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| Emergency Operations Center Update on Influenza A(H1N1) June 11 |
EOC Situation Report #21
Influenza A(H1N1)
Thursday, 11 June 2009
6:00 pm, EDT
Summary
- The World Health Organization raised its global pandemic alert level to Phase 6 today. This means that sustained community transmission of a new influenza virus has now been confirmed in more than one WHO region, and that a global pandemic is now officially declared. Read the Director General's statement to the press.
- It is important to note that the change in phase reflects geographical spread of the new influenza A (H1N1) virus, and not the severity of illness that it causes.
- At this time, WHO considers the overall severity of the influenza pandemic to be moderate. This assessment is based on scientific evidence available to WHO, as well as input from its Member States on the pandemic's impact on their health systems, and their social and economic functioning.
- Countries should prepare to see cases, or the further spread of cases, in the near future. Countries where outbreaks appear to have peaked should prepare for a second wave of infection.
- Guidance on specific protective and precautionary measures has been sent to ministries of health in all countries. Countries with no or only a few cases should remain vigilant.
- Countries with widespread transmission should focus on the appropriate management of patients. The testing and investigation of patients should be limited, as such measures are resource intensive and can very quickly strain capacities.
- WHO continues to recommend no restrictions on travel and no border closures.
- PAHO will be hosting a press conference by Dr. Jon K. Andrus on the influenza pandemic on Friday, June 12, at 2pm (Washington DC time). Questions can be sent through e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For more information please check PAHO’s website.
- For the latest reports on the status of Influenza A(H1N1) in the Americas please check the daily epidemiological alerts available in the PAHO website.
Resources
- Guidance for national authorities.
- PAHO's influenza A (H1N1) portal.
- Pan American Health Organization website.
- World Health Organization website.
- For constant updates on the influenza A(H1N1) situation, check the PAHO and WHO channels in Twitter.
The PAHO/WHO Emergency Operations Center Situation Report will issue situation reports as the situation requires.
- Contact the PAHO EOC at +1 202 974 3399 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it -
Situation Reports
- Situation Report # 21, June 11 (PDF) - English - Spanish - French
- Situation Report # 20, May 22 (PDF) - English - Spanish - French
- Situation Report # 19, May 15 (PDF) - English - Spanish - French
- Situation Report # 18, May 12 (PDF) -English - Spanish - French
2013
About 20 international experts from 13 countries as well as 40 national experts from more than 15 states participated in the Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network (GLEAN) meeting, which was held at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Country Office in Brasilia, Brazil from March 12th to 14th, 2013.
Dengue is a public Health problem worldwide. The American hemisphere is not the exception, with more than 35 countries report transmission of the disease and where it has been responsible for outbreaks and epidemics that has cost many lives in recent years.
2012
Fecha: 11 de julio del 2012 Ciudad: Bucaramanga, Colombia
Se estima que 3 mil millones de personas están en riesgo de contraer el dengue en más de 100 países tropicales y sub-tropicales donde se encuentra el mosquito transmisor Aedes aegypti...
2011
Llamado a la acción: La Hispaniola libre del cólera (12/28/2011)
Técnicos evaluaron respuesta y desafíos a un año de la epidemia de cólera en República Dominicana (12/07/2011)
Puerto Rico Presents Pilot Project for the Prevention and Control of Dengue (11/23/2011)
Haití condecora a la OPS/OMS por labor durante brote de cólera (04/20/2011)
Expertos de la Salud advierten sobre “infecciones incurables” (04/05/2011)
Response to Cholera in Belle Fontaine, Haiti (01/28/2011)
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Key to Control Cholera Epidemic in Haiti (01/10/2011)
2010
Experts to Discuss Cholera Vaccination in the Americas (12/15/2010)
Se prepara Plan de Contingencia ante la amenaza de un posible brote de Cólera en Guatemala (12/03/2010)
Cases Continue to Climb, But Fewer Patients are Dying from Cholera (12/02/2010)
National Day of Education and Prevention of Cholera in the Dominican Republic (12/01/2010)
Elections Not Expected to Increase Cholera Spread in Haiti (11/25/2010)
Cholera Outbreak in Haiti - Press Briefing by Dr. Jon Andrus, PAHO Deputy Director, 23 November 2010 (11/23/2010)
International Agencies Propose Joint Strategy to Fight Cholera in Haiti (11/16/2010)
PAHO Press Briefing on the Cholera Outbreak in Haiti, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 (11/15/2010)
PAHO Briefs NGO Partners on Cholera Outbreak in Haiti (11/15/2010)
Press Briefing on Cholera Outbreak in Haiti by Dr. Jon Andrus November 9 (11/09/2010)
Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Likely to Grow Much Larger (11/09/2010)
Number of Cholera Cases and Deaths Still Rising in Haiti (11/02/2010)
CDC: Cholera Outbreak Strain Identified (11/01/2010)
PAHO’s Deputy Director Updates OAS’ Group of Friends of Haiti on Outbreak Situation (10/28/2010)
PAHO Position on Cholera Vaccination in Haiti (10/28/2010)
PAHO: Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Still Trending Upward (10/27/2010)
PAHO: Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Still Trending Upward (10/27/2010)
Press briefing on the cholera outbreak in Haiti by Dr. Jon Andrus, 27 October 2010 (10/27/2010)
PAHO: Cholera cases likely to increase in Haiti (10/25/2010)
PAHO Responds to Cholera Outbreak in Haiti (10/22/2010)
Taller analizó el impacto de la vacuna contra la influenza pandémica (09/15/2010)
WHO Declares H1N1 Pandemic Over, Urges Continued Influenza Vigilance (08/10/2010)
Facts and Myths about the Safety of the Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine (05/26/2010)
Spain Donates Four Million Doses of Influenza A Vaccines to Latin American Countries (03/04/2010)
Nicaragua: Lista para recibir y aplicar la vacuna contra la Influenza AH1N1 en grupos priorizados (02/24/2010)
2009
Jóvenes de los Ecoclubes difunden mensajes de prevención frente a la pandemia de influenza H1N1 (12/14/2009)
WHO Says Prompt Treatment Can Prevent Serious Cases, Deaths from H1N1 (11/12/2009)
Preparing Communities to Respond to Pandemic Influenza (11/03/2009)
Autoridades de Salud alertan sobre brote severo de dengue en Nicaragua (10/02/2009)
PAHO Unveils Two Communities of Practice on Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (09/21/2009)
Countries of the Americas Examine Response to Pandemic H1N1 2009 and Challenges Ahead (09/11/2009)
Países de las Américas se organizan para adquirir la vacuna de la gripe pandémica (09/10/2009)
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the Americas: What's Next? (09/02/2009)
Chile's President Urges a Collective Response to A (H1N1) Pandemic (06/24/2009)
Epidemiological Alerts and Updates
Interactive Atlas and Reports produced by HSD/IR/ARO
Preparedness and Response for Chikungunya Virus Introduction in the Americas, 2011
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