Click to Translate to English Click to Translate to French  Click to Translate to Spanish  Click to Translate to German  Click to Translate to Italian  Click to Translate to Japanese  Click to Translate to Chinese Simplified  Click to Translate to Korean  Click to Translate to Arabic  Click to Translate to Russian  Click to Translate to Portuguese  Click to Translate to Myanmar (Burmese)

PANDEMIC ALERT LEVEL
123456
Forum Home Forum Home > Main Forums > Latest News
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - WHO issues plan to limit bird flu in humans
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Now tracking the new emerging South Africa Omicron Variant

WHO issues plan to limit bird flu in humans

 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
2ciewan View Drop Down
Adviser Group
Adviser Group
Avatar

Joined: May 02 2006
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 82
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 2ciewan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: WHO issues plan to limit bird flu in humans
    Posted: June 09 2006 at 11:43am
Back to Top
2ciewan View Drop Down
Adviser Group
Adviser Group
Avatar

Joined: May 02 2006
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 82
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 2ciewan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 09 2006 at 11:49am
follow up from other source

WHO plans 24-hour response to bird flu outbreak
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a step-by-step plan yesterday, including the rapid mass use of the antiviral Tamiflu, for containing a bird flu outbreak if the virus starts to spread rapidly among humans.

The "rapid response and containment strategy" has a chance of quashing the deadly H5N1 virus only if people in the zone at risk receive massive doses of the drug within three weeks of a confirmed outbreak, it said.

"The success of a strategy for containing an emerging pandemic virus is strictly time dependent," the WHO said in its latest report.

"Mathematical models have indicated that a containment strategy, based on the mass administration of antiviral drugs, has a chance of success only when drugs are administered within 21 days following the timely detection of the first case representing improved human-to-human transmission of the virus."

Under the timeline laid down, a country should notify WHO of a cluster of suspicious cases suggesting sustained human-to-human spread of the virus within 24 hours of detection.

A WHO-approved laboratory has another 24 hours to confirm that the H5N1 bird flu virus has changed, either through mutation or through reassortment with human influenza.

The strategy relies on WHO's global stockpile for rapid containment, three million treatment courses of Tamiflu, donated by the Swiss drugmaker Roche. Quarantine, infection control measures and contact tracing must also be carried out.

Once the WHO officially asks Roche for Tamiflu doses to be sent, they should arrive at the international airport nearest the outbreak within 24 hours, the Geneva-based agency said.

link
Back to Top
Guests View Drop Down
Guest Group
Guest Group
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 09 2006 at 11:58am
Thanks for the post...It's a bold move because, there isn't enough to go around as it is and to give it to people that might contract the virus to stop it in its tracks is a risk.  With all the plane trains and automoble I'm not convinced it will work. 
 
I pray they know what there doing.  I wish I had the money to buy tamiflu..I'm scared to buy it in canada ...What if it's not tamiflu Im buying.Clap
Back to Top
kparcell View Drop Down
Valued Member
Valued Member

Location: Florida

Joined: June 03 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 541
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kparcell Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 09 2006 at 2:37pm
THANKS, WHO!

In my very appropriately humble opinion, this seems the best strategy, the best chance of containment if the virus achieves efficient human transmission. I also applaud the work of the American CDC, which is working to create all of the general forms the virus might assume in able to develop vaccines ahead of mutation. Brilliant!

And thanks, 2ciewan and Avian Flu Forum, for keeping us informed.

Best regards,
Kevin Parcell
http://homepage.mac.com/forever.net
Back to Top
pugmom View Drop Down
Valued Member
Valued Member
Avatar

Joined: March 28 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 415
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pugmom Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 09 2006 at 3:18pm

I wonder if that huge supply of Tamiflu and other supplies ever got out of Indonesian customs quarantine?

jpc
Back to Top
ShaRenKa View Drop Down
Valued Member
Valued Member
Avatar

Joined: May 17 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 301
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ShaRenKa Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 09 2006 at 4:23pm
Originally posted by HappyCamper HappyCamper wrote:



" I wish I had the money to buy tamiflu..I'm scared to buy it in canada ...What if it's not tamiflu Im buying."[IMG]height=17 alt=Clap src="http://www.avianflutalk.com/smileys/smiley32.gif" width=18 align=absMiddle>


I hear you HappyCamper....no way to be sure! Thats why I'm going around the block with herbal remedies, Native American style (plus 101% isolation)... at least I can tell if it's real or not...and probably stand as good a chance on it as the tamiflu.
    
Sha Ren Ka
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down