Avian Influenza and the Pandemic Threat

Place : videoconference
Organization : EINet
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Participation :-
Focus :Pandemic
Coverage :Regional

*Date and Time: Evening hours of 29 May in the Americas and in the morning hours of 30 May in Asia, for approximately 5 hours (Friday, May 30, 2008 at 01:00-06:00 Coordinated Universal Time).

Place : Washington DC, US

Organization : The U.S. Government
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/scp/2005/55972.htm

Agenda :
- Elevate the avian influenza issue on national agendas;
- Coordinate efforts among donor and affected nations;
- Mobilize and leverage resources;
- Increase transparency in disease reporting and the quality of surveillance; and
- Build local capacity to identify, contain and respond to an influenza pandemic.

Participation : -

Focus : Avian Flu in Human and Pandemic

Coverage : Regional

Place : Atlanta, United States

Organization : Global Government Health Partners Form 2006

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Participation : -

Focus : -

Coverage : -

Place : Washington D.C.

Organization : Health Biomedical Science & Socielty Initiative, Aspen Institute

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Participation : -

Focus : -

Coverage : -

Place : Washington D.C.

Organization : Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Agenda : Assess the technical merit and applicability of models of influenza outbreaks as a guide to policies on community containment, whether community-wide interventions have a role in reducing infection transmission, and if so, the community impact of implementing community containment strategies.

Participation : -

Focus : Pandemic

Coverage : Global