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President Obama’s budget proposal tops $3.8 trillion, and would draw a $1.3 trillion shortfall in 2011 despite efforts to freeze and cut spending and channel an extra $100 billion to immediately attack the high unemployment rate, The Washington Post reports…

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President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal, which was released on Monday, would increase by 9% funding for global health issues, including reducing maternal and child mortality, the Wall Street Journal reports. The budget includes a total request for global health of $9.6 billion for HHS, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Defense…

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The Government of Canada announced it will make a donation of five million doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, as well as a $6 million contribution to support the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global pandemic relief efforts. The five million vaccine doses amount to 10% of Canada’s total vaccine order, a donation which is in line with that of other developed countries…

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	A(H1N1) Influenza Pandemic: Sanofi Pasteur's Global Response The scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met. The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic. Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General WHO – Many people found the SARS episode at the beginning of the 21st century very worrying at the time, but now a lot of people have forgotten about it. Then there was H5N1 and I think that since then, all the experts agree that it is no longer a question of if there will be a pandemic but when it will occur. Jacques Berger, President Sanofi Pasteur France – We feel prepared, we put together a plan that we are following and what's really good for us, and for public health is that this is following a process that has been really well established and something we are used to doing. Philip Hosbach, Vice President, Public Affairs, Sanofi Pasteur USA – The Val de Reuil site is authorized to produce this type of strain, the so-called pandemic strain. Because we had already produced several H5N1 type strains, so, even if this pandemic strain is of a different type, we were ready, we have procedures and processes in place that meant we could mobilise our resources much more quickly. Franck Chassant, Head of Flu Vaccine Production, Val de Reuil, Sanofi Pasteur France – Visit pandimic.influenza.com	From:sanofipasteurTV Views:2203 2ratings
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A team of health experts on Tuesday called for the U.S. “to lead a global effort to protect people from new outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases that originate in animals, such as swine flu, AIDS and SARS,” Reuters writes (Morgan, 9/22). The appeal comes as a U.S.

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ETBOND TECHNOLOGY defines Biotechnology approach to fight H1N1 Influenza A (Swine Flu) 1. Plan for Morbidity Reduction: H1N1 Influenza A (Swine Flu and its symptoms) is spreading at a lightening speed globally. It is infecting millions of patients since first reported in April, 2009 in Mexico. Costly quarantine and control measures are in place to prevent the spread of the disease from patients to family and contacts in public places.

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A call to action to prepare for an H1N1 pandemic at a country and community level has been issued by the World Health Professions Alliance. The WHPA, a body that brings together more than 23 million health care professionals worldwide, has endorsed a set of key principles to promote operational activities that can be implemented at the country level in response to the continued spread of the H1N1 pandemic.

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Flu, Cholera Strikes Papua New Guinea “Twin outbreaks of a flu-like illness and dysentery in a remote region of Papua New Guinea have killed 47 people and infected another 2,000 villagers, a senior medical official said Monday,” Agence France-Presse reports.

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Background:The primary objectives of this study were to assess Wisconsin’s primary care residents’ attitudes toward international health training, the interest among faculty to provide IH training, and the preferred modality of IH training.Methods:Surveys were administered using 505 residents and 413 medical faculty in primary care residencies in Wisconsin. Results from 128 residents and 118 medical school faculty members were collected during the spring of 2007 and analyzed.Results:In total, 25% of residents (128/505) and 28% of faculty (118/413) responded to the survey. A majority of residents (58%) and faculty (63%) were interested in global health issues. Among residents, 63% planned on spending professional time working abroad. Few residents (9%) and faculty (11%) assess their residencies as preparing residents well to address topics relating to international health. The survey indicates that adequate faculty in Wisconsin could provide mentorship in international health as 47% (55) of faculty had experience working as a physician internationally, 49% (58) of faculty spend more than 25% clinical time caring for patient from underserved communities and 39% (46) would be willing to be involved with developing curriculum, lecturing and/or mentoring residents in international health.Conclusions:Overall, the majority of the respondents expressed high interest in IH and few felt prepared to address IH issues indicating a need for increased training in this area. The findings of this survey are likely relevant as a prototype for other primary care residencies.

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and some local more up-to-date reports, the total number of confirmed human cases of swine flu A(H1N1) infection has exceeded 21,000, including 125 deaths in Mexico, USA, Canada, Chile and Costa Rica. If these figures are accurate, that would be 1 death per 168 cases. Experts say this novel virus is no more deadly than ordinary seasonal human flu.

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