Here is a short list of sites we like to get preparedness and incidence information from. If you have a site you like, please let us know.
Public Health Surveillance
Health Map is created and maintained by a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children’s Hospital founded in 2006, is an established glob [...]
It’s not just passengers on cruises that get sick with norovirus!
Noroviruses are estimated to be responsible for 49 percent of all foodborne illness. It is miserable to have, easy to transmit, and requires a few simple actions to prevent. Norovirus is a highly contagious virus. Norovirus infection causes gastroenteritis (inflammation [...]
The CDC and the Departments of State, Agriculture and Defense announced last week a $40 million expansion of an international partnership program. The program, which will add 10 countries to the existing pilot program with Vietnam and Uganda. Those programs enhanced the communications and information systems for outbreak response, strengthene [...]
flunearyou.org shows you where outbreaks are occurring.
Flu Near You is a site administered by Healthmap of Boston Children’s Hospital in partnership with the American Public Health Association and the Skoll Global Threats Fund.
Similar to the European service, Influenzanet written about recently on this blog, Flunearyou.org allows you to:
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Influenzanet is a real-time surveillance system that monitors the prevalence of influenza-like-illness (ILI) with the aid of volunteers via the Internet. Residents of the participating countries register online, and weekly during during the flu season, participants are asked to report symptoms they have experienced.
Belgium and The Net [...]
Bird Flu Hasn’t Gone Away
The World Health Organization (WHO) surveils emerging outbreaks of infectious diseases, supporting member states and mobilizing international response teams. A key unit within the WHO is the Global Alert and Response program (GAR).
GAR’s core functions are to
Support Member States for the implementation of nat [...]
