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A concept to tackle flu nationwide
The most efficient way to structurally lower the impact of influenza on a country’s population, is a combined effort by all parties involved. Only when public health authorities, healthcare providers, organizations of people at risk and scientific researchers form a network and join forces to combat the disease, significant progress can be made.
Writen on 9 February 2012 by flucentre CMS
ESWI releases influenza documentary
The ESWI influenza documentary covers all aspects of the disease, ranging from the characteristics of the flu virus itself to the impact of pandemic and epidemic influenza. This tool is a highly informative influenza movie (38 min of length), which has now been made available online and can be used free of charge. You are hence kindly invited to distribute the weblink to anyone you think could benefit from it.
Writen on 15 December 2011 by ESWI
The First European Influenza Summit on the 26th of May 2011 in Brussels
To lower the impact of influenza on public health in Europe, the European Scientific Working group on Influenza brings together all influenza stakeholders at the first European Flu Summit. The concept of the one-day meeting is to provide influenza stakeholder organizations with a platform to exchange good practices and to initiate concrete actions.
Writen on 2 February 2011 by ESWI with the tags good practices, prevention, stakeholders
Is influenza a serious disease?
Writen on 20 December 2010 by flucentre with the tags seasonal flu
Holland has a succesful influenza vaccination strategy. How come?
Writen on 3 November 2010 by flucentre CMS
Bird flu jumps to pigs
The H5N1 bird flu virus may be evolving the ability to spread from mammal to mammal, says a team who have discovered that pigs in Indonesia have been infected with the disease since 2005. It's one step in the frightening chain of events that could lead to human transmission and a pandemic.
Writen on 8 September 2010 by Ab Osterhaus with the tags H5N1, pandemic
Experts say H5N1 picture not greatly improved since 2003
The global H5N1 avian influenza situation has not improved very much since the virus began spreading widely in 2003, and many human cases have probably gone unreported, French health experts conclude in an assessment published yesterday in Eurosurveillance.
Writen on 27 July 2010 by flucentre with the tags avian