GenevaLunch » pandemic http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:57:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no WHO may call end to H1N1 pandemic soon http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/09/who-may-call-end-to-h1n1-pandemic-soon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/09/who-may-call-end-to-h1n1-pandemic-soon/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:14:07 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=45601 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The World Health Organization (WHO) may soon declare the swine flu pandemic called out in 2009 over. It is winter in the southern hemisphere where some new cases are still being being recorded. The organization says it is too early to determine if H1N1 virus activity in southern hemisphere countries “have [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/09/who-may-call-end-to-h1n1-pandemic-soon/feed/ 2 WHO: new media part of mistakes in managing H1N1 epidemic http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/13/who-new-media-part-of-mistakes-in-managing-h1n1-epidemic/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/13/who-new-media-part-of-mistakes-in-managing-h1n1-epidemic/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:06:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=40158 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The fading role of traditional media and the rise of new media were overlooked by the WHO (World Health Organization), a root cause of some of the management problems with the H1N1 epidemic, a senior WHO official says. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s special advisor on pandemic influenza, was addressing 29 experts [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/13/who-new-media-part-of-mistakes-in-managing-h1n1-epidemic/feed/ 0 Saudi Arabia takes steps against A/H1N1 flu in annual pilgrimage http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/30/saudi-arabia-takes-steps-against-ah1n1-flu-in-annual-pilgrimage/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/30/saudi-arabia-takes-steps-against-ah1n1-flu-in-annual-pilgrimage/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:29:12 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=30664 GenevaLunch.com Scientists from Saudi Arabia are assessing the risks posed by the annual hajj, pilgrimage, in the spread of the A/H1N1 swine flu virus along with experts from the World Health Organization, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2009, more than 2,5 million pilgrims are expected in Saudi Arabia from 160 countries [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/30/saudi-arabia-takes-steps-against-ah1n1-flu-in-annual-pilgrimage/feed/ 0 Spread of A/H1N1 flu in Switzerland could hinge on a medical certificate http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/04/spread-of-ah1n1-flu-in-switzerland-could-hinge-on-a-medical-certificate/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/04/spread-of-ah1n1-flu-in-switzerland-could-hinge-on-a-medical-certificate/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:44:18 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=24000 GenevaLunch.com Geneva and Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP)  recommends that people who come down with symptoms of the flu avoid contact with others to stop the spread of the disease. A humourous new advertising campaign (link below) says it quite clearly. This means staying away from work until the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/04/spread-of-ah1n1-flu-in-switzerland-could-hinge-on-a-medical-certificate/feed/ 0 The swine flu, what a drag! http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/29/the-swine-flu-what-a-drag/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/29/the-swine-flu-what-a-drag/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:49:30 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=23498 GenevaLunch.com [public health video] Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The fight against the A/H1N1 virus in the French-speaking part of Switzerland is taking on a new face, a drag face. The Federal Office of Public Health has started its swine flu awareness media campaign, “United against the flu” with a bit of humour: a comedian dressed in drag. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/29/the-swine-flu-what-a-drag/feed/ 1 Swiss doctors, labs, given new rules for A(H1N1) pandemic http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/30/swiss-doctors-labs-given-new-rules-for-ah1n1-pandemic/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/30/swiss-doctors-labs-given-new-rules-for-ah1n1-pandemic/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:38:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=21423 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss government has adopted new regulations for fighting the A(H1N1) swine flu pandemic, effective Wednesday 1 July, that put a greater burden on doctors and laboratories to more rapidly report suspected cases to cantonal public health authorities. Doctors now have 24 hours to report suspected cases and laboratories have two [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/30/swiss-doctors-labs-given-new-rules-for-ah1n1-pandemic/feed/ 0 Switzerland changes laws on medical questioning at borders: 1 July http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/29/switzerland-changes-laws-on-medical-questioning-at-borders-1-july/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/29/switzerland-changes-laws-on-medical-questioning-at-borders-1-july/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:47:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=21376 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland has adapted its laws for travelers crossing the Swiss border to reflect new needs with the A(H1N1) swine flu spreading. The new rules go into effect 1 July. They require all companies, including rail and bus operators – not just airlines as is currently the case – to cooperate with [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/29/switzerland-changes-laws-on-medical-questioning-at-borders-1-july/feed/ 0 Novartis announces cell-based vaccine against A/H1N1 flu http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/12/novartis-announces-cell-based-vaccine-against-ah1n1-flu/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/12/novartis-announces-cell-based-vaccine-against-ah1n1-flu/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:41:19 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=20098 GenevaLunch.com Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss drugs manufacturer Novartis announced 12 June that it had successfully produced an antivirus effective against the wild type of A/H1N1 swine flu virus that is at pandemic levels using new cell-based technology. The news comes hot on the heels of the widely expected World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement 11 June [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/12/novartis-announces-cell-based-vaccine-against-ah1n1-flu/feed/ 1 WHO declares phase 6 pandemic in A/H1N1 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/11/who-declares-phase-6-pandemic-in-ah1n1/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/11/who-declares-phase-6-pandemic-in-ah1n1/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:33:23 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=19949 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – After an emergency meeting early this afternoon the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the the A/H1N1 (swine) flu pandemic had entered its highest phase 6, denoting  “sustained community-level outbreaks in at least two WHO regions.” In its latest update 10 June, WHO reported almost 28,000 confirmed cases of  swine flu [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/11/who-declares-phase-6-pandemic-in-ah1n1/feed/ 0 WHO’s 62nd Geneva World Health Assembly overshadowed by flu http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/18/whos-62nd-geneva-world-health-assembly-overshadowed-by-flu/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/18/whos-62nd-geneva-world-health-assembly-overshadowed-by-flu/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 11:36:28 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=17893 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Health ministers from the 194 member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) have arrived in Geneva for the World Health Assembly which opens 18 May in Geneva with an agenda overshadowed by the A/H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic. The assembly is to address the pandemic and the thorny issue of sharing [...]

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