Distribution of selected healthcare resources for influenza pandemic response in Cambodia. [PDF]
, 2013 INTRODUCTION: Human influenza infection poses a serious public health threat in Cambodia, a country at risk for the emergence and spread of novel influenza viruses with pandemic potential.
Touch, S +22 more
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Health system resource gaps and associated mortality from pandemic influenza across six Asian territories. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Southeast Asia has been the focus of considerable investment in pandemic influenza preparedness. Given the wide variation in socio-economic conditions, health system capacity across the region is likely to impact to varying degrees on ...
Irwin Chavez +57 more
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Healthcare worker's attitudes to working during pandemic influenza: a qualitative study [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) will play a key role in any response to pandemic influenza, and the UK healthcare system's ability to cope during an influenza pandemic will depend, to a large extent, on the number of HCWs who are able and willing ...
Parry, Jayne +29 more
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Will the NHS continue to function in an influenza pandemic? A survey of healthcare workers in the West Midlands, UK [PDF]
, 2009 Background: if UK healthcare services are to respond effectively to pandemic influenza, levels of absenteeism amongst healthcare workers (HCWs) must be minimised.
Sorell, T +28 more
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Healthcare workers' attitudes towards working during pandemic influenza : a multi method study [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) will be key players in any response to pandemic influenza, and will be in the front line of exposure to infection. Responding effectively to a pandemic relies on the majority of medical, nursing, laboratory and hotel
Sorell, T +27 more
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COVID: how incorrect assumptions and poor foresight hampered the UK's pandemic preparedness [PDF]
, 2023 Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, has told the recently opened COVID-19 Inquiry that the UK's pandemic planning was "completely wrong". According to Hancock, the doctrine was "to plan for the consequences of a disaster" rather than stopping or ...
van der Meer, Robert
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Preparedness of ICU networks for pandemics
Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2020 Purpose of review The recent COVID-19 outbreak has clearly shown how epidemics/pandemics can challenge developed countries’ healthcare systems. Proper management of equipment and human resources is critical to provide adequate medical care to all patients admitted to the hospital and the ICU for both pandemic-related and ...
Florio G., Zanella A., Pesenti A.
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Analyses of the 1957 (Asian) influenza pandemic in the United Kingdom and the impact of school closures. [PDF]
, 2008 Many countries plan to close schools during a future influenza pandemic, although the potential impact is poorly understood. We apply a model of the transmission dynamics of pandemic influenza to consultation, serological and clinical data from the ...
Edmunds, WJ, Vynnycky, E
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Microorganisms, 2023 To study the differences in the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to the response to vaccination, we characterized the humoral immune kinetics of these situations.
Gili Joseph +10 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in health systems of many countries, including those in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite comparatively low rates of COVID-19 admissions and deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, the pandemic still had a ...
John Amuasi +4 more
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