Misconceptions about influenza vaccination
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“Many doctors think flu vaccination is a burden to the public health system.”
The European Scientific Working group on Influenza - an independent group of European scientists promoting the study of influenza - welcomes you to its web site. The aim of this service is to offer updated and quality assured information on influenza virus, the disease, diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention and control. You will also find information on our various ongoing projects, upcoming scientific meetings and get access to current and back issues of our twice-yearly bulletin ‘Influenza’
News
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Faked Pandemic? WHO responds
15 January 2010
Now that the impact of the H1N1 influenza pandemic is at the low end of what was expected, it is argued that the pandemic preparedness measures taken by EU member states were out of proportion. "But I want to emphasize that the world is going through a real pandemic. The description of it as fake, is both wrong and is irresponsible", says Dr Keiji Fukuda, Special Adviser to the Director-Generalon Pandemic Influenza at WHO, in a virtual press conference on 14 January 2010. The transcript of the entire press conference on WHO's position is available here.
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ESWI's Third Pandemic Preparedness Workshop for Public Health Officials on 22 January 2010
30 November 2009
ESWI's Third Pandemic Preparedness Workshop for Public Health Officials will be held on 22 January 2010. Venue of the meeting will again be the Hotel Le Châtelain, Rue du Châtelain 17, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. More information and a registration module will soon be available on www.eswiworkshop.org
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Online edu course on influenza by ERS and ESWI
10 November 2009
To further spread the knowledge about the impact of influenza and the available prevention strategies, the European Respiratory Society, in collaboration with ESWI, organised a series of four separate online lectures as part of the ERS school program. These interactive sessions have been captured and are now available for consultation. Kindly click on the session title to access the recording.
Clinical spectrum of Influenza - by Prof Peter Openshaw and Jake Dunning
Disease, epidemiology, diagnosis and prevention - by Prof Arnold Monto
Assessing vaccine safety, efficacy and effectiveness - by Prof Kristin L. Nichol
Influenza A(H1N1v) pandemic: where are we going? - by Prof Ab Osterhaus
ESWI proudly presents its Q&A Book on Influenza. 101 Questions and Answers on Influenza is a major work of reference for anyone with an interest in flu.