Responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and tackling so-called neglected tropical diseases are the focus of the November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs. The articles, by leading global health experts from around the world, show that although these challenges differ dramatically, rising to meet them could save millions of lives. Increasing prevalence...

It is unnecessary to delay giving seasonal flu shots this year because of concerns they might raise the risk of catching swine flu, and provinces and territories should offer the shots as soon as possible, a new recommendation from a panel of Canadian vaccine experts said recently. The National Advisory Committee...

Infants born to women who received influenza vaccine during pregnancy were hospitalized at a lower rate than infants born to unvaccinated mothers, according to preliminary results of an ongoing study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. The team presented the study October 29 at the 47th annual meeting of the...

The UK Department of Health and the Cabinet Office have published new guidance to support pandemic planners based on the latest science and understanding of the swine flu virus. The latest evidence indicates that the pandemic may peak at a lower rate than originally thought, but does not suggest that their...

HIV-infected adults and adolescents, especially persons with low CD4 cell counts or AIDS, can experience more severe complications of seasonal influenza. Among patients hospitalized with confirmed 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infections in the United States, the prevalence of certain underlying conditions, including immunosuppressing conditions, has been higher than in the general...

The purpose of this document is to pull together information on novel H1N1 influenza virus and provide advice in the context of the care of an obstetrical patient. It draws upon multiple documents to provide a single simple source of preliminary information for the prenatal care provider.

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These guidelines have been written for public health practitioners, food and health inspectors, district and national medical officers, laboratory personnel and others who may undertake or participate in the investigation and control of foodborne disease outbreaks. While the book focuses on practical aspects of outbreak investigation and control, it also provides...

This edition focuses on the major developments in vaccines and immunization since 2000. Part 1 (Chapters 1–5) examines the impact of immunization on efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially the goal to reduce deaths among children under five. It looks at the development and use of vaccines and...

Early in the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, an editorial in Eurosurveillance noted the importance of observing experience with this novel virus in the southern hemisphere during their usual winter influenza season. This special issue of Eurosurveillance is a timely response to that call. It contains reports from the island of Réunion,...

A national US forum in Washington, DC, focusing on viral hepatitis was held September 11-12, 2009. This was a multi-stakeholder forum convened to develop a coordinated national response to chronic viral hepatitis through improved prevention, detection and patient care. The executive summary provides a brief summary of the topics addressed at...

Santé Canada a approuvé un nouveau test d'acide nucléique mis au point par Roche Diagnostics qui permet de dépister le VIH-1 du groupe M (ARN), l'hépatite C (ARN) et l'hépatite B (ADN) en une seule mise à l'épreuve automatisée. Qualitatif et in vitro, opérant dans le cadre d'un essai complet et...

To gather information about the clinical features and management of pandemic influenza, WHO hosted a three-day meeting at the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, DC on 14–16 October. Findings and experiences were presented by around 100 clinicians, scientists, and public health professionals from the Americas, Europe, Asia,...

La ministre de la Santé, Leona Aglukkaq, et l'administrateur en chef de la santé publique du Canada, le Dr David Butler-Jones, ont annoncé que le gouvernement du Canada s'était procuré une quantité supplémentaire de doses du vaccin sans adjuvant contre le virus H1N1 auprès de l'Australie. La ministre Aglukkaq souhaite que...

In hopes of preventing the next global pandemic and a possible death toll into the millions, UC Davis is leading an unprecedented international effort to find and control diseases that move between wildlife and people. The global early warning system, named PREDICT, will be developed with funding of up to $75...

This document aims to provide guidance for planning and conducting 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccination of pediatric patients in primary healthcare settings including: provider offices (pediatricians, family practice physicians, primary care providers, obstetricians/gynecologists); Federally Qualified Health Centers and “look-alikes”, Community health clinics, Urgent Care clinics, Retail-based clinics. This document can also be...

The report details Med-Vet-Net's long list of scientific achievements across the spectrum of its thematic disciplines from epidemiology and surveillance to risk research and disease control. The Network, which concludes this month having ushered in a new era of scientific collaboration and preparedness across Europe, uniquely brought together more than 300...

According to this report, it is possible to co-exist with resistance by- developing new strategies to prevent resistance from spreading and, where it already exists, identify the strains needed to protect against; find new ways to treat resistance infections effectively in patients; and manage reservoirs of antibiotic strains in the environment....

This algorithm was developed for use only by physicians and those under their direct supervision, to help in discussions and providing advice to parents or other caregivers of ill children regarding seeking medical care for an influenza-like illness. The algorithm can be used regardless of whether or not the child has...

In this study, researchers developed a simulation model of a pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak in a structured population using demographic data from a medium-sized city in Ontario and epidemiologic influenza pandemic data. They projected the attack rate under different combinations of vaccination, school closure and antiviral drug strategies (with corresponding “trigger”...

This study uses data on confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A (H1N1), disseminated by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), to fit the parameters of a seasonally forced Susceptible, Infective, Recovered (SIR) model. It uses the resulting model to predict the course of the H1N1 influenza...

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the Sanofi-Aventis Group, announced an interim analysis of data from clinical trials of the U.S. licensed Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine in infants and children 6 months through 9 years of age. The data indicate the vaccine is immunogenic and that one dose may...

La ministre de la Santé, Leona Aglukkaq, a annoncé que Santé Canada avait homologué AREPANRIX, un vaccin contre le virus de la grippe pandémique H1N1. Cela signifie que tant le fabricant canadien, GlaxoSmithKline, que Santé Canada, considèrent l’utilisation du vaccin avec adjuvant sûr et efficace au Canada. Santé Canada et l’Agence...

L'Ontario a publié des documents d'orientation mis à jour pour le secteur des soins de santé de la province, notamment les établissements de soins ambulatoires comme les cabinets médicaux, les établissements de soins de longue durée et les services des urgences, qui contiennent des recommandations pour gérer les cas de grippe....

Le gouvernement du Canada, par l'intermédiaire des Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC), a annoncé l'appui de cinq nouveaux projets de recherche visant à améliorer les connaissances sur le virus de la grippe H1N1 et à combattre cette maladie. Les recherches annoncées (total de 2,4 millions de dollars sur...

This document seeks to provide a decision tool for providers and healthcare facilities including: Provider offices (pediatricians, family practice physicians, internists, primary care providers, obstetricians/gynecologists); Federally Qualified Health Centers and “look-alikes”, Community health clinics, Urgent Care clinics, Retail-based clinics; Hospitals; Long-term care facilities.

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