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The economy-wide impact of pandemic influenza on the UK: a computable general equilibrium modelling experiment

Friday, September 11, 2015 - 12:26

Smith RD, Keogh-Brown MR, Barnett T, Tait J. BMJ. 2009 Nov 19;339:b4571.

Objectives: To estimate the potential economic impact of pandemic influenza, associated behavioural responses, school closures, and vaccination on the United Kingdom.

Design: A computable general equilibrium model of the UK economy was specified for various combinations of mortality and morbidity from pandemic influenza, vaccine efficacy, school closures, and prophylactic absenteeism using published data.

Source: 
Scientific literature
Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health
Topic: 
Prevention, Stakeholders
Tags: 
influenza, pandemic, economic impact

A literature review on effective risk communication for the prevention and control of communicable diseases in Europe

Friday, September 11, 2015 - 12:09

ECDC. January 2013. A literature review on effective risk communication for the prevention and control of communicable diseases in Europe.

Source: 
Health authorities
Target: 
Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Tags: 
ECDC
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Easing access to evidence-based information online

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 - 17:18

Increasingly, public health organisations and the public are grappling with how to filter out myth and misinformation online to find trustworthy, evidence-based health information.

Experts, skills and quick responses

Recent experiences during H1N1, Ebola and measles outbreaks have seen public health organisations begin to change their approach to providing health information online. Governments and public health organisations have begun to use three broad categories of online response:

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Social Media, Stakeholders
Tags: 
Preparedness, public health, disinformation

New epidemic and pandemic phenomena: socio-economic consequences and policy issues

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 09:30

A conference about the socio-economic impact that epidemics and pandemics may have will be held in Milan, October 27, with the collaboration of ASSET project. The event was inspired by the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which brought significant consequences on the economic and social structures of the three countries involved by the epidemic.

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Type: 
Local initiative
Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health
Topic: 
Epidemiology, Human Rights, Policy, Stakeholders
Tags: 
Event, Ebola, SARS

The Public Sphere in Emerging Infectious Disease Communication: Recipient or Active and Vocal Partner?

Friday, July 24, 2015 - 16:53

Gesser-Edelsburg A, Shir-Raz Y, Walter N, Mordini E, Dimitriou D, James JJ. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2015 Aug;9(4):447-58.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Stakeholders
Tags: 
Risk perception, organizations, communication

Fighting inequities: the health mediator’s program in Bulgaria

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 10:07

For a country, being ready to face an infectious disease outbreak requires, among other things, the capability to reach and involve all the components of the society. Especially those that are more exposed to health threats due to low quality housing, poor nutrition, lack of parental education and weak links to health services, as it happened in the 2010 measles epidemic in Bulgaria, where 90% of recorded cases occurred within the so-called Roma community.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Human Rights, Local Activities, Vaccination
Tags: 
measles, Vaccine, Roma, inequities, Bulgaria

How the public perceives Ebola

Monday, June 22, 2015 - 09:47

Communication is not merely a matter of passing information from one person to another. Just as important as the message itself is how the message is formulated, and who are the parties involved.  This is particularly true in case of an infectious diseases outbreak, when proper risk communication can really make the difference in terms of number of lives saved.

Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Media
Tags: 
Viewpoint, Ebola, Risk perception

Stop Vivisection: an information gap between citizens and authorities?

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 08:49

On June 3rd, the European Commission rejected the Stop Vivisection Initiative, which asked  to abrogate Directive 2010/63/EU1 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes and to put forward a new proposal aimed at phasing out the practice of animal experimentation, making compulsory the use - in biomedical and toxicological research - of data directly relevant for the human species.

Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, School and Education
Topic: 
Citizens' Mobilization, Vaccination
Tags: 
Viewpoint, Vaccine, Animal testing

Person-to-Person Spread of the MERS Coronavirus – An Evolving Picture

Perlman S, McCray PB Jr. N Engl J Med. 2013 Aug 1;369(5):466-7.

Approximately 1 year ago, a novel coronavirus, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), was first identified in the Journal as the causative agent of a lethal pneumonia in several patients in the Middle East. In this issue of the Journal, Assiri et al.4 describe the largest outbreak of MERS-CoV infection thus far, showing that the virus is transmitted from human to human.

Link to full text 

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Epidemiology
Tags: 
MERS

WHO Public health research agenda for influenza

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Prevention
Tags: 
influenza, WHO

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