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Adam Kamradt-scott - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Politics of Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
The Oxford Handbook of Global Health Politics, 2018Co-Authors: Adam Kamradt-scottAbstract:This chapter explores the ideas, concepts, norms, and agendas that have shaped the structures and actors governing the field of Pandemic Influenza preparedness. It begins by tracing the historical origins of the disease, then discusses the World Health Organization’s attempts to better respond to Influenza Pandemics through the development of biomedical knowledge and tools. The chapter then examines how, since the end of the Cold War, Pandemic Influenza has gained new prominence, in part as a result of its portrayal as a social, economic and political ‘threat’, which has prompted a transformation in the governance arrangements regarding the disease. The governance of Pandemic Influenza thus serves as a microcosm of the trends, actors, challenges and obstacles confronting global health governance more broadly.
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The securitisation of Pandemic Influenza: Framing, security and public policy
Global Public Health, 2012Co-Authors: Adam Kamradt-scott, Colin McinnesAbstract:This article examines how Pandemic Influenza has been framed as a security issue, threatening the functioning of both state and society, and the policy responses to this framing. Pandemic Influenza has long been recognised as a threat to human health. Despite this, for much of the twentieth century it was not recognised as a security threat. In the decade surrounding the new millennium, however, the disease was successfully securitised with profound implications for public policy. This article addresses the construction of Pandemic Influenza as a threat. Drawing on the work of the Copenhagen School, it examines how it was successfully securitised at the turn of the millennium and with what consequences for public policy.
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Changing Perceptions: of Pandemic Influenza and Public Health Responses
American journal of public health, 2011Co-Authors: Adam Kamradt-scottAbstract:According to the latest World Bank estimates, over the past decade some US $4.3 billion has been pledged by governments to combat the threat of Pandemic Influenza. Presidents, prime ministers, and even dictators the world over have been keen to demonstrate their commitment to tackling this disease, but this has not always been the case. Indeed, government-led intervention in responding to the threat of Pandemic Influenza is a relatively recent phenomenon. I explore how human understandings of Influenza have altered over the past 500 years and how public policy responses have shifted accordingly. I trace the progress in human understanding of causation from meteorological conditions to the microscopic, and how this has prompted changes in public policy to mitigate the disease's impact. I also examine the latest trend of viewing Pandemic Influenza as a security threat and how this has changed contemporary governance structures and power dynamics.
Heath Kelly - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Modelling the effect of seasonal Influenza vaccination on the risk of Pandemic Influenza infection.
BMC public health, 2011Co-Authors: Geoffry N Mercer, Steven I Barry, Heath KellyAbstract:Recent studies have suggested that vaccination with seasonal Influenza vaccine resulted in an apparent higher risk of infection with Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009. A simple mathematical model incorporating strain competition and a hypothesised temporary strain-transcending immunity is constructed to investigate this observation. The model assumes that seasonal vaccine has no effect on the risk of infection with Pandemic Influenza. Results of the model over a range of reproduction numbers and effective vaccination coverage confirm this apparent increased risk in the Northern, but not the Southern, hemisphere. This is due to unvaccinated individuals being more likely to be infected with seasonal Influenza (if it is circulating) and developing hypothesised temporary immunity to the Pandemic strain. Because vaccinated individuals are less likely to have been infected with seasonal Influenza, they are less likely to have developed the hypothesised temporary immunity and are therefore more likely to be infected with Pandemic Influenza. If the reproduction number for Pandemic Influenza is increased, as it is for children, an increase in the apparent risk of seasonal vaccination is observed. The maximum apparent risk effect is found when seasonal vaccination coverage is in the range 20-40%. Only when Pandemic Influenza is recently preceded by seasonal Influenza circulation is there a modelled increased risk of Pandemic Influenza infection associated with prior receipt of seasonal vaccine.
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epidemiological characteristics of Pandemic Influenza h1n1 2009 and seasonal Influenza infection
The Medical Journal of Australia, 2009Co-Authors: Heath Kelly, Kristina A Grant, Simon H Williams, James E Fielding, David W SmithAbstract:Abstract The median age of patients with Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009 infection was reported as 20-25 years in initial case series from Europe and the United States. This has been lowered to 13 years in the US after testing of more patients, but this may reflect differential increased testing of school-aged children as part of the Pandemic response. The median age of patients with seasonal Influenza A(H1N1) infection identified through sentinel surveillance in Western Australia and Victoria in 2007-2008 was 18 and 22 years, respectively. For Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009 infection, the median age of the first 244 patients identified in WA was 22 years, and median age of the first 135 patients identified through sentinel surveillance in Victoria was 21 years. Other comparisons of the epidemiological features of Pandemic and seasonal Influenza are difficult because much less laboratory testing is done for seasonal than for Pandemic Influenza. While early surveillance data indicated co-circulation of both Pandemic and seasonal strains in WA and Victoria, more recent data from both states indicate an increasing predominance of Pandemic Influenza. If the evolving Pandemic allows, we should take advantage of the increased testing being conducted for Pandemic Influenza to learn more about the real impact of laboratory-confirmed seasonal Influenza.
O Ozyuncu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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839 View of Pregnant Women About Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Prior to Pandemia
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2012Co-Authors: A Ozkaya-parlakay, Ö Kara, Ateş Kara, O OzyuncuAbstract:Afterwards pregnant women were detected to have serious complications with Pandemic A (H1N1) virus in 2009, priority of their vaccination was accepted. Thus our study was planned to estimate the view of pregnant women about Pandemic Influenza vaccine to prevent disease admitting to a reference hospital having patients all over the country, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Obstetrics Unit, in October 2009, just before Pandemic Influenza vaccine is implemented clinically to evaluate the perception of vaccine. Our study was conducted as applying questionaire to 86 pregnant women admitting to Hacettepe University Medical Faculty Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Obstetrics Unit. Age, trimestr and gravida of pregnancy, seasonal Influenza vaccine status, whether she finds Pandemic Influenza vaccine necessary was noted after questionnaire. Pregnant women contributing to our questionaire were between 18–39 years of age, 13 of them were in first trimestr, 31 were in second trimestr, 42 were in third trimestr. Out of 86 pregnant women 66 expresses that they did not find it necessary to have Pandemic Influenza vaccine. In our study it was found that pregnant women find Pandemic Influenza vaccine necessary with a percentage of 23.3% and although the study population is small, finding it necessary was not effected by mother’s age, trimestr of pregnancy, gravida of pregnancy. The only factor demonstrated to effect the acceptance of Pandemic Influenza vaccine was having seasonal Influenza vaccine. It is very important to inform this group having the major risk, to remind and advise the vaccine in routine controls.
Stephen C Redd - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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protecting vulnerable populations from Pandemic Influenza in the united states a strategic imperative
American Journal of Public Health, 2009Co-Authors: Sonja S Hutchins, Benedict I Truman, Toby L Merlin, Stephen C ReddAbstract:Protecting vulnerable populations from Pandemic Influenza is a strategic imperative. The US national strategy for Pandemic Influenza preparedness and response assigns roles to governments, businesses, civic and community-based organizations, individuals, and families.Because Influenza is highly contagious, inadequate preparedness or untimely response in vulnerable populations increases the risk of infection for the general population. Recent public health emergencies have reinforced the importance of preparedness and the challenges of effective response among vulnerable populations.We explore definitions and determinants of vulnerable, at-risk, and special populations and highlight approaches for ensuring that Pandemic Influenza preparedness includes these populations and enables them to respond appropriately. We also provide an overview of population-specific and cross-cutting articles in this theme issue on Influenza preparedness for vulnerable populations.
Ralph T. Bryan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Vulnerable Populations in Tribal Communities.
American Journal of Public Health, 2009Co-Authors: Amy V. Groom, Cheyenne C. Jim, Mic Laroque, Cheryl Mason, Joseph K. Mclaughlin, Lisa Neel, Terry Powell, Thomas G. Weiser, Ralph T. BryanAbstract:American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) governments are sovereign entities with inherent authority to establish and administer public health programs within their communities and will be critical partners in national efforts to prepare for Pandemic Influenza. Within AIAN communities, some subpopulations will be particularly vulnerable during an Influenza Pandemic because of their underlying health conditions, whereas others will be at increased risk because of limited access to prevention or treatment interventions.We outline potential issues to consider in identifying and providing appropriate services for selected vulnerable populations within tribal communities. We also highlight Pandemic Influenza preparedness resources available to tribal leaders and their partners in state and local health departments, academia, community-based organizations, and the private sector.
