Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent January 22, 2007
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Today's topics include:
COCA Conference Call
Please join us for our next COCA call on Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: Pandemic Influenza.Title: Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: Pandemic Influenza
Speaker: Barbara Reynolds
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Dial-in Number: 888-889-4431
Passcode: CERC
Objectives - Participants should expect to gain the following understanding:
- The psychology of a severe influenza pandemic and what kinds of messages the public will need from their public health professionals.
- Why stigmatization occurs and how officials can respond and discourage it.
- The importance of strengthening community hardiness and personal resilience to provide the optimum opportunity for recovery from the crisis.
- How to incorporate loss, grief and mourning rituals in communication to the community while respecting cultural differences.
Please visit the COCA web page to access the slides for this call: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/.
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza – Situation in Indonesia – Update 4 - January 22The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 26-year-old woman from West Java Province developed symptoms on 11 January and died in hospital on 19 January. Initial investigations of the source of her infection indicate that the woman had been involved in the slaughter of sick chickens in the days prior to symptom onset. Of the 80 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 62 have been fatal.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_01_22/en/index.html
Avian Influenza - Situation in Egypt - Update - January 18
Viruses with a genetic mutation, linked in laboratory testing to moderately reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir, have been discovered in two persons previously reported with H5N1 infections in Egypt. Both patients had been on treatment with oseltamivir for two days before the clinical samples that yielded the viruses were taken. For the full report, please see the following World Health Organization page:
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_01_18/en/index.html
Influenza
"Cover Your Cough" Poster Translations - January 16
The posters have been translated in Portuguese, French, Vietnamese, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, and Laotian.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/covercough.htm
Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update - January 19
During week 2 (January 7 – January 13, 2007), laboratory surveillance data indicated a slight increase in influenza activity in the United States from week 1 to week 2. Among specimens tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories for influenza, 8.6% were positive. The proportion of visits for influenza-like illness may have been influenced by changes in healthcare seeking patterns during the holiday season as has been seen in past seasons. ILI data was at baseline for week 2. Three states reported widespread influenza activity; 12 states reported regional influenza activity; 16 states reported local influenza activity; 18 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City reported sporadic influenza activity; and one state reported no influenza activity. The reporting of widespread or regional influenza activity decreased from 16 states for week 1 to 15 states for week 2. The percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza remained below baseline level.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
Weekly US Map - January 19
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm
Emergency Preparedness - Evacuee Education Materials
Posters: "Sharing Isn't Always Caring", Don't Let Bacteria Get A Free Ride On Your Hands", and "Wash Your Hands" - January 16
These posters have also been translated to Portuguese, French, Vietnamese, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, and Laotian.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/educationalmaterials.asp
Please visit the COCA web page for additional information: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/.
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