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Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc
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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal
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Preparedness and Response Capabilities for Emerging
Infectious Diseases
Learning Objective
Importance of Science-Based
• Communications
• Policy
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No Conflict of Interest to Declare
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This illustration shows the rat species Rattus nativitatis, which went extinct on Australia's Christmas Island by 1908. In a new study of museum DNA samples, researchers report that the likely cause of the animals' extinction was an introduced disease.
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Spanish Flu Death Chart
Image from Wikipedia
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Influenza
SPREAD
- 99% Respiratory
H1N1 –iPH Countermeasures
Wash Your Hands
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Alternative Cover
“The Blind Leading the Blind” Pieter Bruegel the Elderwww.sdmph.org
“In the next influenza pandemic, be it now or in the future, be the virus mild or virulent, the single most important weapon against the disease will be a vaccine. The second most important will be communication.”
- John M. Barry, 2009 – The Great Influenza
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Preparedness
• Collect/Collate/Analyze/
(Data/Information)
• Plan (exercise)
• Resource (dual use)
• Educate/Train (Resilience)
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