of the China Infectious Disease Reporting System and the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Network
are also included. |
Tuberculosis—The Business Case: Moving Beyond the Status Quo
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An outline of the ways in which the private sector is already, and could be even more, effectively
engaged in the fight against TB. This document formed the foundation for discussions on new and ongoing
public-private partnerships around TB at the 2009 Pacific Health Summit. |
Avian Flu Pandemic: What Would It Mean, and What Can We Do?
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A book, edited by the NBR Center for Health and Aging, grappling with questions surrounding
the possibility of an Avian Flu Pandemic from national security and industry standpoints. |
Pandemic Influenza Vaccines Workshop: Building a Platform for Global Collaboration
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The NBR Center for Health and Aging and Chinese CDC co-presented a workshop on pandemic influenza
vaccines in January 2007 in Beijing. The workshop goal was to improve the global environment for avian
influenza vaccine research, development manufacturing, regulation, and dissemination, and by doing so
create a platform for global collaboration on vaccines. |
Pandemic Preparedness & Health Information Technology and Policy
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Summit 2006 Breakout Session Report on utilizing information technologies to prepare for,
and assertively defend against widespread outbreaks of disease. Discussion touched upon the merits
of IT during a pandemic, including how “team-ware” can be used to facilitate coordinated decisions
between leaders in real-time, and how information systems can direct local populations to areas with
available resources, like vaccines. |
Online Resources
Research Pages
Comprehensive resources for those interested in the history and evolving developments in pandemic influenza vaccines and tuberculosis,
which provides background research, international policy resources,
and key organizations.
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