https://www.tellmeproject.eu/taxonomy/term/49/all en https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/ebola-outbreak-reached-nigeria <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The first probable case of Ebola virus disease (EBV) has been reported in Nigeria: it is a 40-year-old male from Liberia who spotted symptoms during his travel to Lagos, on July 20^th. He was immediately admitted to a private hospital but died five days later.</p><p>Nigeria is the fourth African country – the others being Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – to be hit by the violent outbreak that so far has claimed the life of 672 people out of 1201 confirmed cases.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/who" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">WHO</a></div></div></div> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:39:29 +0000 amministratore 319 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/ebola-outbreak-reached-nigeria <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The first probable case of Ebola virus disease (EBV) has been reported in Nigeria: it is a 40-year-old male from Liberia who spotted symptoms during his travel to Lagos, on July 20^th. He was immediately admitted to a private hospital but died five days later.</p><p>Nigeria is the fourth African country – the others being Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – to be hit by the violent outbreak that so far has claimed the life of 672 people out of 1201 confirmed cases.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/who" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">WHO</a></div></div></div> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:39:29 +0000 amministratore 319 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/who-mers-serious-threat-not-emergency-yet <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The panel that was established one years ago to advise the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) stated that the situation is concerning but is not an emergency yet. The members of the panel has met four times since last July and had to decide if it was necessary to declare the MERS outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). By claiming a PHEIC, the panel would have given WHO all the powers necessary to apply the International Health Regulations (IHR) in order to tackle the emergency.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/who" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">WHO</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/infectious-disease-outbreak" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Infectious disease outbreak</a></div></div></div> Sun, 18 May 2014 21:11:43 +0000 amministratore 268 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/who-mers-serious-threat-not-emergency-yet <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The panel that was established one years ago to advise the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) stated that the situation is concerning but is not an emergency yet. The members of the panel has met four times since last July and had to decide if it was necessary to declare the MERS outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). By claiming a PHEIC, the panel would have given WHO all the powers necessary to apply the International Health Regulations (IHR) in order to tackle the emergency.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/who" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">WHO</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/infectious-disease-outbreak" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Infectious disease outbreak</a></div></div></div> Sun, 18 May 2014 21:11:43 +0000 amministratore 268 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/who-mers-serious-threat-not-emergency-yet <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The panel that was established one years ago to advise the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) stated that the situation is concerning but is not an emergency yet. The members of the panel has met four times since last July and had to decide if it was necessary to declare the MERS outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). By claiming a PHEIC, the panel would have given WHO all the powers necessary to apply the International Health Regulations (IHR) in order to tackle the emergency.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/who" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">WHO</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/infectious-disease-outbreak" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Infectious disease outbreak</a></div></div></div> Sun, 18 May 2014 21:11:43 +0000 amministratore 268 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/who-mers-serious-threat-not-emergency-yet <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The panel that was established one years ago to advise the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) stated that the situation is concerning but is not an emergency yet. The members of the panel has met four times since last July and had to decide if it was necessary to declare the MERS outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). By claiming a PHEIC, the panel would have given WHO all the powers necessary to apply the International Health Regulations (IHR) in order to tackle the emergency.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/who" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">WHO</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/infectious-disease-outbreak" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Infectious disease outbreak</a></div></div></div> Sun, 18 May 2014 21:11:43 +0000 amministratore 268 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/tell-me-experts-published-case-study-2009-h1n1-influenza-pandemic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A case study of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic – the so-called swine flu – <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9239192&amp;fulltextType=RA&amp;fileId=S1935789314000275">has been published</a> on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by a team of experts from the TELL ME projects. Their study compared the guidelines for risk communication in case of epidemics or pandemic from 2005 to 2008, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with CDC reports from 2009 to 2011. Aim of this analysis was to assess the implementation of these guidelines during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.</p><p>The TELL ME experts shown that such</p></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:01:38 +0000 TELL ME 254 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/tell-me-experts-published-case-study-2009-h1n1-influenza-pandemic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A case study of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic – the so-called swine flu – <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9239192&amp;fulltextType=RA&amp;fileId=S1935789314000275">has been published</a> on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by a team of experts from the TELL ME projects. Their study compared the guidelines for risk communication in case of epidemics or pandemic from 2005 to 2008, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with CDC reports from 2009 to 2011. Aim of this analysis was to assess the implementation of these guidelines during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.</p><p>The TELL ME experts shown that such</p></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:01:38 +0000 TELL ME 254 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/tell-me-experts-published-case-study-2009-h1n1-influenza-pandemic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A case study of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic – the so-called swine flu – <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9239192&amp;fulltextType=RA&amp;fileId=S1935789314000275">has been published</a> on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by a team of experts from the TELL ME projects. Their study compared the guidelines for risk communication in case of epidemics or pandemic from 2005 to 2008, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with CDC reports from 2009 to 2011. Aim of this analysis was to assess the implementation of these guidelines during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.</p><p>The TELL ME experts shown that such</p></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:01:38 +0000 TELL ME 254 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/tell-me-experts-published-case-study-2009-h1n1-influenza-pandemic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A case study of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic – the so-called swine flu – <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9239192&amp;fulltextType=RA&amp;fileId=S1935789314000275">has been published</a> on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by a team of experts from the TELL ME projects. Their study compared the guidelines for risk communication in case of epidemics or pandemic from 2005 to 2008, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with CDC reports from 2009 to 2011. Aim of this analysis was to assess the implementation of these guidelines during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.</p><p>The TELL ME experts shown that such</p></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:01:38 +0000 TELL ME 254 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/tell-me-experts-published-case-study-2009-h1n1-influenza-pandemic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A case study of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic – the so-called swine flu – <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9239192&amp;fulltextType=RA&amp;fileId=S1935789314000275">has been published</a> on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by a team of experts from the TELL ME projects. Their study compared the guidelines for risk communication in case of epidemics or pandemic from 2005 to 2008, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with CDC reports from 2009 to 2011. Aim of this analysis was to assess the implementation of these guidelines during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.</p><p>The TELL ME experts shown that such</p></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:01:38 +0000 TELL ME 254 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/tell-me-experts-published-case-study-2009-h1n1-influenza-pandemic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A case study of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic – the so-called swine flu – <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9239192&amp;fulltextType=RA&amp;fileId=S1935789314000275">has been published</a> on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by a team of experts from the TELL ME projects. Their study compared the guidelines for risk communication in case of epidemics or pandemic from 2005 to 2008, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with CDC reports from 2009 to 2011. Aim of this analysis was to assess the implementation of these guidelines during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.</p><p>The TELL ME experts shown that such</p></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:01:38 +0000 TELL ME 254 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/tell-me-experts-published-case-study-2009-h1n1-influenza-pandemic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A case study of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic – the so-called swine flu – <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9239192&amp;fulltextType=RA&amp;fileId=S1935789314000275">has been published</a> on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by a team of experts from the TELL ME projects. Their study compared the guidelines for risk communication in case of epidemics or pandemic from 2005 to 2008, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with CDC reports from 2009 to 2011. Aim of this analysis was to assess the implementation of these guidelines during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.</p><p>The TELL ME experts shown that such</p></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:01:38 +0000 TELL ME 254 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/tell-me-experts-published-case-study-2009-h1n1-influenza-pandemic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A case study of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic – the so-called swine flu – <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9239192&amp;fulltextType=RA&amp;fileId=S1935789314000275">has been published</a> on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by a team of experts from the TELL ME projects. Their study compared the guidelines for risk communication in case of epidemics or pandemic from 2005 to 2008, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with CDC reports from 2009 to 2011. Aim of this analysis was to assess the implementation of these guidelines during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.</p><p>The TELL ME experts shown that such</p></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:01:38 +0000 TELL ME 254 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu https://www.tellmeproject.eu/content/overview-global-response-2009-h1n1-pandemic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In a <a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1208802">review</a> on the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em>, Harvey Fineberg, president of the <a href="http://www.iom.edu/">Institute of Medicine</a> and chair of an international committee requested by the World Health Organization (WHO), analyzed the global response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, giving particular attention to the function of the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR) and the performance of the WHO.</p><p>IHR are a set of provisions – activated in 2005 and gone into effect in 2007 – that delineated the responsibilities of individual countries when dealing with public health emergencies and established a leading role for</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/h1n1" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">H1N1</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/who" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">WHO</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/influenza-pandemic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Influenza pandemic</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/preparadness" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Preparadness</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:12:58 +0000 TELL ME 252 at https://www.tellmeproject.eu