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Update Sent March 13, 2006
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UPDATES TO INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE
The following updates were made to CDC information and guidance from March 6-13, 2006, or reflect current events. If you have any questions on these or other clinical issues, please write to us at coca@cdc.gov.
Today's topics Include:
Upcoming COCA Conference Call
We are pleased to announce March's COCA Conference Call agenda:
Title: Overview of CDC Operations and Natural Disasters
Speaker: Dahna Batz, MD - Commander, US Public Health Service
Date/Time: March 28, 2006 @ 1 PM EST
Toll-Free Dial-In Number: 800-988-9470
Passcode: Disasters
Objectives:
Define & Discuss the National Response Plan
Describe CDC activation during an emergency
Describe CDC's disaster epidemiological activities during an emergency
Dr. Batz has been a medical officer working in the areas of disaster epidemiology and health assessment at CDC since 1996. She is presently Acting Team Leader of the Disaster Epidemiology and Assessment Team, Health Studies Branch, National Center for Environmental Health at CDC.
PowerPoint slides will be soon be available for this presentation at the following webpage: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp.
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza: Current Situation -
Since February 1, 2006, the first cases of H5N1 or H5 infections in poultry or wild birds have been reported in the following countries: Iraq (H5), Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Iran, Austria, Germany, Egypt, India, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina (H5), Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Niger, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro (H5), Pakistan (H5), Albania, Poland and Georgia. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/current.htm
Seasonal Influenza
Flu Activity -
During week 9 (February 26 – March 4, 2006), influenza activity increased in the United States. Seven hundred one specimens (21.6%) tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories were positive for influenza. The proportion of patient visits to sentinel providers for influenza-like illness (ILI) was above the national baseline. The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza was below the baseline level. Twenty-five states and New York City reported widespread influenza activity; 13 states reported regional influenza activity; 8 states and the District of Columbia reported local influenza activity; and 4 states reported sporadic influenza activity. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
Flu Activity Reports & Surveillance -
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivity.htm
Hurricane Katrina
Satellite Broadcast: Learning from Katrina
Public Health Grand Rounds, a partnership project sponsored by CDC in collaboration with the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, will air a satellite broadcast, "Learning from Katrina: Tough Lessons in Preparedness and Emergency Response," on March 31, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. EST. This live broadcast will be transmitted from CDC and will focus on the public health implications and vulnerabilities of disaster preparedness. Please go to the following link for more information: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/satellitebroadcast.asp
MMWR Reports
The March 10th issue of MMWR contains various reports relating to Hurricane Katrina including:
- Public Health Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
- Surveillance for Illness and Injury After Hurricane Katrina
- Rapid Community Needs Assessment After Hurricane Katrina
- Carbon Monoxide Poisonings After Two Major Hurricanes
- Mortality Associated with Hurricane Katrina
Please go to the following link to view the entire issue:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_wk.html
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