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Get Informed ... Be Prepared. A newsletter for Minnesota organizations preparing for a possible influenza pandemic.
2008
January/February 2008: Volume 3, Number 1 (PDF: 110KB/4 pages)
- Focus on pandemic planning efforts
- Item of note regarding the new publication schedule of this newsletter
- Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project Update
- School Pandemic Influenza Planning Update
- MDH Pandemic Plans Consider Care of the Deceased
- Pre-pandemic influenza vaccination exercise
- Ethics in the Worse of Times: Rationing to Protect the Public's Health During an Influenza Pandemic
- Emergency Communications Toolkit
- Flu Wiki on Pandemic Preparedness
- Vaccine prioritization website
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- The Last Word… Historical Information on The Great Pandemic, US DHHS, Office of the Public Health Service
2007
November/December 2007: Volume 2, Number 11 (PDF: 105KB/4 pages)
- Focus on local planning efforts
- Item of note regarding the new publication schedule of this newsletter
- Draft guidance on allocating and targeting pandemic influenza vaccine
- "Good Idea" from Carver County Public Health
- Olmsted County school tabletop exercise
- HealthPartners pandemic drill experience
- AHRQ issues guide on adapting call centers in emergencies
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- The Last Word… Humorous skit brings audience participation to personal and family preparedness
October 2007: Volume 2, Number 10 (PDF: 105KB/4 pages)
- Pandemic Influenza Newsletter marks one year anniversary
- Institute of Medicine (IOM) calls for new research on PPE for pandemic
- Report finds pandemic plans need greater focus on children
- Pandemic influenza funding update
- Peer-reviewed online database showcases local, county and state pandemic planning
- Pandemic Influenza in Pediatrics: Justice, Scarce Resources, and Tough Decisions (The 2007 Westgate Pediatric Ethics Forum)
- Exercise Winter Willow: lessons identified
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- The Last Word… A unique Promising Practice from the Colorado Department of Public Health
September 2007: Volume 2, Number 9 (PDF: 135KB/4 pages)
- GAO finds gaps in federal pandemic planning
- The Call to Care: Faith Communities and Emergency Preparedness—An All Persons Approach Conference Update
- WHO releases World Health Report 2007: Warns diseases spreading faster than ever
- Redefining Readiness: New community engagement practices and tools for pandemic and all-hazards planning
- Pandemic Influenza Update: Ethics
- 2nd Annual "End-to-End Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza Conference" Washington, DC, Oct. 29-31, 2007
- Working together – Minnesota planning for an influenza pandemic
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- The Last Word…Can video games help us fight a global pandemic?
August 2007: Volume 2, Number 8 (PDF: 113KB/4 pages)
- September is a great time for pandemic flu preparedness
- Minnesota’s pan flu plan reviewed by CDC: High quality results
- Scientists target future pandemic strains of H5N1
- Non-pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs): Lessons from the 1918-1919 pandemic
- Pandemic Influenza Update: Ethics
- Study finds people likely to take precautionary actions to cut risk during a pandemic
- Pharmacy organizations create guide to prepare for pandemics
- Mass Dispensing: A Primer for Community Leaders
- New Advanced Practice Center (APC) Resource: Avian and Pandemic Influenza Presentation Template
- “Good Idea” from Wright County and the Central Region
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- The Last Word…
July 2007: Volume 2, Number 7 (PDF: 108KB/4 pages)
- Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project Underway
- White House releases report on pandemic planning status
- The Call to Care: Faith Communities and Emergency Preparedness – An All Persons Approach Conference
- FAQs about community strategies—non-pharmaceutical interventions (isolation and quarantine)
- Community Strategies That May Delay or Reduce the Impact of a Pandemic: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) An Orientation for County Commissioners and Other Elected Officials (FAQs posted)
- ThreatPREP: a new planning resource available from the National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)
- Minnesota SNS Pandemic Influenza Antiviral Distribution Tabletop Exercise
- Pandemic flu exercise for US financial services sector to be held this fall
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- The Last Word…
June 2007: Volume 2, Number 6 (PDF: 131KB/4 pages)
- Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project
- codeReady Continues its Success!
- FAQs about community strategies—non-pharmaceutical interventions
- Community Strategies That May Delay or Reduce the Impact of a Pandemic:Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) An Orientation for County Commissioners and Other Elected Officials
- Pandemic Influenza Information for First Responders: The Basics
- National Pandemic Influenza Exercise
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- Clothing created to block flu and colds
May 2007: Volume 2, Number 5 (PDF: 127KB/4 pages)
- Minnesota is codeReady!
- New advice from CDC for use of facemasks and respirators in public settings during a flu pandemic
- codeReady off to an impressive start
- Key points from the CDC news release
- FDA lists two respirators (N95 masks) as offering disease protection
- Answers to your codeReady questions
- Community Strategies That May Delay or Reduce the Impact of a Pandemic: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPI) An Orientation for County Commissioners
- New online H5N1 readiness course
- U of M Public Health Institute 2007
- Pandemic Influenza: Preparedness for Schools (originally broadcast May 17, 2007)
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- The Last Word…
April 2007: Volume 2, Number 4 (PDF: 115KB/4 pages)
- FDA approves first human H5N1 vaccine
- MDH releases pandemic influenza supplement on non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI)
- Pandemic planners urged to seek community input
- U of M chosen as pandemic influenza research center
- 1918 pandemic analyses may explain why some cities fared better than others
- Anticipating the launch of codeReady statewide preparedness campaign
- “Good Idea” from St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health: Community Tool Kit – Preparing for an influenza pandemic
- K-12 school closing exercise after action report / improvement plan
- Hear Peter M. Sandman, PhD, speak May 8th
- Emergency Readiness Rounds, May 9th
- Pandemic Influenza: Preparedness for Schools – May 17th, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm CT
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- The Last Word…
March 2007: Volume 2, Number 3 (PDF: 96KB/4 pages)
- 1918 pandemic flu virus gene completely sequenced, but mysteries about its origins, ferocity remain
- CDC issues ‘Ethical Guidelines in Pandemic Influenza’ for comment
- Demographic trends will influence pandemic influenza planning priorities
- Governor’s budget proposal for pandemic flu is $19 million in biennium
- APHA releases blueprint to strengthen pandemic flu preparedness
- MPCA developing guidelines on bird disposal in avian flu outbreak
- On track for a May launch of codeReady statewide preparedness campaign
- K-12 school closing exercise CD-ROM distributed to partners
- Process to recommend procedures for allocating scarce resources underway
- MDH Pandemic Influenza Annual Progress Update is available online
- Rats! Could Rodents Transmit H5N1 from Wild to Farm Flocks?
February 2007: Volume 2, Number 2 (PDF: 231KB/4 pages)
- Ferreting out answers: Science publishes theory on how virus mutates from avian to human-to-human flu
- CDC Issues Interim Guidance on Community Disease Containment for Pandemic Influenza Planning
- Battle of Britain: Suffolk Turkey Farm is Site of Avian Flu Outbreak
- Fear Factor: Seasonal Flu Fatalities in Minnesota Light up the MDH Info Line
- OSHA Releases New Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for a Pandemic
- Cross Border Infectious Disease Conferences Planned for Late March
- Are You codeReady for a Minnesota Public Preparedness Campaign?
- K-12 School Closing Exercise Challenged Participants, Forged Partnerships
- State Plans for Community Disease Containment, Antiviral/Vaccines due to CDC March 15
- MDH Pandemic Influenza Annual Progress Update to Be Completed in mid-March
- ECHO Relays Flu Info to LEP Populations
January 2007: Volume 2, Number 1 (PDF: 110KB/4 pages)
- DNR avian flu monitoring gives state’s wild flocks a clean bill of health
- CDC awards $11.4 million to develop rapid diagnostic tests for avian flu
- HSEM introduces Minnesota Response Phases in new Pandemic Planner
- Are Minnesotans ready for a pandemic? Public opinion survey shows state of personal, family emergency preparedness
- DHS compiles follow-up on regional pandemic flu workshops for LEP populations
2006
December 2006: Volume 1, Number 3 (PDF: 70KB/4 pages)
- Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act signed into law
- State receives federal pandemic flu funding from CDC; contracts out to local public health and tribes
- ‘10-point Framework’ prepares businesses for pandemic flu
- HSEM Avian and Pandemic Influenza Regional Business Symposiums
- DHHS releases tabletop exercises for local health pandemic flu preparedness
- PIPP course available free to partners
- StoneArch Creative will tackle emergency preparedness for HSEM and MDH public information campaign in the New Year
- In process, an improved Workspace for local public health partners
- Interstate cooperation, adjusted standards of care just two of the common themes from regional meetings with local partners
- Find good ideas from local partners here, on the Workspace, and soon from LPHA
- Workgroups on Community Disease Containment, Ethics and Exercises focus on practical planning
- Good Idea! Regional and Local Pandemic Flu Planning Efforts
- The Last Word…
November 2006: Volume 1, Number 2 (PDF: 280KB/6 pages)
- Guests, good cooking, and clean drinking water at this party
- Feds extend deadlines for state community disease containment, antiviral distribution plans to Feb. 1st
- MCHCE makes recommendations on vaccine distribution during a pandemic flu
- Pandemic flu – legally speaking
- HSEM Local Jurisdiction Service Continuation Planning Guide is online
- Burnsville emergency preparedness group dishes up Recipes for a Disaster
- Tamiflu and children: new FDA labeling
- Informal survey provides a local public health and emergency management perspective on readiness among Minnesota citizens
- Campaign Steering Team will make ‘firm’ decision on contractor by end of November
- Satellite learning gives you access to national figures in pandemic flu planning
- U of M Center for Public Health Preparedness has training modules on mass dispensing
- ‘Good ideas’ from local partners rolling in
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- The Last Word…
- Special Report: Environmental health aspects of pandemic flu planning
October 2006: Volume 1, Number 1 (PDF: 99KB/4 pages)
- Businesses express concern, show leadership at Pandemic Summit
- Persuading the public to prepare for emergencies will challenge MDH, HSEM
- Pandemic flu CD available to partners
- Speakers’ Bureau for pandemic flu
- DHS pandemic flu workshops for groups working with LEP populations
- MERET ‘train the trainer’ public preparedness workshops
- UMNCPHP materials build skills in public health preparedness
- Governor’s pan flu exercise Sept. 27
- Planning Team taking show on the road
- Looking for great ideas from regional, local partners on pan flu preparedness
- MDH’s Pandemic Flu Plan moves into action
- Keeping in touch in the rapidly changing world of pandemic flu
- Pandemic Flu Digest
- Target ad in Star Tribune suggests ‘Let’s Make a Plan of Action’
