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| Staff: | Laurie A. Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health |
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November 16, 2005 - November 16, 2005
This day-long conference, which was held at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, examined preparedness and planning efforts in the United States as the world faces the possibility of an influenza pandemic caused by H5N1, the avian flu virus.
Further Readings
A special section in the July/August 2005 issue of Foreign Affairs.
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/background/pandemic/
The following reading materials are made available to help attendees to prepare to participate in the conference sessions.
A Killer Flu? (Trust for America’s Health Report)
http://healthyamericans.org/reports/flu/Flu2005.pdf
BMO Nesbitt Burns Research: An Investor’s Guide to Avian Flu
http://www.bmonesbittburns.com/economics/reports/20050812/avian_flu.pdf
Responding to the avian influenza pandemic threat: Recommended strategic actions (WHO)
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/influenza/WHO_CDS_CSR_GIP_05_8-EN.pdf
Influenza Pandemic: Challenges in Preparedness and Response (GAO)
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05863t.pdf
Preparing for Pandemic Vaccination: An International Policy Agenda for Vaccine Development
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/fedson.pdf
Pentagon Eyed for Avian Flu Control
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051005-122400-1526r.htm
Bush military bird flu role slammed
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/05/bush.reax/
Global Outbreak of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) and International Law
http://www.asil.org/insights/insigh125.htm
Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 2003
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.02487:
Transmission of Avian Influenza Viruses to and between Humans
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JID/journal/issues/v192n8/35079/35079.web.pdf
Serological Analysis of Serum Samples from Humans Exposed to Avian H7 Influenza Viruses in Italy between 1999 and 2003
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JID/journal/issues/v192n8/34097/34097.web.pdf
Drug Therapy: Neuraminidase Inhibitors for Influenza
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/353/13/1363.pdf
Current Concepts: Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Humans
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/13/1374
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For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
Gary Samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1.212.434.9627
gsamore@cfr.org
Sebastian Mallaby
Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
smallaby@cfr.org
Janine Hill
Deputy Director of Studies Administration
+1.212.434.9753
jhill@cfr.org
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