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H1N1 kills 271 - A9 H1N1 - BBC
Newsvideo reporting that dozens of people have died and hundreds of others have been infected in a viral outbreak in Mexico suspected to have been caused by a strain of swine flu.
Moving from Containment to Mitigation phase - 11 Jun 09
In this video, Singapore's Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan shares that as more countries get the Influenza A (H1N1) virus and WHO raises its alert to level 6, more countries are moving from the Containment phase to the Mitigating phase.
Pandemic Response Lessons from Influenza H1N1 2009 in Asia
This paper discusses lessons learned from response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in Asia . Asia is considered a hot spot for the emergence of new pathogens including past influenza pandemics. This discrepancy between what was planned for and what emerged…
Pandemic Preparedness and Response — Lessons from the H1N1 Influenza of 2009
Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., discusses lessons learned from the global response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, identifying some of the key successes and shortcomings in the global response, on the basis of the findings and conclusions of an…
2009 Flu Pandemic in Europe
The 2009 flu pandemic in Europe was part of a pandemic involving a new strain of influenza, subtype H1N1. H1N1 is commonly called swine flu. The pandemic infected at least 125,550 people in Europe. There were 458 confirmed deaths in Turkey, 438…
2009 Flu Pandemic in Asia
The 2009 flu pandemic in Asia, part of an epidemic in 2009 of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 causing what has been commonly called swine flu, afflicted at least 394,133 people in Asia with 2,137 confirmed deaths: there were 1,035…
2009 Flu Pandemic by Country
This article deals with the status and efforts regarding the 2009 flu pandemic by country and continent/region. As the pandemic progressed, laboratory testing and confirmation decreased. Confirmed figures for the United Kingdom, in particular, are…
International News Archive of MBayFluWatch: Monterey Bay's Pandemic Flu Watch
Website reporting back international news regarding the 2009 H1N1 Influenza pandemic
Developing the 2009 H1N1 Vaccine: Delays That Were Faced and Improvements That Can Be Made
The development of a vaccine is typically a long process involving an intensive research and development stage, animal testing, clinical trials and regulation, and mass production. Given this long timeline, how is a country able to respond to a…
Canada’s Response to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
This report describes the findings of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology's review of Canada’s response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.