CDC's Response to Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

Published April 11, 2007 at 9:45 a.m.

CDC has been responding to complex humanitarian emergencies for more than 30 years, working in places such as Afghanistan, Darfur, Chad and Asia for the tsunami among many others ... Michael Gerber, Deputy Chief of the International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, shares how CDC helps in these challenging situations and gives examples from past responses ...

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Health Officials Cite Growing Flu Alarm in Asian Nations

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 8:16 p.m.
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Emergency supplies of antiviral drugs are being sent to Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where hospitals report that they are being overwhelmed by patients with swine flu ...

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Disgrasian: Masturbation and Gay Sex Cause Swine Flu, Apparently

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Published Aug. 11, 2009 at 7:47 p.m.

Swine flu infections are on the rise in Asia, particularly in India, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to the World Health Organization. But only Malaysia, where ...

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Swine Flu Shuts Down Philippines Government For 5 Days

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Published June 23, 2009 at 4:55 p.m.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippine House of Representatives suspended operations for five days after news that the country's first H1N1 flu-related fatality worked at the legislature. Australia reported its second swine flu-related death, the third for the Asia-Pacific region ... Hong Kong elementary schools and kindergartens cut the school year short, and Malaysia shuttered another school in efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic flu virus ... Philippine House Speaker Prospero

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Swine Flu May Have Come From Asia

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Published June 23, 2009 at 3:52 p.m.
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Federal agriculture officials believe that the new swine flu pandemic most likely emerged in pigs in Asia, then traveled to North America in a human ...

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U.S. Sets Aside $1 Billion For Swine Flu Vaccine

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Published May 22, 2009 at 6:25 p.m.
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WASHINGTON — Inching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to deliver one or both to vaccine manufacturers by the end of next week so scientists can begin the months-long process of producing shots ... Friday, the government set aside $1 billion for crucial testing of the first pilot doses and stockpiling of key vaccine ingredients _ in case world health

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PETA Asia-Pacific's Biohazard Team to the Rescue

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Published May 22, 2009 at 1:34 p.m.

The swine flu epidemic has hit Asia—and so has PETA Asia-Pacific's intrepid team of biohazard-suited protesters. They gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila to point out the fact that factory farms are breeding grounds for deadly diseases such as ...

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Asia Reports First Case of Swine Flu in Hong Kong

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Published May 1, 2009 at 10:29 a.m.
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The arrival of a Mexican traveler with the flu at a Hong Kong hospital re-awoke memories of the SARS outbreak ...

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SWINE FLU GOES GLOBAL

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Published April 28, 2009 at 10:08 a.m.

MEXICO CITY -- The swine flu epidemic crossed new borders Tuesday with the first cases confirmed in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region, as world health officials said they suspect American patients may have transmitted the virus to others ...

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H1N1 Swine Flu Information

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Published May 1, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

Information on the H1N1 swine flu virus, including prevention and treatment.

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   This site was created to help deal with the H1N1 influenza flu pandemic. Flu preparation is important! You can have an immunization with the flu vaccine, you can have the flu shot; flu shots are good before you are showing flu symptoms, although the current trivalent influenza vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against the new 2009 H1N1 strain, vaccines against the new strain are being developed and could be ready as early as June 2009.

   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.

   Recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.